[WikiEN-l] Pending Changes: first press

William Pietri william at scissor.com
Tue Jun 15 03:38:55 UTC 2010


On 06/14/2010 08:22 PM, Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> An edit is an edit. An act in completion by itself.  For it to not
> stick it must be_reverted_, another act— not something passive.
> Perhaps it might sit unflagged for some time... but even in the worst
> case someone with the authority will eventually want their own changes
> to be displayed and at that point they must choose: revert or accept.
>
> Words matter, at least sometimes, and I fear "propose" presents
> problems both for the motivation of new users to contribute and in the
> personal restraint experienced users must display by avoiding the trap
> of OWNing articles.
>    

Agreed 100%. Sorry for misspeaking.

William



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