On 3/8/07, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) newyorkbrad@gmail.com wrote:
There would still be edit conflicts. Let's say the delay is 15 minutes. At 8:00, anon edits a sentence (validly). At 8:05, registered user edits the same sentence differently. What happens? Okay, now it's 8:15, time for the anon edit to go live. What happens then?
I may not have explained it well. Would this help:
7.55: World sees "Mary is smart." Editors see "Mary is smart." 8:00: World sees "Mary is smart." Editors see "Mary is a poopoo." 8:05: World sees "Mary has an IQ of 130." Editors see "Mary has an IQ of 130." 8:15: World sees "Mary has an IQ of 130." Editors see "Mary has an IQ of 130."
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.
Steve