On 5/25/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
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.
How early on?