[Foundation-l] Enhancement requests : spreading the word, flagging problems, accept but delay

Mon Jun 19 21:24:21 UTC 2006

A few disparate feature thoughts from recent conversations:

* "Mail this article to a friend" and "Mail this image to a friend" --
badly needed functionality

* "Flag problem with this article" -- useful interface feature, though
what it does once you apply such a flag might be refined over time.

* User watching -- add the option to watch the edits of particular
anons or new users [logged-in users could opt out of being watchable].
 In addition to "/newbies" have an "unwatched newbie contribs" RC
page.

* Metadata about revisoin stability : A subtle but visible "recent
newbie edit" flag to articles to indicate that someone with no history
has edited the page recently, and this flag has not been reset.
Provide a way for any non-new editor to unset the flag.

**  A feature to prepare for the future, but not to apply unless
necessary : an "accept but delay" editing patch for new users -- new
users can see their own changes to an article; logged-in users can see
the "recent newbie edit flag" and also the latest changes; other users
see the last version before this edit.  Anon readers who try editing
the page (not seeing the newer revision) would be editing the text of
the old revision (with the standard warning), so a set of newbies
could conceivably overwrite one another's changes in quick succession
without realizing it; but other editors could learn to compensate and
work through the histories of especially current events articles with
rapidly changing content and information.

SJ