[WikiEN-l] So, what is the deal with flagged revisions?

[Emily Monroe]

> the lack of visible reward will have the same effect on them as on  
> new contributors.

What can we do about that?

Emily
On Aug 28, 2009, at 9:08 PM, David Goodman wrote:

> the lack of visible reward will have the same effect on them as on new
> contributors.
>
> David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> 2009/8/28 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>>> 2009/8/28 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
>>
>>>> Protection is a failure of the wiki model in the first place.
>>>> Discussion is a poor substitute for editing.
>>
>>> Edit warring is a failure of the wiki model. We use protection to
>>> force people into a discussion model which works better in those
>>> situations.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, it's all imperfect. What I mean is, that's a bit of process for
>> a particular purpose, and if we need it with flagged revs as we do
>> with full protection, then we can reintroduce it when we do. I think
>> the lack of visible reward will be helpful in dealing with everyday
>> edit warriors. (If people with the reviewer bit edit-war with it, one
>> or both is likely to get a strong word at the very least.)
>>
>>
>> - d.
>>
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