[WikiEN-l] Sysop limits

[Jimmy Wales]

John R. Owens wrote:
> I just wanted to check, if somewhat belatedly, that this wouldn't be 
> considered an abuse of sysop abilities, if I protect one of my own 
> subpages. Taken strictly, it would break the rules, but I don't think it 
> would break the spirit of them at all.

It seems like a very minor issue to me, but I'm curious as to why you
want to do it.  Is there a problem with someone trying to vandalize
the page or something?  If not, the wiki way is to just relax and
trust people not to screw with your page.  :-)

> Also, while I'm at it, I wasn't sure about an edit I did earlier on 
> [[Johnny Rebel]] while it was protected. It was just a simple typo  
> correction, "Moustrap" -> "Mousetrap". Is that kind of controversy-free 
> thing OK while it's protected, or should it be completely avoided to 
> prevent even the appearance of possible abuse? I just can't stand seeing 
> misspellings left alone, though. :( 

I have no strong opinion about this.  The pro's and con's a pretty
obvious, and you've spelled them out pretty well.

--Jimbo