The Cunctator wrote:
I believe the general rule IS that sysops should not
protect pages, inasmuch
as that is an extremely anti-Wiki action that prevents the majority of
Wikipedians from participating in the process of contributing.
If that is not the general rule, then that would be rather upsetting.
It doesn't seem that long ago that Ed Poor was sewverely chastized for
even suggesting that he might protect a page.
Ec