[WikiEN-l] flagged revvvs

[Christiano Moreschi]

There is one very clear example of bad thinking here. I cannot understand how anyone thinks flaggedrevs would shut more people out than semi-protection does. Truly bizarre.

CM

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> Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:49:48 -0600
> From: charlottethewebb at gmail.com
> To: wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [WikiEN-l] flagged revvvs
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protecting_BLP_articles_feeler_survey
> 
> This is either measurable progress or a complete train wreck, I'm not
> sure which.
> 
> There are a number of divergent views:
> *That semi-protecting a vast sub-set of articles would be less drastic
> than using stable versions on them (wtf, over)
> *That stable versions on BLPs would be a good test case for using it everywhere
> *That stable versions on BLPs would be a good thing, but should still
> be opposed as a slippery slope toward using it on all pages (more of a
> slippery climb actually)
> *That stable versions should be opposed at any level, with arguments
> like "disaster waiting to happen" and "I do not have sufficient
> obscenities in my vocabulary to express..."
> 
> I see an emerging consensus that I should go jump in the lake, as my
> own views should ***hopefully*** be clear enough. I take full credit
> for hijacking it and I agree entirely with Greg's points. A conscious
> effort to apply the same standards everywhere would be the best
> long-term approach, even if it seems a 180° reversal at the moment.
> 
> But maybe the flaggedrevs must be presented as a BLP tool in order for
> the community to accept it. Maybe there's no other chance in hell.
> Boggling as it is I'm willing to accept this.
> 
> So alright, sure, start with the BLPs, cook the perishable food first,
> but don't stop there. I don't want to see people going apeshit when it
> is used for the actual intended purposes.
> 
> I should apologize for alienating everyone from Long Beach to
> Shaftesbury trying to get my point across. Probably a pipe dream
> anyway.
> 
> No one knows what it's like to be a dustbin.
> 
> —C.W.
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