2009/7/23 David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com>om>:
This usually works okay in practice, but then, that
too is an
administrative role, rather than an admin making a content decision as
such, and needs to be confirmed sensibly.
e.g. "I've added xxxx, does that work for everyone?"
A good example is the death of Michael Jackson, where the page was
locked and the discussion was fast and furious. Being a sensitive BLP
(at the time), that was IMO just the right way to do it. Admins
stepping in and saying "no, this is a severe BLP hazard, we have to
do this right."
Another recent non-BLP example is [[Ununbium]], which was locked from
moves after the likely name Copernicium was announced - it's not the
name unless there are no substantial objections by Jan 2010, but the
media headlines implied it was the name of the element right now. (The
name situation is now explained in the intro itself, because it's
current and important enough editorially.)
- d.