Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2012/Option 3: Difference between revisions

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# The current draft policy will need to be revised before I can support reactivating Pending changes/Flagged revisions. To this end I recommend that [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Flagged Revisions|WikiProject Flagged Revisions]] be reactivated (and if need be renamed [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Pending Changes|WikiProject Pending Changes]]) to address the concerns of Tryptofish and Allens amoung others. – [[User:Allen4names|Allen]]4[[User talk:Allen4names|names]] 05:07, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

#: '''Note''': Allens changed position after [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Pending_changes/Request_for_Comment_2012/Option_3&oldid=487777496 this] revision. – [[User:Allen4names|Allen]]4[[User talk:Allen4names|names]] 02:52, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

::#::I would be willing to change my position back (to, first, requiring considerable policy clarifications, and, second, dealing with the potential for vandals to clog up the reviewer queue after doing vandalism - not removable by non-reviewers - using an autoconfirmed account) if the Pending Changes policy was ''firmly'' such that it (at least in its PC1 form; I can see PC2 on article that would otherwise get full protection) would not be used on any BLP or similarly liability-provoking article. As it is, given that these are the exact articles it's being proposed for by at least some, I have to oppose it given the near-certainty of inadvertent misuse due to liability fears. (I apologize if this isn't the right place for this comment/clarification.) [[User:Allens|Allens]] ([[User_talk:Allens|talk]] | [[Special:Contributions/Allens|contribs]]) 21:34, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

# For pending changes, there needs to be a clear guide on what should and shouldn't use it, and when it's appropriate to add it to the article; it has to be at least remotely easy to use and navigate too, which it was far from. There are articles where pending changes would work wonders (years, schools), yet there are articles where they would be a waste of time. The two extremes above give me a bad gut feeling about how it's going to turn out, as deciding between none at all or them everywhere is a lose-lose situation. [[User:Wizardman|<span style="color:#030">'''''Wizardman'''''</span>]] _{[[User:Wizardman/Operation Big Bear|<span style="color:#600">Operation Big Bear</span>]]} 14:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

# I find myself in agreement with most of the comments in this section. FlaggedRevs needs both technical and policy adjustments to be effective here. --[[User:MZMcBride|MZMcBride]] ([[User talk:MZMcBride|talk]]) 17:50, 4 April 2012 (UTC)