On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 11:58 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I was chatting with User:Ciphergoth the other week about getting > people involved in stuff. He occasionally asks people "if you see a > typo in Wikipedia, do you fix it?" And people *just don't do that*. > This is something that needs remedying. Actually, I often see things that need fixing, but I'm in "look up" mode and using Wikipedia as a starting point for finding some information I'm after, and often don't have the time to even make a note to come back to the article later. If I see things that need fixing when I'm in "Wikipedian" mode, I do fix things then (but even then, there is a trade-off between temp fix now, or detailed fix that will take more time). It comes back to that trade-off in time spent doing other things. Has anyone ever suggested a way for people to highlight a mistake and click to bring it to someone else's attention? But without logging any IP address. I suppose that sort of system would get overwhelmed by trolls very quickly. Maybe an off-wiki system to allow people using Wikipedia to generate a note for themselves on corrections to make later on? I'm also convinced that the generation that has grown up able to correct things on wikis or editable bulletin boards after they've posted them, are more prone to posting typos in the less flexible media, such as e-mail and non-editable bulletin boards. The number of times I've clicked "send" and spotted a typo and cursed my inability to make an instant edit to correct it! Carcharoth _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l