[Wikipedia-l] Re: Wikipedia-l digest, Vol 1 #1249 - 14 msgs

[Tomasz Wegrzanowski]

On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 11:34:48PM +0800, b schewek wrote:
> > > 3. The synthesis of the first two concerns: what happens when
> > > there are errors in the stable version? Mistakes can be corrected in
> > > the current version, but only sysops will be able to change which
> > > version is listed on the locked Brilliant Prose page.
> > 
> > Sifter would have the exact same problem. IMHO the best solution is to  
> > give sysops some leeway to change the pointer to a new revision in case of  
> > obvious corrections (linkfixes, spelling, uncontroversial factual changes  
> > as per talk etc.), and to otherwise require a re-listing on the candidates  
> > page.
> 
> What about a 'web-of-trust', whereby /all/ registered users can 'approve' or 'reject'
> a version of an article, and every registered user can select any number of 'trusted
> registered users', and thereby articles appear 'approved', 'rejected' or 'undetermined',
> according to the settings of 'trusted users'.
> 
> Then it is up to every individual to select the 'sifting agency', so to speak.

Approval is not transitive (I can think that X is sane, but maybe he's 
opinion about Y being sane is different from mine) and is field-specific
(I can trust X about chemistry but not at all about anything related to,
say, history).