On 11/12/06, theProject <wp.theproject(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I'm starting to become a bit concerned at the rate
at which we're applying
semi-protection to our articles. This morning I decided to punch in a whole
bunch of country names into WP to see what would show up. As you can see,
we're starting to see that padlock icon more and more frequently these days.
Australia -- not protected
Brazil -- not protected
Canada -- sprotected
China -- sprotected
- People's Republic of China -- not protected
- Republic of China -- sprotected
France -- sprotected
Germany -- sprotected
Italy -- sprotected
Japan -- sprotected
Korea -- not protected
- North Korea -- sprotected (to be fair, this was unprotected, then
re-protected by me)
- South Korea -- sprotected
Mexico -- sprotected
Russia -- not protected
Spain -- sprotected
United Kingdom -- not protected
United States -- sprotected
Now, this isn't completely unacceptable, but I think we can do a little
better. What are the implications of holding back a bit more on the use of
semi-protection (other than the obvious)? Could we do a bit more
vandal-fighting work to make our encyclopaedia more open?
semi-protection isn't much of an impediment; anyone who really cares
can get an account and wait briefly. Can you explain a bit more as to
why you think that using it is a problem? I think it's generally
widely seen as the smallest of many possible evils today, though I
certainly don't think that we will never be able to come up with
better mechanisms.
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-george william herbert
george.herbert(a)gmail.com