User talk:Geometry guy/Subpage

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[edit] ArticleHistory

Concerning specifically the ArticleHistory questions, this is an issue with multiple solutions. For example, the discussion could be stored in a separate page (it doesn't matter where) and transcluded to the article talk page, as I have done with this paragraph. If you click on the edit button for this section, you will automatically be taken to the subpage. Alternatively, at the end of the review, the discussion could be archived, either manually or by a bot, to a permenant location (again it doesn't matter where). I have proposed a system in which all reviews of an article are in one place. But they could all be in separate places. Or one could have both, and transclude multiple reviews in separate places to one place, etc. etc.

The different goals you mention are all perfectly reconcilable. It is all a trade-off between versatility and complexity. Have you ever tried the current peer review template? It is quite clever: if there is no current PR page, it provides a link for setting one up, and when you click on this link, there are instructions for how to do it. There are all sorts of things you can do to overcome technical issues. However, Sandy is right about one thing: it is tough to keep track of a review that remains on the talk page and only on the talk page, because it could be archived at any time, by anyone, or by any archiving bot.