[WikiEN-l] Re: blanket reverts

[Toby Bartels]

LittleDan wrote (about Jimmy's comment on Michael):

>well that doesn't prohibit unrevereting of his good edits, does it?

It doesn't prohibit your checking all of the facts in his edits
and placing back what is correct under your own name,
that is taking responsibility for the facts yourself.
But if you do this, then I strongly suggest that you
*not* simply revert to a previous version with rollback,
or else nobody will know that you're taking responsibility.
Instead, write a summary along the lines of "I stand behind these facts.",
so that we know that you're not simply undoing a deletion.

IOW, there's good evidence that Michael can't be trusted,
so other editors will trust you only if you make it clear
that you're not just writing something because you trust Michael!

For added safety, never edit a previous version that Michael wrote,
but instead make all of the changes in the reversion by hand.
This will remind you if you ever write down a fact that you haven't checked.
(But now I'm getting into advice on the details of your editing process,
so you could probably ignore this paragraph.)


-- Toby