User talk:RoyGoldsmith/Revisions

Revisions

 * The talk about Flagged Revisions, et. al., has obviously been going on for quite some time. Maybe, as a newbie to the whole discussion, I might offer a suggestion. I'm fairly sure that this probably doesn't belongs here so, if someone could tell me where it should be placed, I will transfer it there. It is certainly possible that something similar has been proposed and rejected before; in which case, you can tell me to shut up.


 * It seems to me that all the talk about "flagged revisions" has gotten too complex. This is a simplified proposal, intended as a stop-gap while you work out the full implementation, however long it takes.


 * Any time a non-autoconfirmed editor makes a change, it is immediately displayed but with a line (I picture this as a single yellow line with black text at the top of the page) saying:
 * This version has not been reviewed. To see the latest reviewed version, press here.


 * If the user does, the yellow banner will display:
 * This is the latest reviewed version. To see the current, unreviewed version, press here.


 * At the same time, for both displays, an autoconfirmed user will also see:
 * You can help by reviewing this article. Press here.


 * Remember, all of this is displayed on one line, perhaps 15 pixels high.


 * If the autoconfirmed user clicks-on the second here, he will be presented with a diff between the current, unreviewed version and the latest reviewed version followed by:
 * Press here if you think that the edits above are acceptable to the general public?


 * If he does then the current version becomes the latest reviewed version and the banner disappears.


 * And that's all. No need for a special class of reviewers. No need for any extra, administator-maintained user switches. And it may just be good enough.


 * There are some details about how to show the reviewer's OK in History and to allow an autoconfirmed editor making changes to either accept the article as reviewed or simply accept his edits without changing the the article's reviewed status.


 * This is the default for unregistered users but these choices should be maleable in the user preferences. This includes whether or not to see the "This version has not been / This is the latest" banners at all and whether to first view the current version or the latest reviewed version. --RoyGoldsmith (talk) 14:16, 4 March 2010 (UTC)