On 14/09/05, Erik Moeller <erik_moeller(a)gmx.de> wrote:
Across languages, possibly with the exception of
Japanese, the German
Wikipedia is alone in the pattern of locking down controversial articles
for months.
From [[en:Japanese Wikipedia]] -
"Edit wars are stongly frowned upon. Articles may be protected as a
result of an edit war that consists of just three or four edits.
Protected pages will not be unprotected unless someone explicitly
requests it."
I suspect that last part is the key here.
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- Andrew Gray
andrew.gray(a)dunelm.org.uk