2009/8/28 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
2009/8/28 David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com:
Protection is a failure of the wiki model in the first place. Discussion is a poor substitute for editing.
Edit warring is a failure of the wiki model. We use protection to force people into a discussion model which works better in those situations.
Yeah, it's all imperfect. What I mean is, that's a bit of process for a particular purpose, and if we need it with flagged revs as we do with full protection, then we can reintroduce it when we do. I think the lack of visible reward will be helpful in dealing with everyday edit warriors. (If people with the reviewer bit edit-war with it, one or both is likely to get a strong word at the very least.)
- d.