[WikiEN-l] Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and other similar entries

[Daniel Ehrenberg]

Sounds good, but only a sysop could change that status of the page.  Or 
maybe there could be a cookie identifier on each person's computer so we 
could track them? The cookie would be blockable.

>I see the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and related entries are
>taking a POV hammering again. TUF-KAT, Zoe,  and I have had to do
>reverts to it to restore balance in the past, and now Cferrero is doing
>revert duty tonight. A big problem with this stuff is that many of us
>(I am certainly one) sometimes lack the detailed knowledge to be 100%
>confident we are reverting POV ranting and not removing real
>information. (This particular entry has not been too bad so far, no
>massive edit wars and just one IP ban, but there is a whole class of
>broadly similar stuff, and this one will serve as an example of the
>general class as well as any.)
>
>Maybe it is worth considering having a special class of Wikipedia
>article that is not a completely protected page, but can only be edited
>by logged-in contributors. I'm not sure if this would work or not, or
>if it would be practical to implement. I'm just thinking aloud. Any
>bright ideas out there? Comments?
>
>
>Tony Wilson
>(Tannin)
>list at redhill.net.au
>
>
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