2009/1/29 Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net:
Speed of updates may be a factor for current events, but I see nothing to convince me that EB wants to enter that field. Nor do I see them as competitors to upload the latest plot line of "Desperate Housewives" as soon as it has aired.
Has there been a survey of non-editing readers about the speed of updates, and what that means to them? I suspect that their demands would involve a significantly longer yardstick than the minute. It's not as though we were a newspaper trying to get the latest scoop on its competitor. Compared to Wikinews, Wikipedia should not need to feel that pressure.
Failing to keep up with deaths is something EB has taken flack for in the past.
I don't share your passion for instant gratification, a concept with problems that extend far beyond the wikis.
What you have a passion for doesn't really matter. What our driveby content adders have a passion for does.
With flagged revisions our content writers would continue to see the results of their labours immediately.
False. Only logged in users will see them.
If they are any good at what they do they can also feel confident that the general public will also soon see their changes.
See the backlog of unpatrolled new pages.