I think it’s better to disallow original research (specifically, original-to-LW research), or summaries of external content which is not LW-canon, without clearing it by the community by posting first. After that, if the post gets an OK reception, a moderately detailed summary referring to the same sources as the blog post can be made on the wiki.
the workflow should [be], independently of each other, both “idea for posting --> write post” and “notice something generally accepted on LW without a wiki page --> write wiki page”.
This is also not a new idea. From LW wiki user guide:
Since the Less Wrong Wiki is intended to summarize concepts and link to longer discussions, please think carefully before making the summaries longer—this may just cause users to get lost. Ask whether your further details, extra clauses, or added links, are of equal quality, relevance, and importance with the existing material
I think it’s better to disallow original research (specifically, original-to-LW research), or summaries of external content which is not LW-canon, without clearing it by the community by posting first. After that, if the post gets an OK reception, a moderately detailed summary referring to the same sources as the blog post can be made on the wiki.
Richard Kennaway made a good summary:
This is also not a new idea. From LW wiki user guide:
And as an added bonus we actually get to read it without relying on chance.