It also gives a good argument for admins actually applying semi-protection properly. BLPs under attack should always have a LONG semi-protection that can be shortened if it is determined the risk is abated. I was fairly flabbergasted to see a very brief SP applied when it was obvious there was a serious external campaign happening.
Risker/Anne
This case presents a good argument for flagged revisions. Given that the people who made these edits weren't logged in, none of their additions and changes would have been visible to the public.Andreas
On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:04 AM, <koltzenburg@w4w.net> wrote:Hi Gillian,
thank you for this information
do you have any suggesting as a positive action that members of this list might take, in this case as well as
generally?
open for suggestions,
Claudia
On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 14:33:38 +1000, Gillian White wrote
> Hi All,
> The Community is aware of this and is discussing it. However, it's
> worthwhile bringing to the attention of this list that one woman's efforts
> at studying gender stereotyping (reported in The New
> Statesman<http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/internet/2012/06/dear-internet-
> why-you-cant-have-anything-nice>) have resulted in massive and nasty
> vandalism of Anita Sarkeesian's page on Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Sarkeesian>.
> Gillian
thanks & cheers,
Claudia
koltzenburg@w4w.net
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