2009/8/21 Jay Litwyn <brewhaha(a)freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>ca>:
"David Gerard" <dgerard(a)gmail.com>
wrote in message
> For the now-largely-abandoned article validation
feature, here's a
> suggested list:
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/En_validation_topics#Consolidated_plan
> The list there is:
The whole thing, methinks would be on a RATE tab.
"What were you looking
for?" is a search box with your current search in it.
Oooooh. Well spotted. Yes, the Special:Search page needs a "What were
you looking for, in detail?/Did you find it?" on it.
I do not think anybody
asks all of those questions unless they contribute. If they answer in the
positive, then maybe a template should disappear. If they answer in the
negative, then maybe it should appear. Of course, if they edit, that might
be a quick way of learning which templates apply, so the user could place
the template closer to where it belongs in an article, or just follow links
in the template to directions on making improvements.
I'd expect here we're talking about a simple "rate this article"
clicky thing for readers who can't be bothered editing or are scared
to, but still want to make Wikipedia better somehow.
(As I noted on the linked page, making full data available to anyone
who wants it is a good idea, and absolutely appropriate as it's part
of working on the encyclopedia. That may even go as far as making full
contributor/IP data available just as article history is. Thinking
about it, though, that may discourage ratings - they're anonymous on
most sites.)
- d.