Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-34202220-20180805022658/@comment-34202220-20180806005237

If we made a theoretical ven-diagram of all the articles in "Pages needing attention" and the articles in "Pages needing grammatical corrections", I'd imagine there would be a lot of overlap. I'd name it "Pages needing a proofread," honestly. The issue with the "Pages needing attention," category is a page could be in it for too many reasons, and also, I think some users may feel uncomfortable marking their own new pages as "Pages needing attention." Asking for a proofread is normal and harmless. My idea with the new category is that it would be a tool not just for those of us browing the Wiki to tag pages with grammatical issues, but for users who don't speak English as their first language, or other users who don't feel confident with their English or grammar to be able to ask for a proofread.

I think the goal of the new category would be to be empty most of the time. Grammar issues are easy and quick to fix, and we can empty the category out pretty regularly by correcting issues and removing the tag from pages. I don't think it'd build up at all (except maybe at first when we begin tagging pages as needing grammar assistance), where the "pages needing attention" category seems to be full often. You could prevent the overlap by asking users to use the grammar category for grammar issues (perhaps in addition to "pages needing attention" if there are content or formatting issues), as the grammar issues would be fixed rather quickly.

The only issue that I can foresee with this idea is users who do not have strong grammar skills taking it upon themselves to "fix" the pages and either not fixing the grammar, or creating new issues and removing the tag. It just would have to be watched, and if a user does this regularly, perhaps he or she would need to be asked not to edit grammar anymore.