On 5/25/06, The Cunctator cunctator@gmail.com wrote:
Eh. I remember how explosively a big deal it was to lock the front page, and I don't remember locking being used before that. Maybe my memory's faulty, but I get the feeling I'm witnessing some minor rewriting (or let's just say "changing the emphasis") of history here.
Internet Archive shows when the main page was locked (made "read-only"). It can't really be used to prove that nothing else was locked before that, though (hard to prove a negative).
Of course, I think it's pretty clear that things have gotten more locked-down over the years, regardless of whether or not things were ever 100% completely open.
Anthony