Tim Starling wrote:
I feel the same way, which is why I'm not
suggesting that we send the actual
text typed into the edit box to the server. Just some meta-information such
as number of characters typed, or an explicitly public summary. Perhaps we
could have a separate textbox where the user can type a message to send to
other people viewing the edit page. Imagine if you could type "I'm busy
rewriting this rubbish stub, don't bother fixing the spelling". Then anyone
else who opened the article from new pages patrol would know to stay away.
It would save a lot of edit conflicts.
Ok. But you wrote:
... "and the edit summary they have typed if any"
So others could see the edit summary? (Shudder ;)
Maybe an optional message box would be helpful (editable). The message
while editing might not be the same as the edit summary.
Chatting with each other while editing? Like an IRC channel with the
title of the page?