ABCD (en.abcd(a)gmail.com) [050904 16:39]:
On 9/4/05, Ryan W. (Merovingian) wrote:
> [[User:Lucky 6.9]] and I have been discussing
this possibilty: What if
> one was able to proect a deleted/nonexistent page? The same page would
> not be created over and over if it has no place in Wikipedia. When the
> clueless newbie/troll/vandal goes away, it can be unprotected, just
> like normal. The best defense for this is the fact that the
> {{deletedpage}} template would become obsolete. In addition, it would
> be a relief on the servers (even if it's minor). Any thoughts?
Submitted to bugzilla as bug# 3357
<http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3357>.
We already do this in some cases, in the form of creating a blank page and
protecting the blank page for a while. I'm not sure we need to add a
feature to MediaWiki.
- d.