[WikiEN-l] One-sentence explanation of pending changes

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:19 PM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> We expect a publicity storm around pending changes. Jay doesn't
> currently plan to do a press release as such, but we're definitely
> getting ready with talking point sheets and Q+As and a blog post and
> etc. For obvious reasons, this is best drafted in public.
>
> Journalists are <s>simple creatures</s> busy generalists. If you want
> them to get it right, you have to distill things into a *robust
> soundbite*. I'm good with soundbites (if I say so myself), but
> obviously accuracy is rather important.
>
> This is what I have so far, off the top of my head:
>
> "Some of our pages are locked from *anyone* editing them. With this,
> we can open those up so people can  edit the draft version, which then
> goes live. Should be on the order of minutes, if it's over an hour
> it's too slow. The trial's starting with locked pages about living
> people. We'll see how it goes."
[snip]

As far as I can tell the living people part isn't accurate.

I suggest:

"Some of our pages are locked from *anyone* editing them. With this,
 we can open those up so anyone can edit the draft version, which then
 goes live. Should be on the order of minutes, if it's over an hour
 it's too slow. The trial's starting with a limited number of pages
 and it is activated with the same process as the one currently used
 for locking"

Is probably better.