Does this mean that if a page receives cascading protection, all templates/images on it will be automatically protected (and will be automatically unprotected when removed from the page with cascading protection)? This would completely eliminate Main Page vandalism.
I understand that consensus is against semi-protection of Main Page Featured Articles, but recent statistics have shown that Main Page Featured Articles are in a vandalised state for 6-10% of the 24-hour duration that they are on the Main Page (the actual figures are likely to be higher, as template vandalism and vandalism by registered users was not counted). Hence, we should seriously consider applying cascading semi-protection to Main Page Featured Articles.
On 1/14/07, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
Ohh, I just tested this a bit. Works pretty much the way I was hoping for. Thanks!
Only thing I might bug ye about -- what are the relevant MediaWiki messages? The main one, I think, would be whatever indicates the page has been affected by cascading protection.
Hm, I also see that it shows up, when using &action=protect -- are there any other circumstances in which the cascading effect will be apparent? I'm mainly thinking of non-admins, here. Unless we're planning on using this infrequently enough that this isn't a major issue.
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