[WikiEN-l] Eschatology and Wikipedia

[Fred Bauder]

> On 12/21/10 4:17 PM, Carcharoth wrote:
>> Has anyone ever suggested a way for people to highlight a mistake and
>> click to bring it to someone else's attention? But without logging any
>> IP address. I suppose that sort of system would get overwhelmed by
>> trolls very quickly. Maybe an off-wiki system to allow people using
>> Wikipedia to generate a note for themselves on corrections to make
>> later on?
>
> That seems more complex than fixing a simple typo.  If I can go in and
> make a simple spelling correction it's done very quickly.  On the other
> hand if I need to explain what needs fixing and where it is in a site
> it's just not worth my while.
>
> Ec

This would be a generic equivalent of the Fix family of templates based
on Template:Fix

I hate this coding but selecting the text which needs attention and
hitting enter could create a popup where the problem could be explained
or at least noted, if the person did not want to spend time on it.
Selection from a checklist would put tags like "spelling" "verification
needed" "Source?" in at the end of the highlighted text. We have a wide
variety of such template, although I would be at a loss to remember them
all or use them without a crutch like the popup I suggest. A new editor,
could never, of course. These templates are simple but there are lots of
them, often duplicating each other.

Fred Bauder