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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

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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). "

    DailyTech Main News Feed 2009

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