[WikiEN-l] [[Views of Lyndon LaRouche]] indefinitely full protected

[joshua.zelinsky at yale.edu]

Quoting Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:

> On 10/19/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 20/10/2007, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>> > On 10/19/07, George Herbert <george.herbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > > To attempt to end a many-year-old edit war, I have indefinitely
>> > > full-protected the article [[Views of Lyndon LaRouche]].
>>
>> > Wow.  If that sticks, it looks like the downfall of Wikipedia is
>> > closer than I had thought.
>>
>> There should be a downloadable copy of the full history soon, for
>> forking purposes.
>>
> Do you have some sort of inside information on this?  Just because a
> dump starts doesn't mean it'll finish.
>
> Anyway, not *that* close.  The "indefinite full-protection as the
> answer to an edit war" meme has only been introduced, for now.

No, it is a meme that has come up many times before. This is the first time it
has ever been implemented by an admin to my knowledge unless it was for 
salting
purposes or temporary salting pending replacement with a more acceptable
article. This is a disturbing event.