[WikiEN-l] Should anons edit Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy?

MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic at gmail.com
Mon Oct 9 09:28:04 UTC 2006


Generally speaking we only need to protect pages that attract a lot of
vandalism.
What edits are these anons making? Are they trying to alter the policy or
are they trying to fix spelling or something? Only the first issue needs
protection.

Mgm


On 10/9/06, Ligulem <ligulem at pobox.com> wrote:
>
> What's the purpose of letting non-autoconfirmed accounts edit
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Semi-protection_policy?
> (other than causing work for others to revert the 97% crap and making
> noise on watchlists)
>
> Why can't we simply semi-protect that? (Or do we need yet another policy
> for doing so?)
>
> Or is this a wiki-religious thing?
>
> Puzzled,
>
> --Ligulem
>
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