On 30 September 2010 05:55, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)frontier.com> wrote:
Whether or not it was reasonable to expect the feature
to solve this
problem on the first try, I don't think we should settle for that as our
goal. This particular kind of case is mostly driven by media appeal and
is not the best objective to focus on for accomplishing our mission.
What the English Wikipedia really needs is to be able to reverse the
situation that has prevailed since the Seigenthaler incident, so that
people can write new articles and material without having to create an
account or endure a waiting period, and the project can stay closer to
the notion of being an encyclopedia anyone can edit. For me, any
attraction that developing a "flagged revisions" or "pending
changes"
feature has ever had is connected to the potential that it would lead to
an environment in which we can restore that ability for unregistered
contributors.
We already have the patrolled function on new pages.
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geni