On 3/3/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
That policy makes no sense. I agree that protection should be avoided if at all possible on visible articles but the policy is taken way too literally at times and there are times when protection of an FA is a good idea.
Isn't this what semi-protection is for? I really don't see the problem with that.
Semi-protection of a main-page FA is almost as bad - it stops newcomers being able to edit the first article they see. So either should only be used in cases of sustained high-level vandalism.
Steve