[WikiEN-l] flagged revvvs

[Soxred93]

The difference is that even autoconfirmed editors do bad things to  
articles (see Grawp). With flaggedrevs, even if they aren't  
autoconfirmed, they won't show up if they violate BLP.

-X!

On Dec 22, 2008, at 8:04 AM [Dec 22, 2008 ], Christiano Moreschi wrote:

>
> 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
>
> Odi profanum vulgus et arceo.
>
>
>
>> 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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