On 6/21/06, Ian Woollard ian.woollard@gmail.com wrote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Timed_article_change_stabilisation_me...
(summary: the idea is that newbie edits don't go live for a day or so, to allow more experienced editors to check it over.)
Yes, time delay is one important mechanism for quality control. The peer review mechanism I have in mind allows for a flexible combination of different parameters, to deal with different review requirements. For instance, a basic copyright check might require only a time delay, while stating the accuracy of an article might require one or two other editors to confirm the claim PLUS a time delay. We should be able to tweak these parameters until we have found the ideal settings for any quality criterion we devise.
Erik