Actually there are circumstances when admins can and should edit fully
protected articles per:
WP:FULL.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FULL>
Does anyone really object to the idea of admins responding to a request for
admin help by editing a fully protected page in accordance with talkpage
consensus?
WereSpielChequers
Message: 6
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:47:18 -0400
From: wjhonson(a)aol.com
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] How wikipedia could link into File Protection.
To: wikien-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
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When full protection is used, then it should stay until it is changed to
semi-protection.
We should not have a type of protection that allows admins to make
*content* changes willy-nilly.
When an article is in full protection, admins should not be making content
changes, except perhaps to revert changes that were the problematic ones in
the first place.
<<Jay's original email refers to using this when there has been an edit
war - in other words when full protection *is* used currently.>>