[WikiEN-l] Simple interface tweak?

Tue Dec 13 16:38:54 UTC 2005

True, it would afford more effective vandalizing of unwatched pages.
Then again, it would alert readers to be more cautious there too.

Andrea

On 12/13/05, Carbonite <carbonite.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/13/05, John Lee <johnleemk at gawab.com> wrote:
> >
> > Andrea Forte wrote:
> >
> > >Has it ever been suggested before that a simple indicator of "how many
> > >people are watching this article" could be a useful tool for:
> > >
> > >users who want to figure out what to trust
> > >wikipedians who want to know where to spend their efforts
> > >discouraging vandalism
> > >
> > >Has this been tried? Suggested? Debated?
> > >
> > >Just curious,
> > >
> > >Andrea
> > >
> > >
> > It's not exactly new, but I've never figured out why it hasn't been
> > explored further.
>
>
> One of the drawbacks is that vandals would be able to target articles that
> have zero users watching them. It's been suggested that instead of exact
> counts, ranges would be used for lesser watched articles ("Less than 10
> users watching"). Perhaps admins could have access to exact counts so that
> they could identify if an article wasn't being watched. Overall, it's a very
> good idea that just needs to have the details nailed down.
>
> Carbonite
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