[WikiEN-l] Re: Dartmouth follies

[Stephan Walter]

Andrew Lih wrote:
> But I'd like to offer another interpretation - there is no confidence
> these suspicious edits will be found or caught later. And that can bug
> certain types of people. Of all the mechanisms Wikipedia has for
> tracking changes and edits, perhaps the weakest is how to allow new
> entires to linger for a specified period and grow, and then come back
> to evaluate later. For many, "check it later" means "check it never."

Perhaps we need a "Reminder" feature in Mediawiki. I.e. like the 
watchlist, but for the future. You could mark an article as "remind me 
in X days" and after a week you'll have a notification of it (like the 
"you've got new messages" we have already)

Regards,
Stephan
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