On 6/26/06, stevertigo vertigosteve@yahoo.com wrote:
I havent much read on this thread, but I think I like the idea of being able to shoot simple notes (via email, or various messaging protocols) to articles. I dont know what form that would take but, suffice it to say it shouldnt be appended to the article itself. And probably not the talk page either.
Why not the talk page? In the beginning at least, it seems quite feasible simply to append tags like:
==Incoming email 26/6/06== From: <some mangling of email address> <text.............>
Then people could deal with that text in the normal ways, adding comments as to whether they think it's worth including etc. What's the downside?
Accreditation in history would be a problem if the one who submitted the ticket wants credit. Some may not
True. Maybe at first simply deny them that opportunity? Or you know, in the edit summary you could always put the source so it's not *totally* lost.
Steve