Thanks for the update Quim. I hope it gets done as soon as possible, as it'll go a long way to help multiple concurrent edits.
I think it's been lacking for a long time now, and can't wait to see it in action. +Rexford <https://plus.google.com/+Nkansahrexford> | +CG Central <https://plus.google.com/b/103109918657638322478/103109918657638322478/posts> | +233 266 811 165 l BFCT <http://www.blendernetwork.org/member/nkansah-rexford-nyarko/> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 9:50 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am asking Quim to provide us an update. > > > > Me? :) I'm just an editor who, like many of you, has suffered this problem > occasionally. > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:02 AM, rupert THURNER <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >> that would be a hullarious feature! which is btw available in some other > >> opensoure and proprietory wikis. > >> > > > TWiki is an open source wiki and also has (had?) a concept of blocking a > page while someone else is editing. This feature might sound less than > ideal in the context of, say, Wikipedia when a new Pope is being nominated, > but I can see how many editors and MediaWiki adminis have missed such > feature at some point. > > If I understood correctly, VisualEditor already represents an improvement > vs Wikitext because the chances of triggering conflicting edits are > smaller, because of the way the actual content is modified and updated in > every edit. > > There was some idea to add to VisualEditor Etherpad-like concurrent and > real-time editing, but maybe JamesF or marktraceur know better the current > status. > > Rupert, in any case you see that the trend is going in the direction of > being more efficient handling concurrent edits. Blocking pages while > another editor supposedly is working on them might work in e.g. corporate > wikis where most f the times the Edit link is clicked for a reason, but it > could be potentially counterproductive in sites like Wikipedia. > > Just my 2 cents not even being an expert in this topic. > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
