Steve Bennett wrote: > On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:07 AM, Chad<[email protected]> wrote: >> A lot of the docs have been written by people other than developers, > > Ever met a developer who likes writing doc? :) > >> and a lot of the docs have never been read by a developer. That being >> said, using FlaggedRevs we might be able to deliver more solid docs >> on MW.org by flagging docs at like two levels. One could be like a basic >> "has been looked over for glaring errors and basic readability" and >> a second could be "has been thoroughly reviewed and is considered >> the doc on the given subject." > > Perhaps we could start by getting developers to thoroughly review > documentation? > > You're proposing a technical solution to a people problem. The problem > is not that the site can't display the fact that a developer vouches > for the quality of documentation. The problem is that there are no > processes for getting developers to review documentation and vouch for > it. >
That's true, but even if there is such a process, it would be helpful to communicate to users whether or not the revision that they're looking at has been reviewed. I would support adding FlaggedRevs for the Manual: namespace. -- Alex (wikipedia:en:User:Mr.Z-man) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
