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

Tue Apr 12 19:23:35 UTC 2005

On Apr 12, 2005 7:41 PM, Stan Shebs <shebs at apple.com> wrote:
> I don't have any great strategies of my own, but I don't
> think we should just assume that everything is fine, and that
> we don't need to be thinking about new ways to keep the
> "free encyclopedia" part working without needing tireless
> vigilance by tired editors, because of the "wiki" part.

Ideally one could keep a browser tab open and occasionally reload
"recent changes linked" for the main page.  This works okay, but
doesn't get everything, due (I guess) to the various front-page
template expansions.

If we maintained a wikipedia:main_page_links page (which did have all
the links) this be a boon in watching all these vandal-faves in one
go, without having to manually add them all to your watchlist.

I don't know whether this could be done just with cleverer template
use, or whether a bot would be needed (visiting the various templates
comprising the main page periodically) to build that page.

-- 
John Fader