Read the release here that explains how this all works: https://en.prolewiki.org/wiki/Essay:ProleWiki_is_allowing_its_readers_to_edit_pages!
We’ll be running this as a pilot project from 1 week to a month to collect data and assess the feature, and then either keep going with it or pause and reiterate.
Feel free to ask questions
some stats after the first weekend:
10 edits approved
5 edits rejected
We log the reasons for rejections, and so far they are:
Source issues (3)
Possible wrecking attempt (1)
Trolling (1)
Duplicate edit (1)
So only 3 real edits were rejected and 2 of those improperly sourced edits were fixed by their author afterwards. 1 was rejected literally just a few minutes ago so it’s still ongoing.
Edits that were rejected and then approved once fixed count as 2 edits (1 rejected, 1 approved).
Overall not so bad for the first weekend, definitely a good amount of proposed edits, 15 in total so far.
We are also refining our stance towards anon edits with this pilot period, allowing us to understand how they can fit within our model and how we relate to them.
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- Prolewiki in 5 minutes
Aren’t you worried that this will result in a lot of troll edits?
It’s all explained in the linked release 🤐
I know you’ll moderate them first, but hopefully it isn’t going to be a lot of wasted time looking at pointless troll edits and it is actually useful content. I’d love to contribute, but I’m not knowledgeable enough.
I can’t foresee a single way this could go wrong.
All contributions go through a moderation queue and we are doubly more mindful of them, I can’t think of many ways this could become a problem but that’s also why we’re running it as a pilot project and then will assess the whole thing.
What about all the effort I went to filling in the answers to those question that I never submitted in the end?
As explained in the release, making an account allows you to bypass the moderation and participate in the community, including giving you voting rights, so you should totally submit your answers 😉
Yeah just joking. I do plan to sign up but I know I have too much of a life backlog to deal with right now, for the next few months anyway, before I obsess over a new project.
some stats after the first weekend:
- 10 edits approved
- 5 edits rejected
We log the reasons for rejections, and so far they are:
- Source issues (3)
- Possible wrecking attempt (1)
- Trolling (1)
- Duplicate edit (1)
So only 3 real edits were rejected and 2 of those improperly sourced edits were fixed by their author afterwards. 1 was rejected literally just a few minutes ago so it’s still ongoing.
Edits that were rejected and then approved once fixed count as 2 edits (1 rejected, 1 approved).
Overall not so bad for the first weekend, definitely a good amount of proposed edits, 15 in total so far.
We are also refining our stance towards anon edits with this pilot period, allowing us to understand how they can fit within our model and how we relate to them.
