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

[Ting Chen]

Thanks Yaroslav for the quick report. Just what I hoped :-)

Ting

Yaroslav M. Blanter wrote:
>> Beside ther de-wp there are at least two other projects that use the
>> checked version. One is ru-wp. I didn't see any reports of the practice
>> there, would be interesting too.
>>
>>     
>
> We are still running it in a trial mode, we started in August and at some
> point later the results will be evaluated, and also the inclusion of the
> proofed version will be discussed, right now the proofed version is not
> used.
>
> By default the last version is shown, not the checked version, but one can
> turn on the protection, so that the checked version is shown. I believe we
> have only two pages protected right now, one of them is the main page. We
> check articles in the main space, categories, and templates.
>
> Sysops have a patroller flag by default (meaning they can mark any version
> of any article as checked), unless they explicitly refuse, in addition, we
> have a couple of hundred patrollers who have been voted in a typically
> easy vote. Together with 70+ sysops, this must give about 300 patrollers,
> I did not check the exact number. Also, about a 100 editors have an
> autopatrol flag (not voted unless self-nominated), meaning if they edit a
> checked version the article remains checked. Bots also have this flag.
>
> In my opinion, everything is running more or less smootly, even though
> some strong opinions have been expressed in the beginning, resulting in an
> arbitrtation case. Unless some major flaws are found, I believe the
> flagged revisions system will be confirmed in the course of reevaluation
> (note this is my private opinion).
>
> Cheers
> Yaroslav
>
>
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