[WikiEN-l] New tool: Write before you revert

[James Alexander]

On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 9:38 PM, stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com> wrote:

> WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'm prett suspect that the vast majority of reverts on EN wiki are
> > reversion of vandalism by hugglers and other patrollers at newpage
> > patrol. I don't think it would be a good idea to discourage those who
> > do that accurately. Giving feedback to those with an excessive error
> > rate is useful - but not what you are proposing.
>
> The concept is that reverts by people who don't participate in
> discussion are typically misinformed or adversarial at best. If you
> don't participate in discussion, there's no need for your help on the
> article.
>
> -SC
>
>
> While I would tend to agree with that thought for most content issues I
would say that requiring people to be active in a discussion on a page
before then can revert vandalism/attacks etc would be detrimental to the
page and the project.

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James Alexander
jamesofur at gmail.com