[Wikipedia-l] "Approved" versions on Wikipedia FAQ

[Andrew Gray]

On 30/08/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> The new feature will mean that edits from new or anonymous editors
> will be delayed before being shown to readers - they will see a
> 'flagged OK' version by default, with a link to the live version. The
> idea is to enhance the *reading* experience, and free us to enhance
> the *editing* experience. If vandalism can't be seen by the general
> public, there will be less motivation to vandalise.

You might want to clarify what "new and anonymous" means - is this
going to be a time-lapse job like sprotection, or a manually enabled
flag? Because people may well assume the latter, and SFAIK that isn't
being considered...

(in en.wp normal parlance, "new and anonymous" means first-four-days,
so I'm guessing it's intended to be something like that)

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- Andrew Gray
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