I'm not in favor of option #1: "not allow consideration of nodes until they have been around for at least X hours"

This means that for timely cleanup an editor will have to actuall notice the issue. With considerations, level-6 monks and above can become the eyes and ears of the editors. With long consideration delay, editors have to do their own hunting/seeking for trouble. This basically increases the amount of work editors must do (while admittedly removing a little work in keeping up with considerations). This also could mean that potentially important janitor work gets missed until several hours pass. It basically negates the effectiveness of the consideration process.

I see "considerations" as "red flags" that the editors can focus attention on. Without considerations, there are no red flags, and editors must stumble across problems themselves until nodes reach "x hours old".

I think that an important aspect of the consideration process is education. Until people better understand what to consider, why, how, and how not, we'll keep seeing goofy considerations.

I get disgusted when I see "Considered by XXXXX: Strange post." What's the point of the consideration? Is the person who considered it suggesting we delete, edit, keep? If we edit, in what way is he suggesting it be edited? If the "Comment" box for considerations were changed to a "Recommended action" box, maybe we'd get more assertive and well-thought-out considerations.


Dave

In reply to Re: Consideration overhaul? by davido
in thread Consideration overhaul? by castaway

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