[WikiEN-l] David is on Channel 4 tonight re MS issue

[David Gerard]

On 26/01/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was thinking of something different over the weekend.  A Wikipedia
> Article Subjects Noticeboard, where people or organizations could post
> things which they object to (short of what the Office would *have* to
> deal with) and editors can watch and respond to normally.


That's the sort of idea I was thinking of.

Would enough regular editors actually respond? That's the only thing
I'm wondering about.


> I was thinking that the process could be something like "First, please
> post a comment on the article talk page with a detailed explanation of
> what you object to and why, and identifying who you are and what your
> official standing is.  Then, add an entry to the top of the list below
> with template {{Subjectnotice|articlename}}, add some comments, and
> sign it...  Please do so from a logged in account so that people can
> respond on your talk page as well as the article talk page."
> I haven't created the template (I have no idea how they work).
> Does anyone think this is a bad idea?  Positive comments?


It sounds n00b-hostile. What's the lightest-weight process from both
sides that would do the job?


- d.