Moving a marker? Was: Re: [WikiEN-l] Article quality deterioration

[Michael Turley]

On 10/11/05, Poor, Edmund W <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com> wrote:
> The "marker idea" will only work if it can be moved back to point to an
> earlier version. If it can be moved up again to point to a later
> version, we'll get reversion wars over the marker.

Throughout this discussion, there has been a question lurking that I
finally must ask:

How is moving a marker functionally any different than simply
reverting to some selected point in the article's history?

The only difference I can conceive is that the edit history remains a
little more simple with a marker system.

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Michael Turley
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