<snip>Fred Bauder: The stories included contribute to article development with active work often occurring on the subjects of the stories, thus it is part of the dynamics of how Wikipedia works. It would be a shame to disrupt that dynamic. </snip>
I would echo that. Wikipedia's "In The News" section, like "Today's Featured Article," attracts attention to an article that would probably otherwise not have received it; as with any Wikipedia article, reader attention does, in a portion of cases, lead to editor attention (as the visitor discovers 'edit this page' and explores the wiki set-up, for good or ill :-)). That Today's Featured articles are not protected is an extension of that reasoning: pages that receive main page exposure will almost certainly receive a useful burst of attention (along with, as always, a burst of not-so-helpful contributions that can only be counteracted with our editor's vigilance). *AGK* _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l