Gregory Maxwell wrote: > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM, William Pietri <will...@scissor.com> wrote: >
>> I agree completely that the outcome is really up to the community. But >> personally, it's my hope that this will open things up. Certainly the >> articles selected for initial trial of this represent an opening, in >> that all the users who could edit before still can, and the ones that >> couldn't can now easily propose edits, ones that are likely to be accepted. >> > > People should really avoid the poisonous "propose" language. > > An edit is an edit. An act in completion by itself. For it to not > stick it must be _reverted_, another act— not something passive. > Perhaps it might sit unflagged for some time... but even in the worst > case someone with the authority will eventually want their own changes > to be displayed and at that point they must choose: revert or accept. > > Words matter, at least sometimes, and I fear "propose" presents > problems both for the motivation of new users to contribute and in the > personal restraint experienced users must display by avoiding the trap > of OWNing articles. > > +1 Yours, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
