[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia page protection report

[Alphax]

Erik Moeller wrote:
<snip>
> I can see three immediate ways to address the issue, by increasing
> complexity:
> 
> * limit protections by policy
> * add an automated or template-based visible marker to protections in
> the article namespace
> * add an "expiry" feature for page protection similar to blocks
> 

1 and 3 both sound like good ideas. Policy should state that protection
should only be used in cases of heavy vandalism or fruitless revert
wars, and should have a time limit (the maximum being 1 week).

(At this point, Tim or Brion says "so write the code for it". I'd really
like to, but I'm a bit busy at the moment.)

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