Online content collaboration model

A system providing a collaborative editing model for online content comprising:

• a data store configured to store user-created online content;
• a suggested edits module configured to receive a set of suggested edits to the online content where the set of suggested edits is provided by a plurality of users and each suggested edit relates to a first public-facing version of the online content;
• and
• an editing module configured to:
• provide the set of suggested edits to an authorized editor of the online content;
• visually notify the editor differences between the first public-facing version of the content and the set of suggested edits and of conflicts existing between two or more suggested edits;
• receive input from the editor resolving conflicts and accepting or rejecting suggested edits in the set;
• modify a first public-facing version of the online content based on the suggested edits and the input from the editor to generate a second public-facing version;
• and
• carry over suggested edits from the set that were not accepted nor rejected and are not in conflict with the second public-facing version of the content for future editor input accepting or rejecting the carried over suggested edits in relation to the second public-facing version of the content.

A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving user-created online content comprising a first public-facing version of the content;
• receiving a set of suggested edits to the online content from a plurality of users, where each suggested edit in the set relates to the first public-facing version;
• providing the set of suggested edits to an authorized editor of the online content, wherein the editor is visually notified of differences between the first public-facing version of the content and the suggested edits and is notified of conflicts existing between two or more suggested edits where a conflict exists if a first suggested edit cannot co-exist with a second suggested edit;
• receiving input from the editor resolving conflicts and accepting or rejecting suggested edits in the set;
• modifying the first public-facing version of the content based on the set of suggested edits and the input from the editor to generate a second public-facing version of the content;
• and
• carrying over suggested edits from the set that were not accepted nor rejected and are not in conflict with the second public-facing version of the content for future editor input accepting or rejecting the carried over suggested edits in relation to the second public-facing version of the content.

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device coupled to the processor and configurable for storing instructions, which, when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving user-created online content comprising a first public-facing version of the content;
• receiving a set of suggested edits to the online content from a plurality of users, where each suggested edit in the set relates to the first public-facing version;
• providing the set of suggested edits to an authorized editor of the online content, wherein the editor is visually notified of differences between the first public-facing version of the content and the suggested edits and is notified of conflicts existing between two or more suggested edits where a conflict exists if a first suggested edit cannot co-exist with a second suggested edit;
• receiving input from the editor resolving conflicts and accepting or rejecting suggested edits in the set;
• modifying the first public-facing version of the content based on the set of suggested edits and the input from the editor to generate a second public-facing version of the content;
• and
• carrying over suggested edits from the set that were not accepted nor rejected and are not in conflict with the second public-facing version of the content for future editor input accepting or rejecting the carried over suggested edits in relation to the second public-facing version of the content.