On 12/16/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
...for what it's worth, we have over a thousand templates transcluded more than 2,800 times - even allowing for duplication and for some not being "reader-facing", that's still a heck of a lot. Is there any reason I shouldn't roll through protecting the high-use ones?
The reason is that trustworthy, non-admin editors then can't edit them. As such a person, I find it frustrating that I can't touch many of these templates. Yes, I can call for an admin. But wikis are founded on a low effort to participation model.
Which is to say: yes, you should protect them. But we should work on a model to define trustworthy, non-admin editors. And if occasionally, a supposedly trustworthy non-admin goes berserk and sprays vaginas everywhere, it's not the end of the world.
Steve