[WikiEN-l] Proposal: limited extension of semi-protection policy

[Erik Moeller]

On 5/23/06, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> 1. Category:Living people can be added to an article by anyone; the
> software prevents anyone not an admin from removing it.
> 2. Being in that cat makes an article semi-protected.

Semi-protection works because it's applied only to a few articles.
Once you start mass-using it, gaming will become common. Don't go
there.

Erik