On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:45 PM, Matthew Brown <[email protected]> wrote:

> On the other hand, semi-protection means that only checkusers can
> track down who did the vandalism.  IP editors can be named 'n' shamed
> (as far as their internet origin goes, anyway).  Logged-in vandalism
> is much more private for the vandal.
>
> I'm inclined to support semi-protection even so, since it cuts down
> the rate of drive-by vandalism, but the point's worth making.
>
> -Matt
>
>
>
That's a very good point, actually.  For this reason, I think something like
flagged revisions would be better permanent solution, but semi-protection is
a good stop-gap.  (And I'd also like to argue that slippery slope arguments
are pretty weak.)

Incidentally, there's a new pre-survey page about the BLP issue:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protecting_BLP_articles_feeler_survey

Cool Hand Luke
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