On 27 Aug 2006, at 13:29, Kelly Martin wrote:
On 8/27/06, Joe Anderson computerjoe.mailinglist@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?