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This should be the case on the web, too. If I put together a blog post and someone wants to correct my spelling, it should be easy for them to suggest a correct
by repsilat 8y ago
This should be the case on the web, too. If I put together a blog post and someone wants to correct my spelling, it should be easy for them to suggest a correction (and see it when they read without approval.)
Maybe you'd have to worry about graffiti or spam, though. A git PR model would be fine for low-traffic situations though, and maybe there's something similar that scales to higher traffic.
- dotancohen 8y agoI think there was once an encyclopedia-inspired website that worked on that model. One could even add new content, in addition to correcting typos and misinformation.
- repsilat 8y agoThe wiki model (without tweaks) isn't appropriate for newspapers, blogs, discussion forums etc though. Maybe no system would be ideal for all of them. I think what I want is something that allows for technical improvement while maintaining authorial intent and "ownership" (in a conceptual if not legal sense) without optimising for consensus-gathering. It's also not everywhere. Maybe what I'm after is a browser extension or something...
- qwerty456127 8y agoOn many Russian websites (including some pirate online libraries where you can read/download books for free) one can find a message saying "if you find something misspelled please select it and press Ctrl+Enter to report". I have never used this facility as I'm hardly too literate in Russian and have never found anything looking like a mistake on such sites (perhaps because others have already reported all the mistakes) but it feels odd I've never seen anything like that on non-Russian websites.