[WikiEN-l] Another Media and Wikipedia blackout on NYT reporter in Afghanistan

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/9/9 Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>:
>> 2009/9/9 Fred Bauder <fredbaud at fairpoint.net>:
>>> Would you have us do different?
>>
>> I would prefer something more honest, rather than defaming innocent
>> editors trying to add true and verifiable information to articles. I
>> would suggest just protecting the article straight away with a link to
>> the OTRS ticket. Such a protection isn't any less subtle that the
>> current practice, I would argue it is more so.
>
> We need to do something that is both effective and does not attract
> attention. Like maybe deleting and protecting the article and redirecting
> it to the New York Times. And caste it as speedy delete for non-notable
> subject.

If you lie people aren't going to believe you and will fight you. That
is exactly what has happened in the two cases I know of. Edit wars and
deletion reviews attract attention. A quiet, but explicit,
implementation of IAR is not going to attract any more attention.