hi all.
I noticed today (Oct. 31 that is) that someone has added "You can edit this page right now!" to wikipedia's template. This is fine, however, the HomePage is locked for editing and IMHO it might mislead new visitors.
I don't really agree with locking pages, but that is another issue....
regards,
wojpob ---- wojtek lukasz pobratyn http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/WojPob
On Wed, 31 Oct 2001, wojtek pobratyn wrote:
I noticed today (Oct. 31 that is) that someone has added "You can edit this page right now!" to wikipedia's template. This is fine, however, the HomePage is locked for editing and IMHO it might mislead new visitors.
That would have been Jimbo. We thought it would be a good idea. I also think we should specify on each page the name "Wikipedia" and the fact that it's an encyclopedia. We might do this on a new logo.
Jimbo, would there be a way to prevent that statement from appearing on the homepage? That would solve the falseness problem. :-)
I don't really agree with locking pages, but that is another issue....
I don't like it either, but I don't know how else, short of hacking together a system like Jimbo has proposed, we can dissuade fartboy from doing his thing.
Larry
wojtek pobratyn wrote:
I don't really agree with locking pages, but that is another issue....
I don't agree with the way we're doing it right now, that's for sure. If you want the password, you can just email me and I'll give it out freely. The only requirement is just that I'm aware of you in some fashion.
I think that getting privileges on the homepage should be automatic, transparent, and easy. It's just that I don't find it very amusing when some random kid surfs in and puts a giant spurting penis picture there.
It remains to be seen what level of protection is really necessary, but I really hope that only the most minimal protection is needed.
The success of wikipedia so far has been a great joy to me. My faith in the general goodness of human beings has been extended to a great extent. I would have thought that with 5,000 unique visitors a day, we'd be getting at least 50 jerks trying to wreck something per day. It's a lot less than that!
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