On 1/26/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 26/01/07, George Herbert
<george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I was thinking of something different over the
weekend. A Wikipedia
Article Subjects Noticeboard, where people or organizations could post
things which they object to (short of what the Office would *have* to
deal with) and editors can watch and respond to normally.
That's the sort of idea I was thinking of.
Would enough regular editors actually respond? That's the only thing
I'm wondering about.
I think it would be less frustrating than a lot of other admin stuff
people do. I'd watch the page. I can't speak for others, though.
I was thinking
that the process could be something like "First, please
post a comment on the article talk page with a detailed explanation of
what you object to and why, and identifying who you are and what your
official standing is. Then, add an entry to the top of the list below
with template {{Subjectnotice|articlename}}, add some comments, and
sign it... Please do so from a logged in account so that people can
respond on your talk page as well as the article talk page."
I haven't created the template (I have no idea how they work).
Does anyone think this is a bad idea? Positive comments?
It sounds n00b-hostile. What's the lightest-weight process from both
sides that would do the job?
Good point. Making a process optimized for the WP experts is not the point...
What do people think the easiest consistent process is which we could
do which would allow article subjects with little WP experience to
find out what to do, and do it, to make such a notification? Let's
brainstorm...
We can disconnect the subject notifying us from WP process tracking it
once notified. So they can be different mechanisms.
Ask them to put a comment in the talk page with a {{SubjectObjection}}
tag, which adds the talk page to a category? Can we explain that
easily enough?
Create a mailing list for it and publicize the address?
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com