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Re: Should the edit system be viewable to the general public?

by Mark Woodson :: Rate this Message:

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On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 5:42 PM, Pavan Chander <pchander@...> wrote:

> I noticed that TT has a link to Vew Edits and I filed a ticket to hide it,
> as all it did was point the clicker to a login prompt.
>
> On the current server one needs to be logged in to view the edit/vote system
> and I thought that this should remain the same in TT.
> http://bugs.musicbrainz.org/ticket/4669
>
> A very short discussion was held on IRC about this and the decision was sort
> of made to let the general public have access to see the edit history, so
> the ticket was changed and now if you click on View Edits, you can see them
> without being logged in.
> http://chatlogs.musicbrainz.org/2009/2009-02/2009-02-03.html#T20-30-09-603796
>
> Only a handful of opinions have been heard on this and aCiD2 suggested I
> bring this up on the ML to discuss it further.

I think having the edit system viewable by the larger public would be
a good thing. The idea that the mechanics are transparent would
perhaps encourage people to participate. I can't think of a real down
side to having it open to inspection.

-Mark / InSinU8

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