--- Karen AKA Kajikit kaji@labyrinth.net.au wrote:
Stephen Gilbert wrote:
Yes, but that doesn't explain why a sysop has to
be
the person who makes any agreed upon changes.
Also,
freezing these pages bars people from copyediting
and
linking.
The OBVIOUS reason behind it is that these are basic help-type pages that a newbie has no reason to need or want to change.
Grammar corrections, typos and linking are three reasons that someone might want to change the pages.
If they have something to say they can do it on the related talk page. It just simplifies things a bit to have them protected... and it's not like there are any shortage of sysops around to make any necessary changes, especially since anyone who REALLY wants to be one just has to ask and they can be a sysop too.
I don't recall ever having a problem with people changing policies unilaterally, so I guess I don't see any good reason to have these pages frozen. I do, however, see some problems with it.
Stephen Gilbert
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