User:Steel1943/Template protection concerns

If anyone wants to discuss what I placed below, please let me know because I my need to start a WP:RFC. I'm placing this here so I can remember my train of thought in how to address a concern I have about protection upgrades and downgrade denials regarding template protection requests on Requests for page protection and possibly with some admins proactively raising protection levels on "Template:" namespace pages from template protection to full protection for reasons that either I don't consider a "just cause" or that should have actually been protected with cascading protection.

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Well, turns out that I was mistaken that I was pointed to this discussion. Wikipedia talk:Requests for page protection has 9 archive pages, so trying to find whatever consensus was formed for what I see to be WP:IAR upgrades (upgrade template protection to full protection without proof of template editors editing in violation of the template editor editing guideline) and denials (deny downgrading full protection to template protection) for "Template:" namespace pages is like trying to find a needle in a haystack. And I've seen quite a few of such upgrades and denials when it seems quite clear as stated in Requests for page protection/URheading that these requests for downgrading should have no controversy and shouldn't be reverted unless the template page has or gets cascading protection (or the obvious case of template protection not working due to template editors not following the template editor guideline themselves while the page is template protected.) So, at this point, I am a bit troubled by the fact that I was directed to some sort of consensus ... but where is proof of that consensus located? This question seems to be bringing up more additional questions than answers. And, honestly, any such drastic change to neuter the permissions granted by the template editor user right really needs to be a discussion that is advertised via a WP:RFC since it is such a big change. Steel1943 (talk) 21:16, 18 January 2017 (UTC)