User talk:Steel359/Protection policy

Two observations: -- Steel 11:42, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * There was a lot of waffle and redundancy in these pages. What was written at the top of WP:FULL was repeated down the page several times, and most of the time in WP:SEMI as well.
 * This is a policy page, not an instruction manual. WP:FULL contains such instructions like "Click the protect tab on the top of the page". Oh please.

Policy?
If I'm reading this right then the "policy" infobox is a tad premature?  Dei z  talk 12:51, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It wasn't my intention to pass this off as policy, nor do I think that a page in someone's userspace created today could be mistaken for one, but I've removed the tag anyway. -- Steel 13:31, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * It might if someone slapped a tag on it which says "This is an official policy. It has wide consensus among editors...".  Dei z  talk 13:34, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Merge
I think the merging is a good idea. There are various kinds of protection (full, semi, move, cascading) and they should all be on the same page for clarity.  &gt; R a d i a n t &lt;  16:16, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree that merging is a good idea. I never understood why seperate pages were needed for full and semi-protection. Of all the proposed mergers, this one makes the most sense. In line with the idea that things should be kept simple whenever possible, there is no need for multiple pages when one should suffice. Firsfron of Ronchester  07:50, 16 February 2007 (UTC)

Protecting the Main Page article
I have changed the following wording, regarding when semi-protection should not be used:


 * Preventing vandalism to the day's Featured Article except in extraordinary cases. For a rationale of this, see Main Page featured article protection.

to this:


 * Preventing vandalism to the day's Featured Article except as discussed at Main Page featured article protection.

The reason for this change is that Main Page featured article protection is disputed. By changing the wording here so that this policy is neutral - it simply refers the editor or admin to that relevant policy, for details - this policy won't need to be changed should Main Page featured article protection be formally changed. -- John Broughton (♫♫) 23:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * That sounds sensible. I quite like your changes. – Steel 23:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Ready for merge?
I'll probably merge this in the next day or two unless anyone objects. Messages about it have been on the policy talk pages for a couple of weeks now, and WP:LAP has done the rounds on the Village Pump and admin noticeboard. If anyone does revert the merge, then at least we'll get some pointers on what to improve. – Steel 13:38, 4 March 2007 (UTC)