2009/1/29 Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>et>:
Speed of updates may be a factor for current events,
but I see nothing
to convince me that EB wants to enter that field. Nor do I see them as
competitors to upload the latest plot line of "Desperate Housewives" as
soon as it has aired.
Has there been a survey of non-editing readers about the speed of
updates, and what that means to them? I suspect that their demands
would involve a significantly longer yardstick than the minute. It's
not as though we were a newspaper trying to get the latest scoop on its
competitor. Compared to Wikinews, Wikipedia should not need to feel that
pressure.
Failing to keep up with deaths is something EB has taken flack for in the past.
I don't share your passion for instant
gratification, a concept with
problems that extend far beyond the wikis.
What you have a passion for doesn't really matter. What our driveby
content adders have a passion for does.
With flagged revisions our
content writers would continue to see the results of their labours
immediately.
False. Only logged in users will see them.
If they are any good at what they do they can also
feel
confident that the general public will also soon see their changes.
See the backlog of unpatrolled new pages.
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geni