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Latest comment: 17 days ago by Raidarr in topic Protection of pages


Delete queue[edit source]

Could you clean out Category:Candidates for deletion? Thanks. Collei (talk) (contribs) 05:53, 8 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Protection of pages[edit source]

It seems you protected niche pages (those which are viewed by a few users) like Underaged users to admins only. This blocks some trusted users who fix typos (WikiGnome). Semi protection is sufficient at preventing vandalism and allows more users to do some WikiGnoming. Can you please loosen the protection of these pages to allow autoconfirmed users to edit? Thanks. Silicona (talk) 15:07, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Protecting policy pages at the admin level is standard practice. Normal users should not be able to edit policy pages. MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 15:08, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I agree that the protection of these pages was too preemptive. There had been no recent abuse/vandalism. Globe - (TalkContributionsCA) 15:10, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]
As a TS policy, macfan has the right of it. There is merit to being able to make minor fixes without fuss, but in a case like this it would be rare and not much trouble to use the talk page. On the other hand the page should not be subject to 'tinkering' and subtle but impactful tweaks to deliberate language, even when well meaning either. --raidarr (💬) 15:44, 10 March 2024 (UTC)Reply[reply]