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

[Michael Snow]

Lars Aronsson wrote:
> Erik Moeller wrote:
>   
>> 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?
>   
Yes, I certainly would support removing as much protection/locking as 
possible from articles where a flagged revision is presented as the default.

--Michael Snow