[WikiEN-l] Pending Changes: first press

[Jussi-Ville Heiskanen]

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
>   

>> I agree completely that the outcome is really up to the community. But
>> personally, it's my hope that this will open things up. Certainly the
>> articles selected for initial trial of this represent an opening, in
>> that all the users who could edit before still can, and the ones that
>> couldn't can now easily propose edits, ones that are likely to be accepted.
>>     
>
> People should really avoid the poisonous "propose" language.
>
> 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.
>
>   
+1


Yours,

Jussi-Ville Heiskanen