That article debunks the claims you were making on this site last week about other services not being affected at all.
Google: If your profile is under review, you will not be able to make full use of Google services that require an active profile such as Google+, Buzz, and some social features of Reader and Picasa Web Albums. For example, on Buzz, you can't create content, on Reader you can't share items with other users or follow other users, and on Picasa Web Albums you can't comment on photos.
Having core features of other services disabled is clearly an affect on those services.
So, my question to you is: when did they "explicitly" say no other services were affected? And if they never did, why did you claim they did?
Google: If your profile is under review, you will not be able to make full use of Google services that require an active profile such as Google+, Buzz, and some social features of Reader and Picasa Web Albums. For example, on Buzz, you can't create content, on Reader you can't share items with other users or follow other users, and on Picasa Web Albums you can't comment on photos.
Compared with: "That is just a vicious rumor. They explicitly said the no other service of theirs will be affected." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2907098
"Other services aren't affected. Period." http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2907104
Having core features of other services disabled is clearly an affect on those services. So, my question to you is: when did they "explicitly" say no other services were affected? And if they never did, why did you claim they did?