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* If this gets to be a major headache, Wikipedia will either semi-protect all related articles, which they are generally loathe to do, and / or start treating entire ISPs as if they were open proxies
doggdot.us 2009
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Wikipedia admins already have the power to "protect" articles (i.e. lock them down to prevent edits entirely) and "semi-protect" them (prevent edits from editors without established accounts).
The Register 2009
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"It could also have been prevented by protection or semi-protection, but this is a prime example of why we don't want to protect or semi-protect articles - his was a breaking news story and we want people to be able to participate (so protection is out) and even to participate in good faith for the first time ever (so semi-protection is out)."
The Register 2009
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All it’s going to take is one person to semi-protect the proper pages and the wikiwar ends. reply
Gmail April Fools Not Very Funny. On the Upside, They Started A Wikipedia War Michael Arrington 2005
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It could also have been prevented by protection or semi-protection, but this is a prime example of why we don't want to protect or semi-protect articles -- this was a breaking news story and we want people to be able to participate (so protection is out) and even to participate in good faith for the first time ever (so semi-protection is out). "
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