On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:34:48PM +0800, b schewek wrote:
- 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.
What about a 'web-of-trust', whereby /all/ registered users can 'approve' or 'reject' a version of an article, and every registered user can select any number of 'trusted registered users', and thereby articles appear 'approved', 'rejected' or 'undetermined', according to the settings of 'trusted users'.
Then it is up to every individual to select the 'sifting agency', so to speak.
Approval is not transitive (I can think that X is sane, but maybe he's opinion about Y being sane is different from mine) and is field-specific (I can trust X about chemistry but not at all about anything related to, say, history).