Delirium wrote:
That's what I am unclear on (and I imagine some others are too). My original understanding of WP:OFFICE was that it was a quick-fix lockdown: while the Foundation is trying to sort out an imminent problem, the page gets stubbed or blanked and has a WP:OFFICE banner on it, giving the Foundation a bit of temporary breathing room to do the sorting out.
But it seems that's not what it's *actually* being used for, since the banner sometimes stays for months and there doesn't seem to be any of that "sorting out" activity going on in the meantime.
Right, but this is not intended. We who do not work in the office (and I do not work in the office, remember) need to remember that those who do are overwhelmed. They have good reasons for flagging things, but they can't always follow up on everything themselves... it's too much.
We, good experience editors who have a sensitivity to both legal situations and human dignity, should stand ready to carefully try to help make NPOV articles when there is a problem, without a lot of ludicrous accusations of bias and whatnot.
So what is actually intended? That the article be rewritten cautiously from scratch? How long does the WP:OFFICE banner (and protection) stay on in that case? Basically I'm unsure what, as a normal editor, I should do with regards to such pages. My original understanding was that I should just leave the page alone for a few days, pending someone figuring out the situation and re-opening editing from a new starting point. But maybe that's not the process?
I think right now we don't know. This needs to be fixed, so that we have a better system.
--Jimbo