[Feature request] Allowing contributions to the acronyms from both public and logged-in users

[nanometrenat]

Re the excellent new https://rcrcsims.org/acronyms

Context

Current MTAG system (from which this was migrated) allows public contributions - which is great for crowdsourcing but also potentially allows incorrect or malicious contributions to go live. Want to balance up appropriate level of scrutiny with frictionless contribution experience.

Request

Please allow logged-in SIMS Portal users to contribute directly, no gatekeeping, but with monitoring alerts so admins know a contribution has been made and can check it (action only required if it's not good quality)

Please allow public to make contributions that are held in a queue (gatekept) until an admin approves them for publication

[JonathanGarro]

Thanks for logging. Here's my proposed solution:

User clicks "Add Acronym" - if they are logged in, it goes straight to the existing submission page. If not logged in, goes to a "public" version of the submission page but with a callout box to alert them to the fact that non-logged in member submissions have to go into a review queue, and if they want to submit one as a member, it skips that validation. The login link there includes a redirect so it will bring them back to the same page after authenticating.

[JonathanGarro]

@nanometrenat lmk if this routing makes sense to you

[nanometrenat]

Thanks, sounds good!

[nanometrenat]

Question - what is the update process? e.g. for adding additional languages, or amending a definition, or adding a URL?

[JonathanGarro]

@nanometrenat I added an edit route. when looking at the acronym popup, it will check if the user is an administrator OR the person that originally submitted the acronym (login required in order to run the check, otherwise no edit button appears). it will then bring up the same page as the submission, except with the data already populated.

[JonathanGarro]

Closing this issue. Current implementation:

• Logged in users can add new acronyms and have them appear instantly. Their account ID is associated so we have a clear audit trail.
• Public users must enter a name and email address to associate with the acronym, pass a reCAPTCHA check, and then their submission is placed into a queue to be approved by a site admin. We'll need to add some guidance documentation for what they should be looking for (e.g. is this a duplicate? is this accurate? is this relevant? etc.)
• There are two ways to edit acronyms: users that submitted it can click on the acronym from the table, and they will see an Edit button if they created it. Admins can also edit any acronym.