Re: [edict-jmdict] Superseceding submissions

[Jim Breen <jimbreen@*********>]

On 14 July 2010 15:31, James Rose <jim@kanjicafe.com> wrote:
> Almost on a vaguely similar topic... it would be REALLY NICE if the script controlling the submissions allowed the contributor to have the power to supersede a previous submission.  i.e., I make a submission.  Realize I should not have capitalized Bing-Bong... hit the edit button and rewrite it as bing-bong with no CAPS, and then the script sees that the last work done on this entry was by the same IP address and same Email Address... and boom... Limited Power of Attorney by the submitter to SPARE the editor from having to view all 10 revisions to the same new entry or most recent attempt at editing... leaving only the last submission intact.

It would be nice. Not having logins for general submissions makes it
a bit harder, but maybe it can be done via setting a cookie. Stuart?

As it happens, it doesn't really cause a problem. As editor I go for the
most recent submission in a sequence with the same number. It has all
the previous versions in the history, and once it's approved, all the
predecessors vanish.

Jim

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Jim Breen
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Graduate student: Language Technology Group, University of Melbourne