On 3/8/07, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
So you see, at 8:05, a registered editor sees the anon change, and fixes it. Since the editor is registered, their change goes live straight away.
The obvious benefits here: - The world never saw the anon's (bad) edits - Registered editors were not inconvenienced at all - There is still scope for anon's edits to make it to the outside world. The 15 minute delay above could be 5 minutes for a heavily patrolled article, or 3 days for a more obscure one.
Unsolved questions: - What happens if a registered editor edits some unrelated part of the article? Is any change considered to implicitly "approve" any pending anon edits? - What version of the page should the anon see? His changes? Is this even possible? - What version of the page should other anons see if they edit? Presumably the real version...
Steve