German Wikipedia has had pending changes implemented *globally*, in all articles, for several years now. Unlike en:WP, where numbers of active editors have dropped significantly since 2007, numbers of active editors in de:WP have remained stable:
http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaDE.htm http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm
There may well be cultural differences, reflected in the greater support the pending changes concept has gained in the de:WP community in general, but it is still a striking result.
A.
--- On Wed, 29/9/10, SlimVirgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
From: SlimVirgin slimvirgin@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Pending Changes To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Date: Wednesday, 29 September, 2010, 20:55 On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 16:37, James Heilman jmh649@gmail.com wrote:
I support PC for a number of reasons including.
- Concerns are voiced both by academia and our
readership regarding
Wikipedia's reliability. Pending changes addresses
some of these
concerns.
James, we don't want to cater to the academic community, but to everyone, and seeing our edits go live immediately was the thing that made Wikipedia very attractive, its strength and its weakness. We should need a very clear consensus to change that, and the polls so far have not shown a strong consensus.
This isn't Nupedia or Citizendium, and any attempt to nudge us in that direction, which is what PC is, has the potential to damage us.
Sarah
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