On 3/26/07, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
And how would it be decided which ordinary mortals get the bit?. A pox on your propeller beanie if you say "edit count". :)
How about those who ask and give a plausible reason?
Well, in my case sometimes it would be morbid curiosity. Example, I see something in AFD that was firehosed after 3 votes for being WP:BULLSHIT and want to take a look at it just for shits and giggles. Also, I might see something that may be a no no here but would be acceptable on Wikinfo such as well written articles containing some OR.
Ideally a trusted user could see a deleted article without having to ask Mommy for each one but such access could perhaps be logged.
It sounds like we hide edits mainly to prevent the average user from coming across things that we'd rather not publish to the whole world.
I always assumed that it would be because there would be no point "deleting" something if every Tom Dick and Willy on wheels could see it anyway.
But it seems like there's no big risk as people agree to treat the hidden content appropriately.
No argument here.