[WikiEN-l] Most read US newspaper blasts Wikipedia

Thu Dec 1 00:28:03 UTC 2005

On 11/30/05, Katefan0 <katefan0 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I hesitated to post this message because I don't want
> to take credit for the idea.  It was actually an idea
> put forth by Johntex, relayed to me after the recent
> meetup he'd gone to.  I'm not sure that he subscribes
> to wikien-l, though, so I thought I'd mention it FWIW.
>  I believe he also relayed the idea to Jimbo so
> perhaps this has already been circulated.
>
> Johntex's idea is essentially a spinoff of an
> "approved" version.  He essentially proposed that
> Wikipedia create an additional "tab" people could
> click on to see the last "approved" version.
> Everybody can still edit the non-approved version,
> just as normal.  And I guess, taking the idea out to
> its logical extreme, at intervals the two versiosn
> would be compared and any new information meshed into
> the "approved" version.  This way everybody can still
> edit and contribute, but anyone concerned about
> ensuring the version they're looking at has been
> vetted thoroughly could simply click on the "approved"
> tab.

Kate, it's very similar to this:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Article_marker_feature

And it seems like it's the least disruptive, highest ROI feature that
we could try, and the implementation would be simple.

-Andrew (User:Fuzheado)