https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208
--- Comment #70 from Ryan Lane <[email protected]> 2011-09-14 21:36:37 UTC --- (In reply to comment #68) > And in response to comment 65; the best thing to do would be to implement the > simple solution (the consensus at the above mentioned RfC) NOW, then figure > out > the MediaWiki issues, which will take a lot of fine-tuning. And if a scholar > seriously can't wait 4 days and make 10 edits before publishing an article, I > don't think that's a scholar who will be very successful in academia; you > don't > get to walk up to academic journals and demand they publish your paper. You > normally have to have certain credentials to get published, although > exceptions > can be made. Same as what we're asking; we want people to have a certain > level > of experience, but we can make exceptions (admins granting the confirmed flag) > as they arise. Since when is Wikipedia an encyclopedia that only experts can edit? I thought it was an encyclopedia that anyone can edit? We need to consider the person that can read about a subject, write articles, and make references to original research based on the information they found, whether they are technical or not. Someone editing Wikipedia in their spare time, contributing useful information may not wait 4 days. They may never come back. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
