Author: mart0258

Description:
In English Wikibooks, set $wgFlaggedRevsAutoReviewNew=false.

The current configuration as is created an undesirable result for the Foundation of Education and Instructional Assessment book (http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Foundations_of_Education_and_Instructional_Assessment) because a user with Editor privileges created a stub, followed by inexperienced editors adding content to the page (as part of a class project). This created a massive backlog in Special:OldReviewedPages, and also make it more difficult for the new authors to review their own work (since the "stable" stub was shown instead.)

Making this config change will:

• Prevent new pages from being auto-sighted; they need to be sited manually by clicking on the checkbox (or by reviewing the page after it is saved.)

A more permanent measure (either by adjusting the default setting of the variable or relegating it to preferences) may be more suitable.

The initial discussion about FlaggedRevs is here: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Reading_room/Archives/2009/July#FlaggedRevs_Should_Be_Removed_or_Changed
A current conencensus is here: http://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Wikibooks:Reading_room/General&oldid=1597536#.24wgFlaggedRevsAutoReviewNew.3Dfalse

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks:Reading_room/General#.24wgFlaggedRevsAutoReviewNew.3Dfalse