[Foundation-l] Pending Changes development update: September 27

Thu Sep 30 19:24:27 UTC 2010

On 30 September 2010 05:55, Michael Snow <wikipedia at frontier.com> wrote:
> Whether or not it was reasonable to expect the feature to solve this
> problem on the first try, I don't think we should settle for that as our
> goal. This particular kind of case is mostly driven by media appeal and
> is not the best objective to focus on for accomplishing our mission.
> What the English Wikipedia really needs is to be able to reverse the
> situation that has prevailed since the Seigenthaler incident, so that
> people can write new articles and material without having to create an
> account or endure a waiting period, and the project can stay closer to
> the notion of being an encyclopedia anyone can edit. For me, any
> attraction that developing a "flagged revisions" or "pending changes"
> feature has ever had is connected to the potential that it would lead to
> an environment in which we can restore that ability for unregistered
> contributors.
>

We already have the patrolled function on new pages.

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geni