[WikiEN-l] New proposal - no version protection

Tue Sep 20 14:45:02 UTC 2005

*sigh* it only sent it to mgm.

On 9/20/05, Phroziac <phroziac at gmail.com> wrote:
> ..if you look at the test, you will see that it's not blank, but has a
> nice template explaining what the deal is, and has a link to both
> versions on it. That's not very hard to find the content..
> 
> On 9/20/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Right all a disgrunted POV warrior needs to do is cause a fuzz and we
> > need to click through different versions to see which is the one we're
> > looking for. Have you thought about how a blank page looks to the
> > public. If they've got problems reading headers on the Help desk, I
> > don't expect them to look any further when the page is blanked. We'd
> > get daily complaints that things are missing.
> >
> > --Mgm
> >
> > On 9/20/05, Michael Turley <michael.turley at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 9/20/05, Phroziac <phroziac at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I have written a proposal which basically suggests blanking protected
> > > > pages, and leaving a template on them that kinda combines
> > > > {{protected}} and {{twoversions}}. You can see it at [[WP:NVP]], or
> > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_version_protection
> > > >
> > > > Please keep discussion of this on the relevant talk page, to avoid
> > > > fragmentation.
> > >
> > >
> > > I support this proposal only if we link to both versions of the
> > > article in question, thereby giving all parties in the dispute the
> > > perfect opportunity to go fork themselves.
> > >
> > >
> > > OK, that wasn't serious at all.  No discussion here, I'll save it for
> > > the project page.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Turley
> > > User:Unfocused
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