David Gerard wrote:
Well, the stable version feature is going into
MediaWiki (the
Foundation is even paying for its development) and it's going to be
trialled on de:wp. It's a software feature - if the current ideas on
how to use it aren't getting popularity, others will. But something
like it is unavoidable if we're actually writing an encyclopedia
intended to be a usable product rather than *just* the continuous live
working draft.
I won't comment on the financial aspect of this, but I don't know if there
will be some sort of "stability" feature that will gain popularity - many
feel it's "unwiki" and goes against our principles. I just think it's
a
poor idea in general.
I don't think it's unavoidable, either. Part of the draw of Wikipedia is
that it's nearly always a live draft, and "stability" will only hurt that
portion of it.
-Jeff
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