Thread:Feedback/ Feature request Typed references/Gmaxwell (3)

Hm. How about a "wiki" message type and ditch the whole notion of a distinct "summary". Instead to add a summary you add a new "wiki" type message and use sorting to move it to the top of the thread. Though we could retain a summerize button that just does this for you.

Some other knob influences if the whole thread is displayed or not (/automatic if the thread becomes too big). If a thread is collapsed and there is a top-most wiki-message then it is displayed as a summary. If there is no such topmost wiki-message then you just get a subject line and an expando button.

Wiki-messages would not have software signing, they'd have a more prominent edit button (perhaps just replace quote/reply with edit/history for them!). They could be placed anywhere in the thread. They could be used for polls in addition to reference and summary material. For sites that did want to inhibit non-author message editing (even if that is a non-goal for LiquidThreads today; it may make a lot of sense on weakly patrolled low traffic wikis; so people are going to add it) wiki messages could remain globally editable.

If you wanted to get really fancy wiki-messages could also have a parser directive to make them appear in a scrolling box or a collapsed section; handy for cramming in a bunch of data without flooding the whole thread.

Am I crazy?