[WikiEN-l] "Approved" versions on Wikipedia FAQ

[Jimmy Wales]

Anthony wrote:
>> Where did Jimbo "decide to restrict editing" and then "called it
>> becoming more open".
>>
> I have no idea where he did it, but one instance would be when
> creation of new articles was restricted.

How about we make a deal, Anthony?

If you can find where I said that the restriction on the creation of new 
articles was an instance of Wikipedia "becoming more open" then I will 
post a retraction publicly on my user talk page and on this mailing list.

And if you can't, then you will apologize to me publicly and leave this 
list for a period of one year.

For the record: I have been philosophically committed for a very long 
time to thinking about how to solve various problems with *more freedom* 
and *more transparency* rather than *more control*.  Examples of how 
this has been successful would include the innovation of semi-protection 
rather than protection, and vandalism flagging rather than 
semi-protection (the innovation currently being proposed for test in the 
German wikipedia).

And preventing anons from creating new pages was an example of a 
restriction that, as far as I am aware, has not been particularly 
successful.  I think the lesson we should take away from this is: we 
should continue to become more open.

--Jimbo