[WikiEN-l] let's be honest then

[Anthony]

On 3/31/07, Dycedarg <darthvader1219 at gmail.com> wrote:
> If and when stable versions is implemented, I would recommend that every
> single BLP article that has not been approved be "invisible", or in other
> words impossible to find via Google or by using the standard search box in
> Wikipedia and ignored by the mirrors. You'd have to go to an advanced Wiki
> search and intentionally click an "unapproved articles" check box to search
> for them.

If this is done I think I'll create a mirror consisting solely of such
unapproved articles, which is, of course, indexable by Google.  Should
get me a lot of traffic, at least until others figure out what I'm
doing and do the same.

> Or,
> alternatively, just have a gigantic red banner at the top that says "This
> article is unapproved. Any unsourced piece of information is as likely to be
> true as random gossip received from a group of twelve year-olds. Read at
> your own risk. If this article is about you and it contains ridiculous crap,
> please remove it yourself and request that an approved version be put in
> place using <insert whatever method of communication is decided upon here>."

Seems more reasonable.

Anthony