[WikiEN-l] Neo-nazis to attack wikipedia

Mon Feb 7 11:19:07 UTC 2005

Jake Waskett (jake at waskett.org) [050207 13:05]:

> Ok, Jimbo, you're right. Let me amend my earlier statement: on the whole, the 
> system is working, but in a few articles, it is not. Now, the question is 
> this: what can be done about the problem?
> One solution that I favour is to have permanent protection on targetted pages, 
> and have a nominated admin apply changes that are agreed upon by vote on the 
> article's talk page.
> What do others think?

Consensus is a means to NPOV, not something that trumps it.  A vote would
exacerbate the recruitment problem you have described.

- d.