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