On 12/21/10 4:17 PM, Carcharoth wrote:
Has anyone ever suggested a way for people to highlight a mistake and click to bring it to someone else's attention? But without logging any IP address. I suppose that sort of system would get overwhelmed by trolls very quickly. Maybe an off-wiki system to allow people using Wikipedia to generate a note for themselves on corrections to make later on?
That seems more complex than fixing a simple typo. If I can go in and make a simple spelling correction it's done very quickly. On the other hand if I need to explain what needs fixing and where it is in a site it's just not worth my while.
Ec
This would be a generic equivalent of the Fix family of templates based on Template:Fix
I hate this coding but selecting the text which needs attention and hitting enter could create a popup where the problem could be explained or at least noted, if the person did not want to spend time on it. Selection from a checklist would put tags like "spelling" "verification needed" "Source?" in at the end of the highlighted text. We have a wide variety of such template, although I would be at a loss to remember them all or use them without a crutch like the popup I suggest. A new editor, could never, of course. These templates are simple but there are lots of them, often duplicating each other.
Fred Bauder