Re: Debian is testing Discourse
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? 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.
--
Brian
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