[WikiEN-l] Controversial edit war

Wed Jul 23 18:00:39 UTC 2003

Since the edit war is between a regular editor and
several sysops, is it ok to protect it, and that some
people (not included in the edit war) go on editing it
 ?

I looked for guidelines about this, and found none.
Just guidelines asking sysops included in the war to
please not edit the page. I found nothing about what
'other' sysops "proper" (with quotes) behavior should
be. What is the usual on the matter ? Is this ok that
controversial content is removed when the page is
protected (fortunately to be moved where it probably
belongs in this case, but with no consensus with the
one holding the generally-thought wrong opinion) ?

Why do we protect ? Is it the best choice in all
situations ? Did a protect/unprotect war already
happen ? Is it desirable ?

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? 

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--- Fred Bauder <fredbaud at ctelco.net> wrote:
> Well, most of our regular contributors are sysops,
> so can edit if we choose.
> I doubt protecting it was that wise.
> 
> Fred Bauder
> 
> http://wwww.internet-encyclopedia.org
> 
> > From: Anthere <anthere6 at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> > Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 10:25:01 -0700 (PDT)
> > To: wikien-l at wikipedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Contraversial edit war
> > 
> > 
> > --- Dante Alighieri
> <dalighieri at digitalgrapefruit.com>
> > wrote:
> >> At 08:13 PM 7/22/2003, you wrote:
> >>> There is an edit war in process at
> >>> http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism. 
> Could
> >> someone please protect
> >>> it?  Things have gotten way out of hand!
> >> Unfortunately, I have taken
> >>> sides on the issue, so I must request that
> someone
> >> else protect it.  A
> >>> mediator that is not Christian would also be
> >> appreciated.
> >>> 
> >>> --
> >>> Michael Becker
> >> 
> >> I've protected the page. I have no interest in
> >> getting involved in the
> >> dispute, so consider me a third party.
> > 
> > I am confused Dante.
> > 
> > I think that when I put the edit war header, that
> page
> > was protected. Then why did Rmhermen edited it to
> > remove the controversial content if it was
> protected ?
> > And why did you need to protect it again ? Who
> removed
> > the protection ??? Are the ones not included in
> the
> > edit war authorized to edit it ? (I feel lost
> > here...could not there be a log of
> > protection/unprotection ?)
> > 
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