Um, that's an attempt at humor right? On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 10:48 PM, Jay Litwyn <brewh...@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca > wrote:
> Okay, if I hav this straight, then wikipedia should not index the article, > either. In other words, you would not find some people from their family > name or stage name, unless they issue some form of approval. Those who are > interested in getting their facts acceptable would know exactly where the > article is, so they can keep working on it, and links to the subject from > categories and from other articles would not function: You would still be > able to get there if you type out the URL. The noindex and nofollow > directives in a robots.txt file (and something like them on each web page > in > meta tags) are nearly standard, because some people want to keep their > writing projects under the scrutiny of a few friends before any spider > finds > it. > > A simpler option would be password-protecting an article, along with the > names of people who can offer the password. Once you explain your purpose, > you should be able to get the password by e-mail. There was once a popular > disclaimer on web pages "Under Construction". It is almost certainly still > around, because it is the nature of the web to provide volatile information > or incorporate feedback. > > So, the protection levels for an article COULD be: > Deleted -- Subject made application to oversight committee. > Protected -- sysop only. > Moderated -- Edits go through moderators; identical to proxied edits. > Password protected -- Primarily for biography under construction. > Not Indexed -- Hard, and not impossible to find -- fails approval from > subject. > Semi-protected -- Contentious subjects demand a degree of identification. > Open -- Not a debatable topic. > (So far, nobody is trying to tell user:cluebot that wikipedia is not > censored) > _______ > Yo momma so fat she had to go to Sea World to get baptized > > "Durova" <nadezhda.dur...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:a01006d90906041359p5465d053w10bdd7fffb71a...@mail.gmail.com... > > Hi all, in two years of looking for solutions to the BLP issues have > > finally > > stumbled upon an idea that hasn't been raised before. Basically it's > this: > > *Suppose we noindexed biographies of living persons, upon the subject's > > request.* This would require developer assistance, and require a bit of > > structure to make sure the ability doesn't get misused. An initial draft > > proposal is at my blog. Am interested in thoughts and suggestions. > > > > > http://durova.blogspot.com/2009/06/biographies-of-living-persons-ingenius.html > > > > Best regards, > > Durova > > -- > > http://durova.blogspot.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- http://durova.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
