On 3/11/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
geni wrote:
Can people make up their mind. Is the justifaction due to legal reasons or not?
Sometimes yes, sometimes no.
Not helpful. People being upset is not a reason to use admin powers. Legit legal threat may be.
In most cases there will be no need to protect an article. Semi-protection should be enough. Conditions may vary.
Assume Good Faith, ya see.
[[Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy]] is very restictive on when semi-protection can be used.
However WP:OFFICE actions seem desighned to maximise the number of people who threaten to sue us.
? Not at all.
--Jimbo
Legal threats sent to the helpdesk mailing list jumped after the John Seigenthaler event. Repeated WP:OFFICE actions will have a simular effect.
-- geni