flagged revvvs - WikiEN-l

22 Dec 2008

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protecting_BLP_articles_feeler_survey

This is either measurable progress or a complete train wreck, I'm not
sure which.

There are a number of divergent views:
*That semi-protecting a vast sub-set of articles would be less drastic
than using stable versions on them (wtf, over)
*That stable versions on BLPs would be a good test case for using it everywhere
*That stable versions on BLPs would be a good thing, but should still
be opposed as a slippery slope toward using it on all pages (more of a
slippery climb actually)
*That stable versions should be opposed at any level, with arguments
like "disaster waiting to happen" and "I do not have sufficient
obscenities in my vocabulary to express..."

I see an emerging consensus that I should go jump in the lake, as my
own views should ***hopefully*** be clear enough. I take full credit
for hijacking it and I agree entirely with Greg's points. A conscious
effort to apply the same standards everywhere would be the best
long-term approach, even if it seems a 180° reversal at the moment.

But maybe the flaggedrevs must be presented as a BLP tool in order for
the community to accept it. Maybe there's no other chance in hell.
Boggling as it is I'm willing to accept this.

So alright, sure, start with the BLPs, cook the perishable food first,
but don't stop there. I don't want to see people going apeshit when it
is used for the actual intended purposes.

I should apologize for alienating everyone from Long Beach to
Shaftesbury trying to get my point across. Probably a pipe dream
anyway.

No one knows what it's like to be a dustbin.

—C.W.