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These are proposed revisions of the current protected page policy, coming in response to much faster edit activity having a bearing on the effectiveness of the current policy with respect to sorting out issue disputes.
Stevertigo's proposal: calls for the initiation of a formal scheme of degrees for different types of page protections, and of self-selecting or assigning standard formal roles for involved participants, based on a quick vote. Amendment:To use the term "moderation" to refer to a formal process of article-specific dispute mediation. The means by which a moderation edit happens is a subsection of thethe protected page policy, which provides for moderators to edit the page, under a proposed {{moderationedit}} header. Add above tag, or see Template:moderationedit for header text.
Pir's alternative proposal: calls for a system of steps to occur after a page is protected each time, beginning with a list of the participants in the conflict, and an outline of the views of each. Wikipedians must mediate to find a compromise; failure to reach said compromise within a week, the listed editors are banned from editing the article in question for a standard time.
Currently, protections types are not formalized; short term conflicts and long-term controversies are treated in the same way. Protected pages should be a standard procedure to stop destructive edits to a page. In order that this be done more freely, the boundaries by which these protections can happen must be further defined, and described formally. (I have no idea on what scheme the degrees should go by- S V).
Regardless if the data is safely stored, page revert conflicts should be viewed as destructive in themseves, and stopped immediately by sysops; either those involved or not in the article. Even one instance of an auto revert can be grounds for temporary protection, ((temprotect)), in order to determine cause. Preferably this would be limited to cases where a conflict is errupting between partisans.
From the outset, involved and incoming parties must define their formal roles in the dispute as either an observer, protector, moderator, partisan, or third party partisan, which are agreed to or recorded by the moderator. Role disputes must be dealt with first; listed as on Category:Role disputes. Because these role disputes would be of an abstract policy nature (unrelated to the topic) neutral editors can be of assistance in determining the roles of each participant before proceeding.
For fairness, any sysops who active in the dispute at the time of the protection are considered partisans, unless by consensus on becomes a moderator.
A system of steps to occur after a page is protected each time, beginning with a list of the participants in the conflict, and an outline of the views of each. Wikipedians must mediate to find a compromise; failure to reach said compromise within a week, the listed editors are banned from editing the article in question for a standard time. Editors not involved in the dispute can make changes, and deal with the controvesial points. A ban on a specific edtitor can be lifted early by a 3/4 vote in a general poll. *SV: Continued conflicts repeat the above process, adding new names to the list.
pir 14:32, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)
![]() | This page is currently inactive and is retained for
historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump. |
These are proposed revisions of the current protected page policy, coming in response to much faster edit activity having a bearing on the effectiveness of the current policy with respect to sorting out issue disputes.
Stevertigo's proposal: calls for the initiation of a formal scheme of degrees for different types of page protections, and of self-selecting or assigning standard formal roles for involved participants, based on a quick vote. Amendment:To use the term "moderation" to refer to a formal process of article-specific dispute mediation. The means by which a moderation edit happens is a subsection of thethe protected page policy, which provides for moderators to edit the page, under a proposed {{moderationedit}} header. Add above tag, or see Template:moderationedit for header text.
Pir's alternative proposal: calls for a system of steps to occur after a page is protected each time, beginning with a list of the participants in the conflict, and an outline of the views of each. Wikipedians must mediate to find a compromise; failure to reach said compromise within a week, the listed editors are banned from editing the article in question for a standard time.
Currently, protections types are not formalized; short term conflicts and long-term controversies are treated in the same way. Protected pages should be a standard procedure to stop destructive edits to a page. In order that this be done more freely, the boundaries by which these protections can happen must be further defined, and described formally. (I have no idea on what scheme the degrees should go by- S V).
Regardless if the data is safely stored, page revert conflicts should be viewed as destructive in themseves, and stopped immediately by sysops; either those involved or not in the article. Even one instance of an auto revert can be grounds for temporary protection, ((temprotect)), in order to determine cause. Preferably this would be limited to cases where a conflict is errupting between partisans.
From the outset, involved and incoming parties must define their formal roles in the dispute as either an observer, protector, moderator, partisan, or third party partisan, which are agreed to or recorded by the moderator. Role disputes must be dealt with first; listed as on Category:Role disputes. Because these role disputes would be of an abstract policy nature (unrelated to the topic) neutral editors can be of assistance in determining the roles of each participant before proceeding.
For fairness, any sysops who active in the dispute at the time of the protection are considered partisans, unless by consensus on becomes a moderator.
A system of steps to occur after a page is protected each time, beginning with a list of the participants in the conflict, and an outline of the views of each. Wikipedians must mediate to find a compromise; failure to reach said compromise within a week, the listed editors are banned from editing the article in question for a standard time. Editors not involved in the dispute can make changes, and deal with the controvesial points. A ban on a specific edtitor can be lifted early by a 3/4 vote in a general poll. *SV: Continued conflicts repeat the above process, adding new names to the list.
pir 14:32, 23 Jul 2004 (UTC)