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I stoppped editing Wikipedia when I realized the majority of my time was taken up by doing things that should have been automated by software. I was using the b
by gregwebs 16y ago
I stoppped editing Wikipedia when I realized the majority of my time was taken up by doing things that should have been automated by software. I was using the beta version at the time. I don't think this update will change things that much, although a good toolbar will help.
- tokenadult 16y agoI stopped editing Wikipedia when I realized the majority of my time was taken up by doing things that should have been automated by software. What are some examples?
- gregwebs 16y agoI think the automation is not the traditional kind of automation, but instead software that supports getting the same thing done in a fraction of the time. Just the act of beginning an edit in WP is painful. I see where the article text is, then I have to click the edit button and wade through the editing text (this can be very difficult sometimes) to find it. The workflow that involves collaborating with other people is completely tedious- the talk pages are awful because this is not what wiki's were designed for. I would suggest moving to a model similar to version controlled software where changes can be staged and reviewed before committing, and discussions can be made around those changesets.
- bhiggins 16y agoA lot of other people have had the same thought and you know some of them did? They wrote some software to automate it.