pageoneresults - 5:22 pm on Jan 26, 2009 (gmt 0)

Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, is proposing a system of flagged revisions, which would mean any changes made by a new or unknown user would have to be approved by one of the site's editors, before the changes were published.

Note that it is for new or unknown users. Existing users are not affected. So basically they are going to take final control of what they should have been doing all along, moderating the UGC (User Generated Content).

If the Wiki is to remain an authoritative resource, it really needs to focus on where many of their challenges are which lies in the editing of Wiki content. Ya sure, the politics are there just as they will be with any large organization like that. You either live with it or whatever. ;)

Unworkable? Not really, Mr. Wales is now offering a compromise...

...asking those who were opposed to the changes to make "an alternative proposal within the next 7 days, to be voted upon for the next 14 days after that."

I think that is fair for all involved. Let's see what they come up with. I'm definitely for the premoderated editing from new and unknown users. Do you let unknown users comment on your blogs or in your communities?