Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Andreas Kolbe
This case presents a good argument for flagged revisions. Given that the people who made these edits weren't logged in, none of their additions and changes would have been visible to the public. Andreas On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 7:04 AM, koltzenb...@w4w.net wrote: Hi Gillian, thank you for

Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Pete Forsyth
I'm not so sure. As soon as the incident was noted, the article was semi-protected, which solved the problem. Perhaps you are suggesting flagged revisions for *all* biographies of living persons (BLPs), by default? -Pete On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Andreas Kolbe jayen...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Risker
It also gives a good argument for admins actually applying semi-protection properly. BLPs under attack should always have a LONG semi-protection that can be shortened if it is determined the risk is abated. I was fairly flabbergasted to see a very brief SP applied when it was obvious there was a

Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Andreas Kolbe
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 9:00 PM, Pete Forsyth petefors...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not so sure. As soon as the incident was noted, the article was semi-protected, which solved the problem. Perhaps you are suggesting flagged revisions for *all* biographies of living persons (BLPs), by default?

Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Russavia
I wouldn't call that an AFD It was open for an entire hour and a half. Yeah it sucks she met trolls on the internet -- god knows this isn't something new for Wikipedia -- but she just isn't notable. In fact, this is now setting a precedent that any blogger who has been interviewed by another

Re: [Gendergap] positive action Re: Nastiness

2012-06-15 Thread Sarah Stierch
I do have to say - it is a challenge explaining to people You're not notable just because you're a popular blogger. Even if you beat people over the head with notability guidelines articles still crop up. Perhaps we need to draft a list on Wiki of notable bloggers =) Sarah On 6/15/12 1:07