On 5/3/06, Frederic Schutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Bimmler wrote: > > > um, all pages on ch.wikimedia.org are "semiprotected" inasmuch as you > > have to be logged in to view any page... > > Semi-protection is more than this: an account must be old enough (don't > remember the specifics, it is probably wiki-configurable) before you are > allowed to modify a page that is semi-protected. This means that a > vandal can not create an account and use it immediately to deface a face > -- very handy, but we can re-protect the main page if needed when all > the changes have been done. > I know. I simplified it too much. Well, anyway, the site is semiprotected now, and so everything is fine. (BTW: As we are not Wikipedia and we need not follow any formalistic procedures, if we discover that somebody has registered an account and afterwards vandalised with it, we can block it infinitely at once and ask him to contact us by mail if he has a good reason why he should be unblocked. Point final.)
> By the way, the bullet is still there in my view (I can get a screenshot > if it helps)... > Uh. Damned. I didn't see it anymore. Anyway I'll have a look at it. Michael > Frederic > _______________________________________________ > www.wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website > Wikimediach-l mailing list > http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l > -- Regards Michael Bimmler Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ www.wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
