Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Kanon
Those edits have been oversighted. More information on oversight can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight 2010/2/24 Rob gamali...@gmail.com Not sure what's going on in the edit history of [[Sam Walton]]. There are a number of grey crossed out links. At first I

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Rob
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Kanon kanon...@gmail.com wrote: Those edits have been oversighted. More information on oversight can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight How odd. As far as I recall, there wasn't anything in those edits except simple vandalism and

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Risker
On 24 February 2010 12:54, Rob gamali...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Kanon kanon...@gmail.com wrote: Those edits have been oversighted. More information on oversight can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight How odd. As far as I recall,

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Bod Notbod
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: Such edits are now more routinely being suppressed because (a) we have the technical ability to do so without creating problems in the database and (b) there is greater sensitivity to the potential for serious harm for

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Rob
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:15 PM, Risker risker...@gmail.com wrote: As an oversighter, I can review these edits, and I can tell you that, while some may consider it simple vandalism, the edits contained potentially libelous information about a person or persons that is unsuitable for public

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Rob
Incidentally, if the oversighted edits concerned a certain gentleman and his alleged predilection for oral copulation, then that vandal has returned to the article. ___ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Michael Peel
On 24 Feb 2010, at 18:15, Risker wrote: As an oversighter, I can review these edits, and I can tell you that, while some may consider it simple vandalism, the edits contained potentially libelous information about a person or persons that is unsuitable for public consumption. The

Re: [WikiEN-l] Grey crossed out links in edit history (or: did I miss another software update?)

2010-02-24 Thread Carcharoth
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Michael Peel em...@mikepeel.net wrote: I don't see the need for this. Can't we simply delete it as per normal, rather than oversighting? Do we not trust the administrators? Do we really need an extra layer of bureaucracy on top of them for this sort of thing?