On Friday 04 September 2009, Gwern Branwen wrote:
Would it be possible for you to do a comparison with Wikipedia just
before semiprotection was enabled? I've long wanted to know whether
the argument that semiprotections would replace full protections holds
any water.
This would also seem to
Risker wrote:
There are some opportunities to improve practices here, and to really take a
look and decide which articles (and rarely, article talk pages) need this
indefinite protection. At the same time, I really do believe that if an
admin is going to reduce protection on a page with an
I was away and missed the FR discussions, but I have to say this: the
vanishing point is nowhere in sight!
Charles
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On 9/5/09, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
I was away and missed the FR discussions, but I have to say this: the
vanishing point is nowhere in sight!
FR?
(Racks brains).
I assume you mean flagged revisions?
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Tony Sidaway wrote:
On 9/5/09, Charles Matthews charles.r.matth...@ntlworld.com wrote:
I was away and missed the FR discussions, but I have to say this: the
vanishing point is nowhere in sight!
FR?
(Racks brains).
I assume you mean flagged revisions?
Got it in one! Oh, and
2009/9/5 Gwern Branwen gwe...@gmail.com:
Would it be possible for you to do a comparison with Wikipedia just
before semiprotection was enabled? I've long wanted to know whether
the argument that semiprotections would replace full protections holds
any water.
Such a comparison should be
One of the best responses to some of the hyperbole out there about the closing,
failure, end of WP is the figure of how many articles are actually locked down
in any way, however, this is a difficult figure to authoritatively find/claim.
There's Main and Featured [1] of course, about 11
Sorry, no.
A quick look at the protection log shows many more protections of articles
as well as other pages; listing in the protected pages categories almost
seems an exception when these are clicked on.
As well a wide range of pages are salted - deleted then protected to
prevent recreation.
Okay, found out why.
You need to account for [[Category:Wikipedia pages protected due to
dispute]] and other protection categories, as well. Pages such as Russell's
teapot and Developed country are in there, protected, but not tagged.
The root cause seems to be that the category isn't itself a
Passed on to WP:AN
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard#Protection_template_issue
FT2
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 2:36 PM, FT2 ft2.w...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, found out why.
You need to account for [[Category:Wikipedia pages protected due to
dispute]] and other
On Friday 04 September 2009, Joseph Reagle wrote:
One of the best responses to some of the hyperbole out there about the
closing, failure, end of WP is the figure of how many articles are actually
locked down in any way, however, this is a difficult figure to
authoritatively find/claim.
Try this instead to refute the Wikipedia is dying argument. Wikipedia's
featured picture program started in May 2004. It took until 30 December
2007 to reach 1000 featured pictures. We're on track to reach number 2000
within a week: currently at 1973 FPs with 63 active nominations.
It would be
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Joseph Reaglerea...@mit.edu wrote:
On Friday 04 September 2009, Joseph Reagle wrote:
One of the best responses to some of the hyperbole out there about the
closing, failure, end of WP is the figure of how many articles are actually
locked down in any way,
I'm undertaking to have all article and talk page semiprotections on
Wikipedia reviewed. The process I'm using is to enter a brief
proposal on the article talk page and contact the protecting sysop.
The idea is that we discuss whether to unprotect the article or talk
page and watch it vigilantly.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Tony Sidawaytonysida...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm undertaking to have all article and talk page semiprotections on
Wikipedia reviewed. The process I'm using is to enter a brief
proposal on the article talk page and contact the protecting sysop.
The idea is that we
Sent: Fri, Sep 4, 2009 4:55 pm
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Putting some perspective on the end of Wikipedia
I'm undertaking to have all article and talk page semiprotections on
Wikipedia reviewed. The process I'm using is to enter a brief
proposal on the article talk page and contact the protecting
On 9/5/09, Phil Nash pn007a2...@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
I took a quick look the other day at the categories of unsourced
articles, which go back to December 2006; to be honest, I don't currently
have the time or will myself to trawl through what is a Sisyphean task. Even
limiting that to BLP
Tony is right that these lists of long-term and indefinitely protected or
semi-protected pages should be reviewed periodically. The place to find this
information is here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports
There are about 3000 indefinitely permanently protected talk pages;
On 9/5/09, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote:
There are some opportunities to improve practices here, and to really take a
look and decide which articles (and rarely, article talk pages) need this
indefinite protection. At the same time, I really do believe that if an
admin is going to reduce
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