2009/1/29 Ray Saintonge <[email protected]>: > Speed of updates may be a factor for current events, but I see nothing > to convince me that EB wants to enter that field. Nor do I see them as > competitors to upload the latest plot line of "Desperate Housewives" as > soon as it has aired. > > Has there been a survey of non-editing readers about the speed of > updates, and what that means to them? I suspect that their demands > would involve a significantly longer yardstick than the minute. It's > not as though we were a newspaper trying to get the latest scoop on its > competitor. Compared to Wikinews, Wikipedia should not need to feel that > pressure.
Failing to keep up with deaths is something EB has taken flack for in the past. > I don't share your passion for instant gratification, a concept with > problems that extend far beyond the wikis. What you have a passion for doesn't really matter. What our driveby content adders have a passion for does. > With flagged revisions our > content writers would continue to see the results of their labours > immediately. False. Only logged in users will see them. > If they are any good at what they do they can also feel > confident that the general public will also soon see their changes. See the backlog of unpatrolled new pages. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
