On Apr 19, 2006, at 1:47 PM, Katefan0 wrote:
I think that lately Danny has not been using the
OFFICE tag because
people
tend to raise a fuss over things protected under this specific policy,
and
more publicity to/furor over an issue that's already very sensitive is
a
thorny thing to deal with. My guess, anyway.
Something that needs to be clarified. *Editing an article*, even
removing most of it, is something that any editor can do, and certainly
something that Danny, if he gets a phone call that requires it, should
feel free to do without involving WP:OFFICE. *Protecting an article*
is *NOT*. We have a specific set of reasons why an article can be
protected, and NPOV issues *are not one of them*. If responding to a
phone call requires that an article be protected for NPOV issues -
Danny or whoever does it needs to cite a policy, for example,
WP:OFFICE.
Protection is listed on a central log for a reason. It's *not* a
quiet, insignificant action to take - it should be assumed that
protecting a page will generate some amount of publicity/furror -
that's the nature of it.
Unless Jimbo or the Board wish to amend the Office Actions policy to
state that anytime Danny protects a page it is an OFFICE action,
protection without citing the OFFICE policy is simply wrong,
"sensitive" situations or not. Fix the policy.
Jesse Weinstein