[WikiEN-l] Two Comments on the Siegenthaler Situation

Tue Dec 6 01:57:29 UTC 2005

1: If we are going to begin protecting pages because of news coverage  
(Which is not unreasonable at all), we should have a protected  
template that makes that clear. After all, the first page people hit  
is also a place where they are going to want to try to edit - it's  
important to take those people and invite them to look at other  
pages. I've created [[Template:P-protected]] for this.

2: I understand the need to remove the Siegenthaler libel from the  
page history. On the other hand, I think A) It is a matter of  
important historical record at this point, and B) It sets an unseemly  
precedent. Can we move the deleted history out of that article and  
into an archive page, perhaps with a permanant front page that notes  
what it is, and that it is a collection of vandalism?

-Phil Sandifer