...Wikipedia RC seems to be zipping by quite fast
lately. (Its already impossible to just scan RC as a
way to catch up; Im actually using my watchlist for
the first time...) But it seems that with the
controversial set, its time for a rethinking of the
protected page policy, and Ive written some basic
stuff here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_page/Draft]]
Basically, my idea calls for sort of dance steps to
how to deal with contested articles. Essentially,
allowing certain sysops to act according to formal
roles with respect to each contested article, and to
have those articles be protected in degrees, based on
what the situation calls for. Protection is
degree-less, but sysops can and should act responsibly
to continue developing articles in accordance with the
concerns of the partisans. Because any disputes about
who can act in each role are an abstract issue from
the article, they can be dealt with judiciously as a
separate dispute by moderates not interested in
getting mud thrown at them. With templates and
categories, this can be more quickly done.
Of course, this would mean that sysopdom does have
some responsibility and privelige for which they would
be more accountable, but this is weighed against the
need to have controversial articles not be such black
holes on Wikipedia.
From out of nowhere's left field,
SV
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