[Wikipedia-l] An Approval Process (Proposal)

[Steve Vertigum]

I like how "static" and "anti-wiki"has come to somehow
be replaced with the term "stable"
-S-

--- David Levinson <dlevinson at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Proposal for a Wikipedia Article "Approval" Process
> 
> Assuming there is support for a stable version of
> wikipedia, some 
> mechanism for stability is required.
> 
> Allow logged in users to approve any version of an
> article. Logged in 
> users could also disapprove any or  every version of
> an article.  
> Articles would be scored based on number of users
> who approved 
> (weighted?) - number of users who disapproved
> (weighted?).  The article 
> with the highest approval rating would be the
> released (approved) 
> article.  This would be displayed somewhere distinct
> from the working 
> wikipedia (e.g. sifter.wikipedia.org, or something
> similar).
> 
> New users would be presented with Wikipedia Release
> edition.  They 
> could still edit the article, but it would not be
> released until the 
> approvals on the new article exceed the approvals on
> the previously 
> released article. The under-edit version from which
> users are working 
> may differ from the release version if approvals
> have not yet been 
> found. The differences would be highlighted on the
> edit screen.
> 
> Edits would of course appear in Recent Changes.  In
> addition, there 
> would be Recent Approvals tracking articles which
> recently were voted 
> on for approval.
> 
> An edit would of course count as a vote for approval
> (if preferences so 
> set).
> 
> Under the article (in view mode) (for logged in
> users) would be  "vote 
> to approve" and "vote to disapprove" buttons. A vote
> to approve would 
> transfer a users vote to this version for approval
> and remove it from 
> previous versions. A vote to disapprove would remain
> even if another 
> version was disapproved.
> 
> Possible weight =  1 if under 100 edits, 2 if under
> 200 edits, 3 if 
> under 300 edits, 4 otherwise. Alternative weighting
> schemes are 
> possible as well, including weight=1 for all logged
> in users.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> -- DavidLevinson
> 
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