Oliver Keyes wrote:
To reply to Jussi; I think we're uniformly
confused as to what you think is
the link between an encyclopedia written by experts, and an encyclopedia
that asks average joes to provide comments on articles (other than the
"encyclopedia" bit, of course :-)). If you want this thread to go anywhere
productively on that issue, you should probably start by explaining what
you see as the link.
Past versions of this extension have included a call for people to
self-identify as experts (or as "highly knowledgeable") in an article's
topic.[1]
It seems like version 5 no longer includes this checkbox,[2] but I think
it's slightly unreasonable to suggest that only "average Joes" are being
asked to provide comments on articles.
I read Cimon's concerns as this tool (and future iterations) moving closer
to the idea of expert-approved or expert-endorsed revisions (implicitly or
explicitly). It's an interesting dichotomy between the extension's stated
goal of trying to attract new users and the extension's past (and present?)
interface that encourages self-identified expert commentary, isn't it?
MZMcBride
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback#Version_3
[2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5