Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31924693-20140509094043/@comment-856287-20140509183201

I think user pages need to stay open to edits (unless, like any other page, it is the specific target of vandalism).

I can think of two examples:


 * 1) I just recently edited the page of a user who hadn't logged in for over a year, but whose profile page said something like, "I'm back and ready to get to work!" I put   tags around that line.
 * 2) When I first joined the wiki I admin now, there were no active admins and I was trying to clean up redlinks. I found a troll who created a profile with a fake name and a bunch of crazy BS about 9/11. If I didn't have edit rights, that post would just remain public, and all those redlinks he created would continue to pollute maintenance reports. Because I did have edit rights, I was able to clear the link markup and otherwise leave the profile alone. Ta da! No more spam links in the maintenance reports.

I think we should make Wikia even more open. We should be allowed to "suggest edits" even on protected pages and content like forum posts. Basically, you get to edit the content like normal, but the admin/original-poster gets to approve, modify, or decline your suggested edits. Imagine if you could simply "suggest edits" on a MediaWiki:Wikia.css to contribute to the design of the wiki, or suggest edits to a forum post to correct obvious errors. I think it would be better.