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Wiki Master Edit
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A Wiki master edit of a page is the act of editing a page which has received various contributions to it to make it more consistent and easier to read afterwards.

Often, the subject of the page is discussed and different sides are presented. Sometimes the discussion converges, and what is left can be a long, and sometimes confusing, page.

A WikiMasterEditor (anyone who wants to, really) will then go through the page and edit it.

The resulting page should in general be shorter and more succinct.

Of course, the WikiMasterEditor should be 'impartial' to the discussion and attribute the contributors to the original page.

To indicate that the page has been edited, it makes sense to include an informative "This page was wikimasteredited by Your Name on date"

When does a page merit a WikiMasterEdit?

When the discussion has converged, the page can/should be edited. Often, it makes sense to leave the page as it is for a couple of days to see if anyone wants to contribute and to ensure that everyone included in the discussion have had a chance to catch up on the last entries.

I'd also suggest that discussion parties maybe leave a small mark at the bottom of their last contribution (e.g. :MasterEdit?) to indicate that they think the page can/should be edited.

If the discussion has been lively, it may also make sense to add something like 'The original discussion leading to this page was held at [currentpagename_unedited]', and then copy the old page to this location.

Maybe we (GoWiki) should provide a mechanism for this (the old page should also be locked, restricting new discussions to the new page).

As a final note, just because the page has been WikiMasterEdited does not mean that it cannot be contributed to later :-))

-- MortenPahle



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