Theresa wrote:
I agree, what to stop someone from following you around anh reverting everything you do?
The formula I propose, takes that into account.
We should track the number of a contributors edits that are reverted, divided into:
* reverted by admins * reverted by ordinary folk * reverted by suspected troublemakers
Additionally, we should track reversions MADE BY EACH USER. So anyone who makes trouble by following around a "good" user and reverts all their edits would be quickly tagged as a "reverts for no good reason" user.
Ed Poor, aka Uncle Ed
"Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com writes:
Theresa wrote:
I agree, what to stop someone from following you around anh reverting everything you do?
The formula I propose, takes that into account.
We should track the number of a contributors edits that are reverted...
In my country, there is an old saying "You cannot apply a technological solution to a sociological problem."
No, Ed, You're proposing giving power to a set of troublemakers. Many good editors are frequently reverted if they attempt to edit hot-button issues. As far a counting Admins, we have seldom been able to prevent elevation to sysop status of people who regularly edit from a controversial POV.
Fred
From: "Poor, Edmund W" Edmund.W.Poor@abc.com Reply-To: English Wikipedia wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:16:53 -0500 To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@Wikipedia.org Subject: RE: [WikiEN-l] I propose a formula based on reverts
Theresa wrote:
I agree, what to stop someone from following you around anh reverting everything you do?
The formula I propose, takes that into account.
We should track the number of a contributors edits that are reverted, divided into:
- reverted by admins
- reverted by ordinary folk
- reverted by suspected troublemakers
Additionally, we should track reversions MADE BY EACH USER. So anyone who makes trouble by following around a "good" user and reverts all their edits would be quickly tagged as a "reverts for no good reason" user.
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