To get around a small problem raised above, Why not add a feature to this
potential new tool to say "Only registered users with more than x amount of
edits can edit this page"?
On 8/27/05, Alphax <alphasigmax(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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Phroziac wrote:
On 8/25/05, Jeff Kinz <jkinz(a)kinz.org>
wrote:
>Hmmm... Suggestion:
>
>When a page is in this type of "trouble", is it possible that one more
>tool in the toolbox would help?
>
>That would be a tag which means a page is only editable from a
>logged-in Wiki-account.
>
>All logged-in edits to the page would be processed as usual.
>
>When an non-logged in user opened the edit tab on that page they would
>get a message indicating that page's special status and a chance to
>login or register.
>
>
>The logic is straightforward. How much work this would be to add is
>an unknown, as is how much of a load increase it would add to the
>wiki-servers. I'm happy to contribute code if needed.
>
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Sounds good, but it's super easy to register, and I will oppose all
attempts to make registration difficult. ;)
I think a variety of meta-protection - pages which can only be edited by
logged in users - would be very useful. Coupled with a solution for bug
550 (
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=550), it would be
very useful to stop blatant POV warring by new users. Encouraging people
to register is undoubtably a Good Thing, because new users are very
quickly welcomed and dealt with as needed.
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