The problem is, this issue comes up most on wikis with little to no local community. The SWMT has been very busy with a large amount of vandalism related to this, and this is a solution that will work best to compliment their work. As I expressed in my comment on-wiki, this will most likely do more good than harm. Does anyone know if it is technically possible for local wikis to opt-out of this if it is implemented? On Nov 26, 2007 7:44 PM, Chad <innocentkiller(a)gmail.com> wrote: -- Casey Brown Cbrown1023 --- Note: This e-mail address is used for mailing lists. Personal emails sent to this address will probably get lost.

Hoi, SWMT ??? Thanks, GerardM On Nov 27, 2007 1:54 AM, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml(a)gmail.com> wrote:

2007/11/27, Aphaia <aphaia(a)gmail.com>om>: Hi Allthough not really related to the thread, my comment: Which is a not so well chosen name, because not only small wikis are monitored. If compared to Commons en the EN:WP everything is small, but certain projects monitored are not small and the name therefore the qualification small is not necessary nice for people which are putting much effort in these projects. A proposed change would be Cross Wiki Monitoring Team, which suits much better. Please see talk page for a little discussion on that. Kind regards, Peter On Nov 27, 2007 2:24 PM, GerardM <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> wrote:

This is for small wikis. If some project wants to opt out, they should be allowed, but to cripple the SWMT is not a good idea. This would definitely be a big help to them; let's try to make them more effective. If some wikis don't like it, they can opt out. (I assume. If it's not technically possible, then the benefit undoubtedly outweighs the good in any event.) -Mike.lifeguard -----Original Message----- From: foundation-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:foundation-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Chad Sent: November 26, 2007 8:45 PM To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] set pagemoves to autoconfirmed - please read andcomment I for one am opposed to this (as I noted on the page in question). This is not a decision to be decided foundation-wide, but rather on a per-project basis. Some wikis might not want to disable non-autoconfirmed users from moving, some might. That's what bugzilla requests for setting changes are for. Additionally, this removes some of the pagemove protection functionalities, as it would basically become "Can non-sysops move pages, yes/no?" -Chad H.