[WikiEN-l] userpage and user subpage protection

[steve v]

Fine. But what about the theoretical idea of allowing
for private discussion/scoop spaces on wikinews, for
example? Part of what makes news organizations work is
their ability to privately collaborate in gathering
news before its published. 

SV
Off topic? Certainly.





--- Angela <beesley at gmail.com> wrote:

> > In general, its been principle to keep things
> open,
> > open, and open, though probably nobody would
> complain
> > if you became a sysop and protected your own
> subpages.
> 
> Actually, they would. Protection is meant as a
> defense against
> persistent vandalism, not as a reward for admins.
> 
> If you want a non-editable page, please don't use a
> wiki. I see no
> reason user pages need to be protected any more than
> any other page.
> You don't own these pages just because you created
> them in the user
> namespace. See
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership>
> and
>
<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Protected_pages_considered_harmful>.
> 
> Angela.
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