[Foundation-l] Stable versions live on de.wp
Magnus Manske
magnusmanske at googlemail.com
Thu May 8 09:25:55 UTC 2008
On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 1:50 AM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at verizon.net> wrote:
> Lars Aronsson wrote:
>
> > Erik Moeller wrote:
> >
> >> Aka hacked up a nice script that shows how many pages have been
> >> "sighted" (basic vandalism check) on the German Wikipedia:
> >> http://tools.wikimedia.de/~aka/cgi-bin/reviewcnt.cgi?lang=english
> >>
> >> Given that FlaggedRevs has just been live for a day or so, a review
> >> rate of 4.41% is quite impressive!
> >>
> > Wait now. When FlaggedRevs was first mentioned, the press started
> > to announce that censorship was being planned for Wikipedia.
> > This was countered with the explanation that flagging was a more
> > open regime than page locking. We no longer have to lock pages on
> > controversial topics, because we can allow free editing as long as
> > the non-logged-in majority gets to see the flagged/approved
> > version.
> >
> > Is it really "impressive" to have this new "soft locking"
> > mechanism applied to a large number of pages? Wouldn't it be
> > better to show how few pages were in need of this protection?
> > And at the same time, to mention how many previously locked pages
> > have now been unlocked in the name of increased openness?
> >
> Yes, I certainly would support removing as much protection/locking as
> possible from articles where a flagged revision is presented as the default.
I think Lars calls FlaggedRevs "soft locking" and doesn't want to
apply it on a large scale.
IMHO FlaggedRevs are much different from protection/locking. The
purpose of FlaggedRevs is to present the uninitiated audience with a
vandalism-free Wikipedia. Applying FlaggedRevs to only a few pages
will not achieve that.
Magnus
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