[Foundation-l] Stable versions live on de.wp

[Lars Aronsson]

Erik Moeller wrote:

> In a nutshell, FlaggedRevs makes it possible to assign
> quality tags to individual article revisions, and to alter default
> views based on the available tags.

> Aka hacked up a nice script that shows how many pages have been
> "sighted" (basic vandalism check) on the German Wikipedia:
> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~aka/cgi-bin/reviewcnt.cgi?lang=english
> 
> Given that FlaggedRevs has just been live for a day or so, a review
> rate of 4.41% is quite impressive!

Wait now.  When FlaggedRevs was first mentioned, the press started 
to announce that censorship was being planned for Wikipedia.  
This was countered with the explanation that flagging was a more 
open regime than page locking.  We no longer have to lock pages on 
controversial topics, because we can allow free editing as long as 
the non-logged-in majority gets to see the flagged/approved 
version.

Is it really "impressive" to have this new "soft locking" 
mechanism applied to a large number of pages?  Wouldn't it be 
better to show how few pages were in need of this protection?
And at the same time, to mention how many previously locked pages 
have now been unlocked in the name of increased openness?


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