Re: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Carolmooredc

After adding links to the Slate article to Carol's talk page, the page has now been protected against all edits apart from sysops. In my view, the gradual change over the last two years to seeing the edit rights of banned users changed so they can no longer discuss their ban or related issues, is a poor move for openness of the project, and a distinct lack of belief in reform or the ability of the project to welcome back past banned or blocked users.

This case is doubly offensive as now nobody can use Carol's talk page to ask about the ban or develop evidence that might help with an unban request.

I have raised a polite request with the admin that took this action at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Ricky81682#User_talk:Carolmooredc, should this fail, then I can escalate to have this reviewed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection. If anyone on this list would like to support removing the edit block on Carol's page, now is the time to make yourself heard on-wiki.

Thanks, Fae