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

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:
> On 9 June 2010 11:13, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen <cimonavaro at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On the gripping hand, limiting it to BLP's got a consensus.
>> Trying it on for a wider array of articles is really asking for
>> someone to punch you on the nose. Not recommended, but
>> hey, you can do it if you feel proud enough.
>
> I think that might be overstating it...
>
> My understanding was that the most recently decided-on version (which
> is admittedly not precisely what we're getting) was *not* based on a
> consensus to restrict it to BLP articles.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Flagged_protection_and_patrolled_revisions
>
> BLPs are quoted a few times as examples, and they're certainly
> expected to be a large portion of the workload of this, but none of
> the recent plans have explicitly aimed for such a restriction.

Exactly.

(Sorry for the nearly content free message, but this point is worth repeating.)

Time for everyone to go re-review the material.  It's been a long
time, enough that our memories have sure to suffered bit-rot. :)