Samuel Klein wrote: > I agree this is important, to the projects and to the progress of flagged > revs as a concept (which is still one step of a long journey). It is worth > a quick thread on f-l for that reason if not for general interest. > > I was so taken aback by the conceit that the adoption of one single extension by a single language in a single project might be of interest on a foundation level, that I didn't reply directly, but decided to think hard about whether there is anything at all about flagged revs that might be of foundation level relevance.
I was in fact mildly surprised to find that I could conceive of one such issue. And that issue is what limits should we set on the size of wikipedia projects to whom we will _allow_ setting up of flagged revs. The leading programmer of flagged revs has suggested 100 000 articles in the wikipedia context (smaller sizes ok for instance in wikisource contexts). But since wikipedia is nearest my heart, that is what I will focus on here. My thinking suggests that 100 000 should be the hard lower limit; below which size, there would have to be extraordinarily strong and exceptional circumstances where flagged revs could conceivably be allowed. Do bear in mind that flagged revs is labour intensive, and bestows very little benefit in the early stages when emphasis is getting just any content at all up there, and use by readers is not really that intensive, nor is there much media interest yet, nor the general public that involved. My thinking is that it should be strongly discouraged that flagged revs be used on wikipedias below 250 000 articles, before that size community building and content creation should be key, not worrying about the face the wikipedia presents to the outside world. But on the other end of the spectrum, on projects like the one I am active on (the Finnish Wikipedia)... Disruptive behaviour is not wired into our genes or our culture, but quietly coöperative behaviour has been. Our wikipedia is a paradise in comparison to many. For this reason personally I would consider it a great shame if we were to be granted flagged revs before say 750 000 or one million. And even as I say this, I know there are the chance brothers (Fat and Slim) that this devout wish will be observed. I consider it a great problem that solutions for problems larger wikis have are nearly without exception foisted on smaller wikis without much consideration of what their real effect there will be, and are they really ready for it. Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
