[Wikiquality-l] Non-editor reverting to stable version

[Magnus Manske]

On 10/9/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 10/9/07, Gregory Maxwell <gmaxwell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 10/9/07, Erik Moeller <erik at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> > > Indeed. All that "sighted" says is that it's believed to be free of
> > > vandalism, not that there might not be a useful change.
>
> > Reversion to an old version can be vandalism as much as the insertion
> > of new text. ... it depends on the context.
>
> The situation right now:
>
> 1) Trusted user A makes an edit.

To a reviewed version, I assume.

> 2) Untrusted user B vandalizes.
> 3) Trusted user A reverts.
> 4) Trusted user A has to re-review after save, because the revert is
> counted the same as any other change to an untrusted version.
>
> This doesn't make sense; when a trusted user performs a revert to the
> most recently screened version, the newly created version should be
> sighted.

So, how about:
* An edit to a reviewed version by a trusted user automatically becomes reviewed
* A revert by a trusted user to a reviewed version becomes the latest
reviewed version

Problem solved. Or did I miss something?

Magnus