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*Do not unnecessarily protect pages | *Do not unnecessarily protect pages; there should be a real pressing need to prevent people from being able to edit the page. For example, do not protect a page simply because it got vandalized once. | ||
**Of particular note, admins should not protect their own user pages just for the sake of preventing others from editing them. Other users do not have the privilege of their user pages being locked from editing by anyone but themselves, admins do not exclusively deserve that privilege either. | **Of particular note, admins should not protect their own user pages just for the sake of preventing others from editing them. Other users do not have the privilege of their user pages being locked from editing by anyone but themselves, so admins do not exclusively deserve that privilege either. | ||
*Admins should not protect a page they are directly involved in an editing dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only use their powers to help assist the positive growth of the project. | *Admins should not protect a page they are directly involved in an editing dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only use their powers to help assist the positive growth of the project. | ||
**When | **When a page is protected over edit warring, it should not be edited aside from basic maintenance until the editing dispute is resolved on the talk page. | ||
*Temporarily protected pages should not be left protected for very long; generally a month or two is enough over extensive vandalism, and any protection length upwards of a year or more is probably excessive. Admins should additionally avoid applying an indefinite protection length unless the page really merits being protected permanently for the foreseeable future. Otherwise, pages indefinitely protected over temporary issues tend to be forgotten about, and then end up remaining unnecessarily protected long after the reason for initially protecting them has passed. | *Temporarily protected pages should not be left protected for very long; generally a month or two is enough over extensive vandalism, and any protection length upwards of a year or more is probably excessive. Admins should additionally avoid applying an indefinite protection length unless the page really merits being protected permanently for the foreseeable future. Otherwise, pages indefinitely protected over temporary issues tend to be forgotten about, and then end up remaining unnecessarily protected long after the reason for initially protecting them has passed. | ||
*Talk pages of any sort should generally never be protected, except in extreme circumstances (such as a user being persistently harassed on their talk page by another block-evading user). | *Talk pages of any sort should generally never be protected, except in extreme circumstances (such as a user being persistently harassed on their talk page by another block-evading user). | ||