[WikiEN-l] So what does Flagged Revs feel like?

[stevertigo]

Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> 5% of edits taking more that FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE HOURS EIGHT
> MINUTES AND FIFTY FIVE SECONDS?! That is unforgivable, even with every
> article included. They either have too strict criteria for sighting so
> too many people say "Oh, I'm not sure/don't have time to work that
> out, I'll leave it to someone else" or people aren't working through
> the backlog in order.

Um... Hm. The words "unaccepable" and "unfogiveable" only entered the
lexicon after the Siegenthaller meteorite impacted and wiped out all
notions that "collaboration," "consensus," and "wikilove" were
sufficient.

The fact of the matter was then, remains so, and will remain so, that
some articles are just not as notable, and therefore won't get seen
and won't get checked on anyone's schedule.** There is no issue of
"unforgivability' involved at all, even if we can say that there is a
serious issue of "unacceptability."

And even then, the focus on BLP articles comes not from a general
appreciation for 'reliability,' but from a practical need to focus on
people that can write editorials, a logical limitation on the usage of
the "unacceptability" as a whip, and a healthy fear of 'let's not get
our assets sued.'

- Stevertigo
** Techs: A script to list unviewed articles based on time. Ie. 'it's
been 1y2m16d since the [[Newsmodel]] article has been checked for sex
appeal.'