sgilbert-
- Who can add to brilliant prose? Sysops? What makes me (for
example) more qualified to judge brilliant prose about the spectrum of human knowledge?
Well, right now we are already using a process on En: whereby pages have to meet with general approval before they are added to the page. See http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Brilliant_prose_candidates for details.
- One of the great things about Wikipedia is that readers quickly
become writers. If we were to use particular versions from article histories as stable articles, we'll need some way to allow readers to easily move into editing mode, i.e. an "Edit the current version of this article" link.
Yup, that's what I was thinking as well. Have a prominent notice on top of the page:
"You are viewing a stable, certified revision of this article. Errors may already be fixed in the [[latest unstable version]], which you can [[edit]] directly."
- The synthesis of the first two concerns: what happens when
there are errors in the stable version? Mistakes can be corrected in the current version, but only sysops will be able to change which version is listed on the locked Brilliant Prose page.
Sifter would have the exact same problem. IMHO the best solution is to give sysops some leeway to change the pointer to a new revision in case of obvious corrections (linkfixes, spelling, uncontroversial factual changes as per talk etc.), and to otherwise require a re-listing on the candidates page.
Regards,
Erik