On Jul 7, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Daniel R. Tobias wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/07/06/wikipedia_otrs_volunteers/
They're criticizing the fact that the [[Lava lamp]] article got blanked out for a lengthy period due to an unexplained "OTRS ticket".
Those OTRS and WP:OFFICE actions, though sometimes necessary for legal reasons, can be rather frustrating when articles are blanked out without explanation.
Of course, in this case, the entire complaint is right there on the talk page for anyone to see, so it is pretty hard to see how much MORE of an explanation could be given.
I told The Register this quite plainly, which they admit: "Wales insisted that the reason for suppressing the article was posted to its "talk" page, but there doesn't seem to be a link between those discussions and the OTRS action."
That's total bullshit of course. I can tell you, having seen the OTRS ticket, and talked to the person who did the blanking, that there is an EXACT link between those discussions and the OTRS action. Not that the Register ever cared to report things fairly.
--Jimbo