Magnus Manske wrote:
Wether we show the stable version by default and link to the latest version, or the other way around, is a matter of emphasis.
Magnus
Hoi, Having a stable version makes sense when you want to prepare for a paper or a DVD version. The latest version is in my opinion the only version that is a candidate for a new stable version, doing it any other way will open up a set of problems that is too complex to contemplate. Indicating that a stable version exists, is really good and it makes sense to stimulate websites external to Wikipedia to host that content. This way they ensure that they have stable content, that the likelihood of problematic content is reduced. It would also mean that our content would have the same behaviour as the Mediawiki software, the beta version would be with us and we are continuously working towards improvement. We publish as things become available or stable.
One implication of this is that we need a separate distribution channel for our stable content.
From my perspective there are no reasons that I understand why we should show the "stable" version to anonymous users of any of the Wikipedia projects.
Thanks, Gerard