mrchad9 wrote:My suggestion was less complicated from the above IMHO (from an implementation standpoint). The objective being to keep it as simple as possible in hopes of it being done as soon as possible.
This is highly practical.
mrchad9 wrote:Currently when creating a page the author can create 1, 2, 3, etc... sections for the content. The website automatically adds one last section for images... it isn't up to the page creator. My thought is just between this and the author created sections there be one more section, for SP community contributions and additions to the page. This makes it immediately visible to all who look at or print the page, without clicking any other correction links.
For all the memebers they would see the 'edit page' option at the top just like the author, except when they click it they only have the option for the one section that is for all members. The author can edit that section too... thus allowing him to delete something if he choses to incorporate it into his writeup.
Let me try blending two ideas in my response. Bob noted that certain sections should be more protected than others, like the Overview. I agree with him, because the Overview is where you really wrestle with words trying to convey the significance of the peak, express why it's something to admire, and entice readers to keep going. Appropriately, more sweat and tears go into that section than any others.
I would say a new check box appears at the top of each section in the edit page view, giving the author a chance to "lock down" a section as
Private or
Public. Private means that section can only be edited by anyon with admin/owner rights on the page.
That was idea one. Idea two is that I think it's worth opening up the bulk of the page instead of relegating changes to a section. If you want to point out that the gully is free of snow early in the season due to the south aspect, you want to
add that information right next to the route description with the gully. Putting it anywhere else makes it hard to assimilate. This would really just become a comment section. It's uninspiring. I've added comments to pages that I thought were really helpful, then the page owner didn't log on since 2007. It wasn't worth it for me to go protesting to the Elves about it and I definitely didn't want to own the page. So I think for meaningful change people need to be able to alter the content of actual important sections of a page.
But mrchad9, you are surely right about the practical aspect...these are all castles in the sky until/unless we can get time from Matt to try it out...