On 5/20/06, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Semi-protection seems to be a great success in many cases. I think that it should be extended, but carefully, in a couple of key ways.
- It seems that some very high profile articles like [[George W.
Bush]] are destined to be semi-protected all the time or nearly all the time. I support continued occassional experimention by anyone who wants to take the responsibility of guarding it, but it seems likely to me that we will keep such articles semi-protected almost continuously.
Well, I'm not sure if it will still be necessary after Mr. Bush leaves office. I think the semi-protection status should be re-evaluated by 2008 or 2009. The template explaining the status can go on the talk page in the meantime.
I can think of no case where we'll need semi-protection _permanently_. Just for a very long time, which can mean several years in extreme cases -- pending better technical solutions, of course.
Erik