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Since they shouldn't be edited, maybe it'd be a good idea to sysop protect all of the archives ? Prevents people editing them. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 19:06, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- I'm cool with that. Let's see what others think. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 19:16, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Support.--Cerez365™
(talk) 20:31, October 13, 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds good. But it is really inefficient. I mean are you really going to go through every archive on the wiki and protect it?~http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 01:06, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
- I support the idea. And it doesn't take that long to protect them Jacce | Talk | Contributions 07:45, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Sounds good. But it is really inefficient. I mean are you really going to go through every archive on the wiki and protect it?~http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 01:06, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
- Support.--Cerez365™
- If no one has any problems, I can use my bot. Is it Ok with everyone?~http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3.pnghttp://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s145/urbancowgurl777/UltimateSupreme2212-3talk.png 11:34, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
Why do archive pages need to be protected? Are people actively being stupid and editing them? This idea doesn't seem to scale well. You protect all the existing archives, then what? Users make more archives, and now you have to protect even more pages. Every time a normal user simply archives a talkpage that edit needs to be followed up by and admin or a bot. ~ Daniel Friesen (DanTMan, Nadir Seen Fire) (Local Talk ⁝ Animanga Talk) 14:02, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
Are people actively being stupid and editing them?
- Yes.
You protect all the existing archives, then what? Users make more archives, and now you have to protect even more pages.
- So ? Isn't that the point ? Archives are created when needed, but users still keep editing in the archives, not the main talkpage themselves since they can't read the warning saying not to edit them. --Speysider Talk Page | My Image Uploads | Tabber Code | My Wiki | Channel 14:04, October 14, 2012 (UTC)
They aren't doing it actively to the point where it has become a nuisance, but there have been cases where people have edited archived articles believing it to still be an active discussion/talk page. Protecting it would preserve the pages "forever" and deter people from editing archives. I also agree that when normal users archive a page it should be followed up but most recently at least, we haven't really had an issue with normal users unnecessarily archiving pages. I don't know if it'd be too much work for admins to do it, but we do seem to have two willing admins and to be honest pages aren't archived that often here.--Cerez365™
(talk) 14:17, October 14, 2012 (UTC)