On 3 May 2010 19:56, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
Alternatively, simply giving the users a link to a page describing the complete edit life-cycle, "This page is [[protected]].", would be fine as well... those who care could go get a complete understanding, the vast majority who don't care about the minutia of the editing process can comfortably ignore it and not worry that their edit is LESS likely to be used then it use to be.
Saying who the edit is visible to ("Your edit is visible to you and any logged-in users") rather than who it isn't visible to ("Your edit has been placed in a collective in tray for someone to get around to sometime maybe never") would probably be nicer too.
As long as it's clear enough!
I realise all sorts of things about Wikipedia are confusing to the casual reader/editor, but that's because they are confusing. I don't think we should pretend they aren't.
- d.