[WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

[Bod Notbod]

On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:

> Such edits are now more routinely being suppressed because (a) we have the
> technical ability to do so without creating problems in the database and (b)
> there is greater sensitivity to the potential for serious harm for
> potentially libelous information to remain accessible.  There is a
> significant difference between the trash-talking one frequently sees
> (particularly in regard to living persons) such as "X is a f***ing a**hole",
> and a blatant unsourced allegation of  wrongdoing by the article`s subject
> such as "X murdered his second wife``; the former would simply be reverted,
> while the latter qualifies for suppression.

Just out of curiosity, a hardy perennial bit of vandalism is putting
"is gay" into the biog of a heterosexual person. Would that be classed
as normal vandalism or would that preferably invoke an oversighting?