BruceS:
A person who submits an uncategorized waymark can categorize, edit, and
about do anything with their uncategorized waymark. Once the submitter
of an uncategorized waymark categorizes it just becomes an unfinished
waymark waiting to be submitted. In fact the person can completely
change the uncategorized waymark to total different context even after
it has been categorized.
I stand corrected!
I remember now, it is that once the originator categorizes and initially uncategorized waymark, it converts back to, as you say, merely an unfinished waymark until submitted. If another person categorizes it, then it becomes an "assisted waymark" and the link to the original uncategorized waymark remains for additional categorizations and submissions.
BruceS:
How this should have been set up is that categorizer recommends a category, which then opens up variables and he completes those he can, then it should go back to the original submitter to complete and submit. It would work much like the edits work except it would be between the original submitter and categorizer.
I think I made a similar statement in the pre-release comments, and I think this is a better approach, and is a true collaborative effort, which seems to be one of the underlying goals here.
The only problem is if the originator has no interest in the resubmitting the waymarker, or is unable to for some reason. But, I think that is an acceptable eventuality.
The amount of work put into categorizing a waymark could vary all the way from just finding the right category, to actually visiting the site, taking more photos, doing research, etc. But, I suspect that most of them involve just a little computer work. Maybe that isn't enough to earn credit, but if the other person has relinquished it to the system, then I suppose that's acceptable, if not totally on par with a one-person waymark.
Maybe, the credit should go to no one as far as stats is concerned. The main line could read "Collaborative Waymark" and then each person gets a credit line, but it doesn't go into any individual's stats, or goes into an entirely different statistical category, such as "Collaborative Waymarks." That's be another entry for your blog!