[Wikipedia-l] Getting rid of protected pages

Tue Jan 14 13:05:30 UTC 2003

> This is cute and all, but it seems like a lot of new complexity for no
> really important purpose.

Not complex, really.
1) Add copy namespace
2) Change "protected page" link to "Edit copy"
3) Add notice about page replacement
4) Implement

Making more people sysops is not a good solution. Some people do not want to
be sysops because of the responsibility, others do not know about the
sysop/user distinction and just want to make a quick fix to a protected page. With
an increased number of sysops, the likelihood of abuse (the most obvious
being banning and protecting pages unnecessarily, both of which has happened)
obviously increases.  Also, you get more and more of a power hierarchy, which is
very un-wiki.

The protected page change would have no disadvantages I can see.

Regards,

Erik

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