[WikiEN-l] Death of Wikipedia

[Jimmy Wales]

The Cunctator wrote:
> Redvers and Jimbo made the claim that "Restrictions on editing -
> specifically the ability to prevent an article from being edited - have
> always existed and have always been used. Semi-protection actually
> *increased* the number of people able to edit, by doing away with the need
> to completely lock many articles."
> 
> So far as I remember, during the UseModWiki days there were no restrictions
> on editing for a good while. Only after extended debate did Larry lock the
> front page.
> 
> I believe it is false to claim that restrictions on editing have always been
> used.

No, we locked some troll pages very early on.  Speedy deleted a ton, as
well.  And blocked ip numbers regularly.  All of those are editing
restrictions.


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