@Gerard The NTE users I believe are different branches of a company network, than the hotel, those are not likely to make more edits. “Just Testing” seems quite suspicious, but not likely to do any more edits. The users with a high number of edits is the “dangerous” ones. A new user making dusins, or even hundreds of edits in a short time, specially as a beginner, smells trouble. Unfortienately my experience is that these are not likely to answer any attempts of communication either.
For us monitoring areas, it would have been much help if people learned to comment on their change sets, any change set without any comments need to be examined very thoroughly, while a change set with a descent comment can be more superficially examined. (Also new users need to be watched more carefully, and also users editing “outside” their normal area).
This makes me speechless, because it is nothing else than a public pillory. I thought we left the middle ages long ago?! I don’t think you will gain support for your cause if presenting it like this.
It did look like a lot of new contributors were troublesome. A few cases did deserve closer inspection before deciding if they ware harmful not. You’re approach would get less negative reactions if you wait to be sure about all of them, and then turn it into an anonymous statistic. (Maybe names on request for people who doubt your judgement)
I do believe something should be done, as most reactions to your post did agree (even mine, disappointing you may have found my warning about dangerous ground any solution would have to thread). Be it a social or a technical solution or both.
It would do most good for your cause if you consider the people who reacted as possible allies, and try to forge a small working group out of us to propose possible solutions to the people who might implement them.
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Comment from davespod on 6 September 2014 at 23:29
Thank God no one did this to me when I was a newbie.
Comment from cadsauxk on 7 September 2014 at 00:19
To @davespod : I beg your pardon?
Comment from Skippern on 7 September 2014 at 02:23
@Gerard The NTE users I believe are different branches of a company network, than the hotel, those are not likely to make more edits. “Just Testing” seems quite suspicious, but not likely to do any more edits. The users with a high number of edits is the “dangerous” ones. A new user making dusins, or even hundreds of edits in a short time, specially as a beginner, smells trouble. Unfortienately my experience is that these are not likely to answer any attempts of communication either.
For us monitoring areas, it would have been much help if people learned to comment on their change sets, any change set without any comments need to be examined very thoroughly, while a change set with a descent comment can be more superficially examined. (Also new users need to be watched more carefully, and also users editing “outside” their normal area).
Comment from alexz3 on 7 September 2014 at 06:18
You seem very negative.
Comment from nebulon42 on 7 September 2014 at 11:29
This makes me speechless, because it is nothing else than a public pillory. I thought we left the middle ages long ago?! I don’t think you will gain support for your cause if presenting it like this.
Comment from joost schouppe on 12 September 2014 at 16:27
It did look like a lot of new contributors were troublesome. A few cases did deserve closer inspection before deciding if they ware harmful not. You’re approach would get less negative reactions if you wait to be sure about all of them, and then turn it into an anonymous statistic. (Maybe names on request for people who doubt your judgement)
I do believe something should be done, as most reactions to your post did agree (even mine, disappointing you may have found my warning about dangerous ground any solution would have to thread). Be it a social or a technical solution or both. It would do most good for your cause if you consider the people who reacted as possible allies, and try to forge a small working group out of us to propose possible solutions to the people who might implement them.