Flagged protection background
An extended look at how we got to flagged protection and patrolled revisions
The current "flagged protection and patrolled revisions" trial has a long history under various names. The concept originated in the supposition that users should be able to rate particular article revisions, and was thus closely linked with the rating system now found on article discussion pages at its early inception. This was quickly followed by the idea that highly rated revisions should be prioritized for the viewer in some way. The variant before the recent approved proposal was referred to as "flagged revisions", while "stable versions", "article validation", "page validation", "article rating" and "Wikipedia 1.0" are all terms used for the idea of vetting particular article revisions.