On Wed, 21 Jun 2006 21:46:04 +0100, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
There is. Long term semi protection really only hits a very small number of subjects. The number of subjects that enough people feel strong about to cause a problem is unlikely to increase.
But before there was only protection, which was a blunt instrument and caused significant pain. Now there is sprotection which allows most editors to go about their business so there is much less resistance to its use; it is not a surprise that it is used to prevent spates of short-term drive by vandalism, where previously we just put up with the pain and kept reverting.
Even then articles like Safety, a constant target for IP vandalism, do not remain protected for long because the protected log is watched by a number of admins who make it their business to keep protection periods down to sensible levels.
Guy (JzG)