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* Eventually, we would like to develop a system that would also allow different areas of the newspaper (i.e. online departments, advertising, etc.) to bring up issues and tasks to each other. For example, if an editor has a problem with the CMS, the editor would be able to log into the system and flag a problem. | * Eventually, we would like to develop a system that would also allow different areas of the newspaper (i.e. online departments, advertising, etc.) to bring up issues and tasks to each other. For example, if an editor has a problem with the CMS, the editor would be able to log into the system and flag a problem. | ||
== What's been done so far == | == What's been done so far, what barriers remain == | ||
*The focus right now is the first two features, in-line editing task annotations and the prioritization of those tasks. | *The focus right now is the first two features, in-line editing task annotations and the prioritization of those tasks. | ||
*David has worked on developing the infrastructure for these two features. | *David has worked on developing the infrastructure for these two features. | ||
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*Mai did a follow-up discussion with David to talk about the challenges of the system. They include: | *Mai did a follow-up discussion with David to talk about the challenges of the system. They include: | ||
**Upfront learning of wiki syntax. It might be a hard sell for older editors to learn code. | **Upfront learning of wiki syntax. It might be a hard sell for older editors to learn code. | ||
***position: Let them use facebook comments in talk pages, then have streamlined workflow to update pages from those, logging in "as" those persons so their contribution shows up as if they themselves had done the job, in the edit summary - when they realize there are potential broken telephone problems with this, they will eventually take over that editing personally | |||
***position: really no alternative to learning mediawiki syntax unless you want the "other side" always editing Wikipedia...? no publicly involved person can afford not to learn it in 2011 | |||
** This system works great if there is plenty of editing time. It works great for a long-form project. But Mai expressed concern whether this system could handle content done in almost real-time, fast paced deadlines. | ** This system works great if there is plenty of editing time. It works great for a long-form project. But Mai expressed concern whether this system could handle content done in almost real-time, fast paced deadlines. | ||
***position:tagging lets others help; Wikipedia handles real time event management very well; Ability to let third parties do the tagging and frame detection and bias detection and proof-reading ultimately makes the entire process work much faster | |||
==What's next== | ==What's next== | ||