On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 11:17:28 +0000, Theresa Knott <theresaknott(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Most of these are handled using termplates. We could
unprotect
[[Template:In the news]] for example and keep the main page protected.
This would stop the main page being moved but still allow non admins
to make edits. Can templates be moved? it's only page moves that are
too difficult to deal with by reverting.
As Slowking Man noted, the recent protection of those templates
followed a 15-minute-long goatsification of the main page.
We should find
ways to distract and ward off immature kids that do not
restrict everyone else -- and we will!
Practical suggestions please!
Sure thing. My thought at the time was, that we could use some of the
following bits of code:
* an 'emergency mode' that redirects all visitors to a static
read-only snapshot of the site taken once a day
** or a text-only mode that only produces text
* a one-click or option for removing images. [Maybe 2 clicks, with
some kind of pop-up confirmation (javascript widget?) that doesn't
require rendering another whole WP-page]. That way, even when the
site is very slow, evil images can be deleted in under 15 minutes
Or, more generally, Code + Image Policy:
++ Add an IMAGE REVIEW step that imposes a time delay (or requires
user approval) before any image can be displayed live on a page.
Until the delay is over, the image would simply be linked to.
http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-February/018903.html
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