On Thu 07 May 2020 at 14:23:06 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > Brian wrote: > > On Wed 29 Apr 2020 at 12:20:37 -0400, Daniel Barclay wrote: > > > > > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > > ... > > > > The best thing about a wiki is that anyone can edit it[1]. Having to > > > > check with others first would, in my opinion, just hinder contributions. > > > > > > > > Reverts are much easier to do than edits ;) > > > > > > How about tentative or provisional edits--changes that perhaps show up > > > before being approved/confirmed by owners/experts/approvers, but are > > > rendered as unconfirmed edits, so readers know their status? > > > > > > (That way, new information can get to readers quickly (before > > > confirmation), > > > and in case the new information is wrong, readers were alerted to that > > > possibility (its higher probability).) > > > > How about users creating pages or altering existing ones to reflect > > what they consider to be in the best interests of the wiki? > > By itself? What one random user considers to be in the best interest of the > wiki might be wrong and might be something that a regular editor/approver of > the page could catch and fix or delete.
We do not have "random" users. We have users, and they entitled to participate in any aspect of the development of Debian. > Combined with what I suggested? Yes, that would be fine, but then isn't > that what I just suggested? What are you counter-suggesting or objecting > to? Who are these *regular* editors and approvers? I would suggest that users just get stuck into the wiki if they have something to say. > > I'm buggered > > if I will await the contribution of some approver, who could, presumably, > > could have improved the page with or without my intervention. > > What awaiting are you talking about? In my proposal, the only awaiting > would be for being able to see the changed text without the special > rendering/marking (indicating that it's a not-yet-vetted user-made change) > rather then seeing the changed text rendered normally. Who is doing this vetting? -- Brian.
