(Catching up)
Erik Moeller wrote:
1) Protected pages have a link called "Editable
copy" or something
similar. This is simply a copy of the page, perhaps with some flag in the
database or a modifier in the page title like "(COPY)".
2) This page can be edited freely. After every edit, a timer is reset. The
timer counts down to, say, 2 hours (we may want to define this on a per-
site or per-page basis). Once the time has elapsed, the original version
of the page is replaced with the COPY.
Because the timer is reset any time someone edits the page, regular users
can prevent the page from being substituted with vandalism if no sysop is
near. Similarly, edit wars are given time to "cool" before the page in
question changes.
3) Sysops have the additional privileges of being able to directly replace
the original page with the COPY (so as to say, "this version is good,
gimme this NOW"), and of course, of being able to edit the original page
directly.
This is cute and all, but it seems like a lot of new complexity for no
really important purpose.
The Main Page of all language wikis would benefit
greatly from this, as it
could now be updated by everyone without the risk of the goat-man suddenly
appearing on our frontpage.
Well, this would be nice, I admit. But sysop status is handed out
freely for the asking, for the most part, so I'm not sure if the
benefit is really all that great.
--Jimbo