Hello Andrea,
2015-08-12 10:11 GMT+01:00 Andrea Zanni <zanni.andrea84 at gmail.com>:
I read a lot of misunderstanding here, What Alex did is just a button that you double click and you go directly in the Edit mode. Nothing more, and
such a method of BGB implementation (directly in the edit mode of the Page), makes my earlier concerns "that is not safe to validate a page without reviewing its wikicode" disappear :), but ... this only improves a little bit the comfort of "validation", and, as I understand, it is not the answer to your needs...
What I really really want is
- a simpler life for our readers
- a way to harness/tap/exploit the simple fact that a lot of users
DO read our books, but never correct anything.
"to harness/tap/exploit the simple fact that a lot of users DO read our books" I propose the following modification of the idea of BGB (modeled on the reCAPTCHA): In the view mode of the yellow Pages (sic! :-)), we can add the "Thin (but long) Green Button" (TGB) described: "I read and carefully compared the contents with the scan - there's no mistakes." :) Users who "DO read our books" (and they do not want / do not have time / skills... to edit) click on this button and simply go to the view mode of the next page. Such a click would be counted (extra field in the mw database), but did not cause an immediate change of the Page status. If for a given page will be counted three??, four?? such clicks (this amount would have to have the ability to configure for each WS - community could determine their "quality threshold" - for "one click" it will became into BGB), then the Page status would change automatically from "yellow" to "green". Of course, it would be also configurable, to whom show TGB (ip, registered, autopotrolled ...). Such a solution would have be implemented directly in the proofread extension. "TGB" would allow adjustment of the level of "quality" and would be acceptable by most the community. If it is true that " a lot of users DO read our books," even for 5-4 "clicks" the status would change quickly.
What I really want is a very very quick way, for a user, to correct a typo WHEN she sees it.
Maybe the Thin Blue Button (TBB) described: "I noticed an error on the page, but I do not want / do not have time / I do not know how/ to edit" which would block the TGB and such Page must be "validated" in the standard way? Maybe the TBB in the future could redirect "the reader" to Visuals Editor? ...
Z.