On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.comwrote:
On 27 June 2010 21:07, Rob Lanphier robla@wikimedia.org wrote:
The guidance for reviewing multiple edits (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing#Step-by-step_.22how-to.22_f...
) says you have to go through them one-by-one (unless they are all by the same user), so I suggest eliminating the option of review multiple edits with a single click, unless they are all by the same user. The feature should be designed to fit in with the way it is used, after all. Once you've done that, the issue you raise goes away.
I think it actually gets worse. What should the reject button do in the case that the reviewer is looking at A1 and P1?
It would function as "undo". In the event that the edit cannot be undone, it fails gracefully. The software can't be expected to do everything successfully.
Hi Thomas,
If you're willing to write up an alternative proposal for how this should work, we'll take a look at it. It stands the best chance of getting implemented if you figure out a way of incremental implementation, since it sounds like you're a proponent of a "go back to the drawing board" approach to this.
I've put a placeholder for "Alternative B" here: http://flaggedrevs.labs.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia:Reject_Pending_Revision
Anyone else who wants to take a stab at a specification should also feel free to do so (as C, D, etc). I think it's going to be a lot easier to close this issue if we can discuss the merits of several complete competing proposals than it will be if we're just debating whether to move forward with a single proposal.
Rob