Talk:2006 proposed approval for anonymous edits

Although I like the concept, I think it is far more "Wiki" to present the working version, and put a very prominent link at the top of the page that goes to the "approved" version.

Otherwise, you have a problem where bias in articles can be institutionalized by whatever interested minorities who've taken time to elect their friends as administrators.

I should mention that this is an experimental project of the German Wikipedia community. It has not been implemented there, nor is it sure they will keep it if it does get tested. It's in the nature of the experiment to test out if it works. If it does work, maybe other communities would like to do the same but - quite possibly - they won't be interested in it, or at least not this particular method of doing this. - Amgine / ^{m | n} 17:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Such important facts embodied in your reply should be made more prominent on the content page, since so many people unfamiliar with Wikimedia are being referred here.

I've stressed the experimental nature in the intro - David Gerard 20:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

mark as patrolled[edit]

apart from the delay in visibility, in what way is this system different from the mark as patrolled feature ? On nthe dutch wikipedia we already check each anonymous edit using the mark as patrolled feature to keep track of what still needs checking. Henna 20:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Ask Brion, he's writing it! - David Gerard 20:41, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

As I understand it, David, there is a working implementation of this. It will need to be completely examined to ensure it integrates with the Mediawiki software, but that would be a re-write.

Henna: There are some tools to automate this. For example, any revision made by someone who has the ability to set the 'not-vandalised' flag is automatically assumed to be not-vandalised, so as soon as such a user edits an article the most-current version is the one flagged. This reduces the number manual updates to the flags. - Amgine / ^{m | n} 20:56, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Cool. I was going by Brion's email this morning - David Gerard 21:36, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still wondering about the big difference :) for now it sounds as if it's just streamlining an existing process :) Henna 21:59, 31 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From a purpose/method point of view, the primary difference is when the action happens. In the patrolled revision model, edits which are not patrolled yet are displayed as the default and seeing a non-patrolled revision requires at least two clicks. In the flagged revision model, a flagged revision is visible as default but the unflagged revision may be seen with one click. (plus, most edits will be automatically flagged so the latest revision will also be the default view.) - Amgine / ^{m | n} 03:19, 2 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]