[WikiEN-l] Protecting "Today's Featured Article"

Tue Apr 12 15:39:11 UTC 2005

David 'DJ' Hedley (spyders at btinternet.com) [050413 01:31]:

> It may sound non-sensical, but as images on the front page are protected, I
> think Today's Featured Article should be next.
> Yesterday [[Garry Kasparov]] was the featured article of the day - during
> it's stay there it was subject to a large amount of vandalism, some of which
> was unattended to for a number of hours. No-one seemed to care, as sneaky
> vandals can seemingly do as they like at times on such articles, and not be
> noticed.

I think this is a bad idea. Most Featured Articles are greatly improved by
being on the front page.

The best thing is for the Featured Articles Dictator to let substantial
contributors to the page know it's coming up soon, and ask them to keep an
eye on the page during the day.

(The Featured Articles archive shows features for a few days ahead, but a
lot of people don't know to look there.)

Also, those in a mood to keep an eye out for vandalism/sandboxing should
keep an eye on the feature.

- d.