On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 21:19, Toby Bartels wrote:
The Cunctator wrote:
Of course, the rest of you who subscribe to the mailing list clearly feel that it's necessary to lock down the policy pages, so vive la revolution!
Well, *I* certainly don't think that they need to be locked down. I don't think that even [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines]] needs to be locked down -- it's on my watch list, I'll fix it. We just need to remember to be vigilant for suspicious edits, like anonymous IDs, new users that we don't recognise, and you (that is, people that may not know to discuss policy changes). That should be easy enough; ensure accuracy and NPOV on these pages just as on encyclopædia articles.
Well, if people aren't allowed to edit the pages without review from the mailing list--and pretty much everyone who's on the mailing list can have (or should have, IMHO) sysop priveleges, then the pages are in effect locked down. And if they're in effect locked down, then they should be locked down. Otherwise there's a logical disconnect.
When I said "lock down" I meant "prevent unauthorized edits". It doesn't matter if that prevention is done through technology or practice--it all amounts to the same thing.