[WikiEN-l] NY Times article on Flagged Revisions

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/1/24 Thomas Larsen <larsen.thomas.h at gmail.com>:
> The article is reasonably accurate, although "The idea in a nutshell
> is that only registered, reliable users would have the right to have
> their material immediately appear to the general public visiting
> Wikipedia. Other contributors would be able to edit articles, but
> their changes will be held back until one of these reliable users has
> signed off, or "flagged" the revisions. (Registered, reliable users
> would see the latest edit to an article, whether flagged or not.)" is
> confusing at best, misleading at worst.

Sounds right to me, except they missed the bit where it's only going
to be activated on a subset of articles (at least at first).