Thread:Talk:New Page Patrol Zoom Interface/Default to the back or the front of the queue?/reply (2)

Kudpung, I want you to know that I am absolutely thrilled that you are engaging in this conversation. I don't mean that in any sarcastic or ironic way - I'm truly happy that you're here, because even though we disagree about a couple of things, I (and the Foundation, as a whole) value your input. You are clearly an authority figure with regards to this subject.

I, personally, love hearing ideas from "outside" sources. Not because they are likely right or wrong, but because they help to better define The Problem that is Being Solved. I've a philosophy which says that "the problem contains the solution". This means that once you understand the Problem correctly, the Solution becomes obvious.

I actually believe that you and I are in "furious agreement" with regards to the overall zeitgeist of the problem, but our differences come when looking at solutions.

There is a previous thread about "page patrol as a user right" which I've commented on. It describes a scenario whereby patroller right is a gradual process.

I was thinking some more about this and wondering if it wouldn't be possible (in the future) to set up a system whereby "new" patrollers are given what amounts to a sequence of simple tests that could be graduated from.

Let's create a hypothetical system. Let's say we have a "granted" user right for NPP over time. There are a series of pages that have been marked as spam by Fully Fledged NPP'ers. We have them in archive.

"New" patrollers are then given a test. They have to run through a number of pages - say, 30 - and answer "is this spam? y/n?" This contains pages that we KNOW are spam, and some that we know are NOT. And if they get 100% accuracy, they can "graduate" towards checking for attack pages, or copyvio, or whatever.

In this way, we educate people - new patrollers - in a "sandbox" situation so that they are better equipped to hit the "real queue". It's an auto-training mechanism.

How does something like that sound?