On Sat, Nov 12, 2011 at 11:29 AM, Jim DeLaHunt <[email protected]> wrote: > > jw wrote: >> >> Hello! >> >> I know that it is not directly a style issue, but anyway: What do you >> think of making an edit note mandatory for "Add release" edits? It is >> always annoying for me to vote on such edits. A simple "CD in hand" or >> an URL is certainly not too much asked. >> > > I agree that you've identified a problem. I don't think you've found a very > effective solution. > > If the software refuses to accept a blank edit note, then it won't take the > lazy editor long to discover that typing "x" or "." in the edit note space > gets accepted. If you want the software to insist on a "real" edit note, it > gets hard to specify what the software should check for.
While I am not sure if the solution is good, if I see someone just typing . to bypass the requirement, I'll gladly just vote No to bypass the bypassing ;) > Some alternative solutions to the problem: > > 1. when you review the edit, either Abstain or vote No, and post a comment > that you are declining to vote Yes because there is no edit note. The > editor who cares will read the voting comments, and learn the lesson that > edit notes matter. > > 2. change the editing software to make it easier to add stock comments like > "I have this Release in my hand" or "Evidence at URL [fill in the blank]". > > 3. change the voting software to make it easier to add in repetitive > comments like those suggested in #1. > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://musicbrainz-mailing-lists.2986109.n2.nabble.com/Making-edit-note-for-Add-release-mandatory-tp6981599p6987704.html > Sent from the Style discussions mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > _______________________________________________ > MusicBrainz-style mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style > -- Nicolás Tamargo de Eguren _______________________________________________ MusicBrainz-style mailing list [email protected] http://lists.musicbrainz.org/mailman/listinfo/musicbrainz-style
