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