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

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/9/27 stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com>:
> Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
>> While people are, of course, free to choose what to work
>> on, that is a fundamental part of the way Wikipedia works, it makes
>> sense to encourage people to work in a particular way.
>
> Well there are several different types of things that people do, and
> the ones that require editorial discernment just don't equate with the
> things that can be done by endless slogging nameless user cycles.

But RC-patrol and review flagging are very similar and can both be
done by endless slogging.

>> Indeed, but FlaggedRevs will fix that problem
>
> Did you just say "panacea?"

No. I clearly said "that problem" not "all problems".

>> That difference doesn't look significant to me.... giving
>> dewiki relatively more highly active users than enwiki, which I would
>> expect to mean dewiki would handle such reviews better than enwiki.
>
> Well there you go.
>
> I just understand that there are better ways to do "it," (whatever
> that means), ways to do "it" better, and ways to do a better "it." In
> a nutshell, I mean.

You've lost me there! Sounds brilliant, but I have no idea what it means...