Re: Approval process for news/events/training is broken

Josh Berkus wrote:
> WWW folks,
>
> I've just noticed again today that the way we approve news, events, and
> training for the front page is seriously broken. Currently, if only
> *one* person with approval rights thinks that something is OK, it gets
> approved immediately.
>
> This means that screw-ups like this morning happen repeatedly. Namely,
> EDB posted a link-only announcement, which we've discussed before as not
> being acceptable for PostgreSQL. I pinged Robert and asked him not to
> approve it, and phoned EDB's PR agent, and she was giving me new content
> ... when someone else decided to approve it.

well that particular news item was like 10 days old as far as I can see ...

>
> We need the news/events system to change in two ways:
>
> 1) There needs to be a way for admins to flag an item as "don't approve,
> there's a problem" so that if one person knows of a reason to hold,
> someone coming online later won't approve due to being clueless.

that seems doable though

>
> 2) approvers should wait at least a couple of hours before approving
> things.

well ... see above

>
> 3) We need a written policy of what is acceptable for
> news/events/training and what isn't.

sounds like a good thing - maybe simply have it as some sort of
checklist in the interface to check against ?

Stefan