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Wikipedia:Protection policy - Retired users
Hi Doug, re - I realise that this is the text shown at Wikipedia talk:Protection policy, but it doesn't seem to read correctly - what exactly is meant by "should not be protected absent substantial current vandalism"? --Redrose64 (talk) 23:40, 1 December 2009 (UTC)


 * It means we don't automatically (nor on request) protect the pages of "retired users", there has to be some independent reason that would implicate protection. There has been a tendency by some admins in the past to protect pages with the reason user has retired or user is gone no need for anyone to edit this.  These are not and never have been supported by the protection policy and actually contradict what we've said expressly for a long time about deceased users.  I want it to be clear so please let me know what about it you weren't sure about.  Was it written in a convoluted way?--Doug.(talk • contribs) 08:16, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It's the words "protected", "absent", "substantial" and "current" occuring together. The only way I can make any sense is if we replace "absent" with "against", and strike either of the next two, thus: "protected against current vandalism" or "protected against substantial vandalism". --Redrose64 (talk) 12:02, 2 December 2009 (UTC)
 * aaah, I see. Neither of those meanings is intended.  I think we need a comma after "protected" change "current" to "ongoing" maybe and maybe even "absent" to "unless there is"; thus "should not be protected, unless there is substantial ongoing vandalism".  What do you think of that?--Doug.(talk • contribs) 13:34, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Reads much better. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:23, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

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