On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:12 PM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
PS: I agree with Nemo and bawolff that the current wording of "Last edited
by..." highlights the elements that are perhaps less relevant. Still, the purpose of
that object is correct (telling to the readers that such articles have been created by
people like them). Have other text alternatives been considered? What about something like
"Created by NN volunteers or more".
Agreed.
In the discussion about this last year,[1] I suggested:
"I think the strapline could be usefully tweaked, to indicate that:
"[dozens/hundreds/two] editors have worked on this article over its
lifetime" - This would provide useful context for understanding
articles-in-general, and also the individual-article being looked at.
(i.e. I could see and think "it's only been edited by 1 person!
Suspicion!").
[...]
Based on all the above, I would tentatively suggest changing the
strapline to instead say something like:
"Last edited 10 months ago, by one of 245 editors"
and then on wikis that use an article-assessment system (ie. some
Wikipedias, but not many), it could add that info:
"Last edited 10 months ago, by one of 3 editors. Stub-class quality."
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[1] See rationales and details at the bottom of this sub-thread
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