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

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