On 8/25/06, Tim Starling t.starling@physics.unimelb.edu.au wrote:
Username yes, IP address for anons no. RC patrol can be a lonely task, I want to make it a little bit more human. Displaying usernames encourages a sense of community. But like I said in my original post, an opt-out feature would be nice.
Ah yeah, ok. The difficulty is how to make that opt-out work nicely, without the user having to "quickly" hit some button if he doesn't want others to know he's viewing the source or whatever. Hence your request for a GUI designer ;)
More collaborative editing tools in general might be nice. We see so much discussion on this list about the few really controversial articles that get dozens of edits a day that we forget that the vast majority of Wikipedia is a very quiet place where you rarely bump into anyone at all.
Steve