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
