On Tue, August 25, 2009 7:52 pm, Michael Peel wrote: >> Another thought: this is actually more open than just locking the >> article. :-) > > I've been trying to push precisely that point. People view this as a > bad thing, but as long as Wikipedia doesn't apply it to everything > and uses it to replace the current protection of articles, then it > could work very well.
I would push the "alternative to protection" angle. It should be used like a taser should be used - as an alternative to shooting people, not as a routine tool. > > Unfortunately, I've yet to find a page that describes how wide-spread > the flagged protection is intended to be... I've noticed a dearth of information on that too. J -- Jonathan G Hall <jonat...@sinewave42.com> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org