[Wikipedia-l] Request management

Thu Dec 8 17:28:45 UTC 2005

Magnus Manske wrote:
>
> I hereby suggest a mechanism for "request management". Each article
> would have a "Request" (or "task") tab, and there would be a
> Special:Requests page. Through these, requests of all kind could be
> handeled (added, listed, removed). Each request would get its own
> "Request:" page for discussion.
>
> A request would consist of:
> * Article name (automatically filled in)
> * Request type (chosen from a list)
> * Comment/reason/explanation text
> * Status (from a list, similar to bugzilla; "open", "solved", "wontfix")
> * Other automatically filled-in information (who requested it, time of
> request)
>
> Requests would be shown in the sidebar of the page (like "Requests:
> cleanup, wikify"). Details would be shown of the Special:Request page
> *for that article*. All requests, sorted and filtered, would be shown on
> Special:Request (*not* for a specific page).
>
> Optionally, a filter could be applied for the categories an article is
> in. This would allow me too see all articles in "Biochemitry" that need
> a cleanup, for example.
>
>
> Quick, tell me what you think, while I'm in a coding mood ;-)
>
> Magnus
>   

That's a great idea: Wikipedia workflow!

-- Neil