First of all, I don't think the current method for considering nodes is bad at all. I'm quite comfortable with it. However, it's undeniable that a significant portion of all considerations ask to retitle nodes, reap duplicated ones or add <code> or <readmore> tags to them.

So I thought about adding some shortcuts to these common actions. This is a sample layout (square brackets are check boxes, parentheses are radio buttons):

[ ] Consider node
( ) Add code tags
( ) Add readmore tags
( ) Retitle node
( ) Reap duplicate or empty
(x) Other
[__text_box__]
[ Moderate button ]

[download]

The text in the text box would be ignored if "Add code tags" or "Add readmore tags" were selected. It would contain the new title or the "Other" reason to consider. In case of "Reap duplicate or empty", it would contain the node_id of the duplicated node (or a link to it), or would be empty for the case of an empty node. The option selected by default would be "Other" as shown.

Furthermore, this would bring the possibility of automating the vote on your own considerations. For example, if "Add code tags", "Add readmore tags" or "Retitle node" are selected, an automatic vote would be cast on "Edit".

What do you think about it? It's not probably worth the effort of developing this for such a small improvement, but I thought it couldn't be bad to share this thought with you all. Maybe someone has a better idea after reading this!

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David Serrano

In reply to Consideration shortcuts by Hue-Bond

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