User talk:Bigenhoc

I am the dir. of educational technology at Greenhill School in Dallas. My head of school asked me how we can control the information that is posted on the Greenhill School entry in Addison found in Wikipedia. I see that other schools have been able to post informaton then lock the page or otherwise make it so the public can't edit. There have been several times recently when the Greenhill entry has been manipulated as a prank.
 * Articles are only locked temporarily, during periods when the page is being vandalised, and unprotected after the vandalism stops. Wikipedia works due to information being continually improved by the public, so locking an article long-term would be to its eventual detriment. Greenhill School (Addison, Texas) has had a bit of vandalism, but it's nowhere near as bad as some articles receive. You can request protection of a page at WP:RFPP, but it's likely to be declined unless there has been significant recent vandalism. (You can read more about locking pages at Protection policy and Semi-protection policy). I hope that helps; put helpme back up if you have any further questions. --ais523 15:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, usually vandalism is caught quickly on Wikipedia. Only if the pages are heavily vandalized will it be semi-protected (from unregistered and newly registered users). If it was only vandalized "several times", then it probably won't. It's the price we pay for being a Wiki. Xiner (talk, email) 15:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)


 * Added it to my watchlist and cleaned up the article a bit. The entry was vandalised a few days ago and that wasn't caught, but other than that it has been fine, with mostly good faith edits. --h2g2bob 16:39, 31 January 2007 (UTC)