On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 10:58 AM, Newyorkbrad (Wikipedia) < newyorkbrad@gmail.com> wrote:
I have come to the conclusion that a very large percentage of BLP's need to be semiprotected at the very least. I am still thinking through the best way to implement such a change, but the current situation is not acceptable.
Newyorkbrad
You know, maybe this isn't such a bad idea. It certainly would solve a lot of problems... Semi-protection would keep out the majority of drive-by vandalism. Thinking out loud (er, sort of) here, obviously there's a large conflict with the "anyone can edit" maxim, but this would undoubtedly cut our BLP complaints by a drastic amount. Jimbo would probably say no, but I'm sure the portion of the community that favors required registration would approve. Is this worth taking on-wiki, or do the philosophical implications need to be hashed out more?
- GlassCobra