2007/4/26, Frank Schulenburg Frank.Schulenburg@wikimedia.de:
Do we need an icon for "sighted" at all? I assume that our readers will prefer to have icons and boxes on top of articles as few as possible. It could be better to use labels only if there's something wrong.
I agree completely that readers should get as few boxes and icons as possible. We editors often forget that the encyclopedia reader has visited to get information on a subject, not on the status of an article about that subject. The default page presentation should have _no_ box or icon on it (if marked as at least sighted), perhaps excepting a small footnote at the bottom.
pbirken wrote:
I believe that these icons will make life easier, both for readers as well as editors. In particular, assume an article with both sighted and reviewed versions. Then, having supplementary icons to the textbox will make it much more clear what is the situation there. Otherwise, you always have to browse the textbox. I suggest going for the icons. Afterwards, we can still decide that we want a text-only solution.
For editors, I agree (if we get good, distinctive graphics). Editors would want to know at a glance if a revsion is unrated, "sighted", rated-but-below-minimum (if distinct), or meets-minimum. For readers, though, this is almost always unappreciated noise, and we should keep it to a minimum. When a reader hits the tab to get to the "current version", then he is beginning a role as an editor, and a status box for the revision would then be appropriate I think.
-RS