Re: Discussion: Collaboration, Edit/Submit Changes
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 6:26 am
Fletch here makes one good point. There are only 1 to 2% that actually contribute to this site. Some of the comments I have seen are from others here who have not contributed.
My personal feeling is that many of these members don't know that they already have the power to change and improve a pages content by additions and corrections, PM to the owner, PM to the elves and finally actually asking to adopt the pages. In the last two months I have been able to adopt 5 pages and be administrator of a couple more pages on this site. Redwic, Gimpilator and Josh Lewis have been able to do similiar to other pages. From this thread I wonder if many people know that they can adopt a page from a inactive user even if the page is scored high.
Instead of SP going out there and editing changes to the site, SP should more put more emphasis on how empower those on the site to make pages to large number of low quality pages.
As for wiki edits they should be limited to additions/corrections and the owner should be able to control them. Owner of pages should not be able to erase mountain pages, especially if they had already adopted the page from another member. Other items are that pages should go up for adoption after an SP member has been inactive for one year. Anything more than that I personally think would compromise SP.
One thing I don't has been mentioned much on this site is Trip Reports. I think that a Trip Report that are limited to 50 words or less should automatically be erased from the site after being up for one week. Trip reports are there for entertainment, beta collecting, and personal experiences on a route. I don't think 50 words really fulfilles any of these requirements.
My personal feeling is that many of these members don't know that they already have the power to change and improve a pages content by additions and corrections, PM to the owner, PM to the elves and finally actually asking to adopt the pages. In the last two months I have been able to adopt 5 pages and be administrator of a couple more pages on this site. Redwic, Gimpilator and Josh Lewis have been able to do similiar to other pages. From this thread I wonder if many people know that they can adopt a page from a inactive user even if the page is scored high.
Instead of SP going out there and editing changes to the site, SP should more put more emphasis on how empower those on the site to make pages to large number of low quality pages.
As for wiki edits they should be limited to additions/corrections and the owner should be able to control them. Owner of pages should not be able to erase mountain pages, especially if they had already adopted the page from another member. Other items are that pages should go up for adoption after an SP member has been inactive for one year. Anything more than that I personally think would compromise SP.
One thing I don't has been mentioned much on this site is Trip Reports. I think that a Trip Report that are limited to 50 words or less should automatically be erased from the site after being up for one week. Trip reports are there for entertainment, beta collecting, and personal experiences on a route. I don't think 50 words really fulfilles any of these requirements.