On 6/8/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
On 6/4/06, Timwi timwi@gmx.net wrote:
Why not set up a system where each article proposed for creation exists as a separate page. And there could be a special page set up which points to each of them. This special page could list the date and time created, the name of the proposed page, the number of bytes of the page, and the username or IP address of the proposer.
Surely that would be equivalent to just letting unregistered users create pages again and having a Special page that simply lists all articles that have only ever been edited by IPs.
Yeah, that was my point.
Although, as I thought about it more, there would potentially be one difference - "proposed" articles could live in a different namespace (and have a warning at the top or whatever).
And then the actual real difference would be what? The warning? The namespace prefix showing up in the article title? Both of those are trivialities. They are still publicly-visible and -editable pages that are primarily distinguished from others by means of that Special page that lists them. Whether that Special page performs a complex query or just lists a namespace, is irrelevant.
Timwi
There could be a warning. Nofollow could be turned on. The pages wouldn't be downloadable in the article-only db download that some mirrors use. The pages could be automatically deleted after a certain period of time if they aren't promoted.
Sure, this could also be done without using a different namespace.
What's the difference between the system that exists now and the system that existed before, other than the fact that it's harder to maintain? The proposed pages are still publically visible and editable - in fact they're *more* publically visible. Why aren't the people who were overworked with deleting stuff from the article namespace now overworked with deleting stuff from AFC?
I really don't know the answers to these questions. My comment about proposed pages existing in a different namespace was just an attempt to get the benefits of the AFC system without the detriments. But other than being in a different namespace, it not really clear to me what those benefits are (there must be some benefit though, because a lot of people seem to prefer it).
Anthony