Should user pages should be protected for that username only? It would make sense, because that's who it's intended for. But maybe not because then someone could post any libelous or offensive content they wanted. Maybe sysops and the user should be able to edit the users page. What do you think? Would it destroy the Wiki concept or help free speech and protection of the page? Is it worth changing or thinking about?
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On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 18:35, Daniel Ehrenberg wrote:
Should user pages should be protected for that username only? It would make sense, because that's who it's intended for. But maybe not because then someone could post any libelous or offensive content they wanted. Maybe sysops and the user should be able to edit the users page. What do you think? Would it destroy the Wiki concept or help free speech and protection of the page? Is it worth changing or thinking about?
I think this would damage the Wiki ethos. Wiki should have a "small town" feel: we don't lock our doors, and if someone makes a mess we pitch in and clean it up. There's not really much of a downside to having user pages editable -- the rare vandalism still gets cleaned up, and useful edits can and do occur (fixing formatting errors or broken links, for example).
Dan, if you haven't already, you might want to take a look around MeatballWiki, a wiki about online communities. Naturally, there's a lot of discussion there about what makes wiki so wikilicious! In particular, see: http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?SoftSecurity http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?UnlockedDoors http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?BarnRaising
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