[WikiEN-l] WTF Have I Missed?

[Stephen Streater]

On 27 Aug 2006, at 13:29, Kelly Martin wrote:

> On 8/27/06, Joe Anderson <computerjoe.mailinglist at googlemail.com>  
> wrote:
>> This article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5286458.stm)  
>> got my
>> concern. Editorial control on the Wikipedia? What exactly have I  
>> missed?
>
> You basically missed the fact that Bill Thompson is fond of talking
> out of his ass.
>
> Mark's description of what German is going to be testing is not
> accurate.  Anonymous users will still be permitted to make all the
> edits they want.  The system that German is going to be testing will
> simply limit the impact that anonymous EDITORS have on anonymous
> READERS by changing which version of an article is displayed by
> default.

So what exactly is being proposed?