FlaggedRevs

Welcome to the FlaggedRevs demo installation!

This wiki serves as a testing platform for the extension by Aaron Schulz and Jörg Baach, also known as the "stable versions" feature. If you are inclined to experiment with new technology that could fundamentally change the way we look at content developed through open wiki collaboration, please do help us test the extension to its limits and report bugs at Talk:Bugs and wishlist.

In a nutshell The FlaggedRevs extension allows reviewers to assign positive quality labels to the current version of a wiki page. Both the labels and the user permissions can be very flexibly configured, and interested wiki communities should study the documentation carefully to determine their preferred setup. In this wiki, we are using the following set up: The data-base contains a copy of the English Wikibooks project. It is completely fine to fold, spindle or mutilate it. Users in the "editor" group can flag revisions as "checked" for basic vandalism and obvious nonsense. Users in the "reviewer" group can flag revisions as "good articles" or "featured articles". Such versions are known as "quality versions". Unlike the German demo, the default version shown to unregistered readers is the current version, not the most recently flagged one. However, the settings can be changed per page by admins using the link on the protection page. In other words, on some pages, the default version can be the last stable one. Effectively, page stabilization becomes an alternative to page protection: anyone can still edit, but edits are not shown to readers immediately. Registered contributors always continue to see the latest version by default -- so to fully test the system, you have to occasionally log out. Tip: you can use a second browser to avoid the hassle of logging in and out, or use the firefox add-ons "multifox". You can add yourself to either group by using the Special:Userrights feature. You are not hacking the system by doing so; this feature will not be openly accessible outside this demo.

Get started Register an account, go to Special:Userrights and make yourself a reviewer, and get started: This is one wiki you're encouraged to vandalize.(Except this page of course) Below you'll find some entrypoints into the Wikibooks content area; you can also use the navigation sidebar. Hint : the review box is located at the bottom of pages. Report your observations here: Bugs and wishlist Brainstorming about how & where to use this feature

What's next? As of June 4, 2008, wiki communities can request FlaggedRevs to be enabled in accordance with a defined process. (It may take a while for requests to be processed as we are working through a large backlog of site requests. Experimentation on this wiki will continue. Aaron, the chief developer of the extension, is watching the wikis and has already made significant changes in the course of the test. So, our hope is that pushing FlaggedRevs to its limits will make it ready for real world usage. Example content redirect Clown Test notes