the lack of visible reward will have the same effect on them as on new contributors.
David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 2:15 PM, David Gerard<dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/8/28 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com>: >> 2009/8/28 David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>: > >>> Protection is a failure of the wiki model in the first place. >>> Discussion is a poor substitute for editing. > >> Edit warring is a failure of the wiki model. We use protection to >> force people into a discussion model which works better in those >> situations. > > > Yeah, it's all imperfect. What I mean is, that's a bit of process for > a particular purpose, and if we need it with flagged revs as we do > with full protection, then we can reintroduce it when we do. I think > the lack of visible reward will be helpful in dealing with everyday > edit warriors. (If people with the reviewer bit edit-war with it, one > or both is likely to get a strong word at the very least.) > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
