[WikiEN-l] Main Page Featured Article

[Steve Bennett]

On 12/19/06, NSLE (Wikipedia) <nsle.wikipedia at gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume most of the list's readers know what problems we've been having
> with the TFA each day on the main page (vandals inserting shock images into
> transcluded-on-transcluded templates). In case some don't, I'm posting this
> to see if anyone has ideas off how to avoid this. It's been discussed
> extensively on ANI, and there does not seem to be a workable solution to it.
> The images are being uploaded by sleeper socks old enough to upload them,
> and protecting every single template on TFA (including
> transcluded-on-transcluded ones) can be tedious for the admins. I've
> suggested perhaps substituting the templates before they become TFA (and
> re-transcluding after), but do the other list readers have any solution?

Every type of vandalism goes away if we can implement a short delay
before the page goes "live". Allow rollbacks/undos to be carried out
on non-live versions of the page, and edits should also always be
performed on the newest version.

The problem is not vandalism in itself. The problem is that our
timeframe for reacting to vandalism is zero. Any act of vandalism is
instantly visible to the entire world. Even a short delay of 2 minutes
would drastically reduce the incentive for vandals and their impact
even if successful.

Steve