[mb-users] "The need for free and open music metadata", but MB not good enough

[Per Øyvind Øygard]

On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:38:09 +0200, Jim DeLaHunt <from.nabble at jdlh.com>  
wrote:

> It seems it would be an improvement if edits by reasonably trusted
> contributers were accepted by default while the vote goes forward. If  
> others
> determine the edit to be bad, then it gets reversed.
>
In the context of rewarding users this doesn't make a lot of sense since  
it's not experienced moderators/voters who need incentive, but the other  
way around.

Honestly I don't see a problem with the way things are now. I don't trust  
myself with automod, I routinely make mistakes because I'm unfamiliar with  
some parts of the style guidelines (in part due to hard-to-find  
documentation). You should also keep in mind that it's a major deterrent  
for vandalism. On wikipedia it's not such a big problem since you can  
immediately revert, but not so on MB, either you wait for an automod to  
come by or you risk having your albums tagged with "THIS ALBUM SUCKS!!11"  
as title until the vote is inevitably voted down a week later.

As you say, reponsetime is low on MB, and for that exact reason the two  
week voting period is a good thing since it means we're reasonably sure  
someone has taken a look at it first.

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Per (Wizzcat)