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List of "protected pages"

Where can I find a list of "protected pages", for which reason they are blocked and how long the block will be uphold? 78.35.207.52 (talk) 15:50, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, that was fast. :p Special:ProtectedPages found it. 78.35.207.52 (talk) 15:52, 4 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed new "Google Doodle" policy

It never fails. Every time Google decides to make some person, place, or thing, the subject of their daily Google Doodle, we end up protecting that page for 48 hours or so (today's is Dorothy Height), because tons of people click on the doodle, see the Wikipedia page at the top of the results, click on it, and then make tons of test/vandalism edits. Now I know the existing policy says, " Semi-protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against vandalism that has not yet occurred..." but I think that IAR, and therefore preemptive protection, is useful here because this type of vandalism is as predictable as clockwork. The other obvious problem is that we can't know what the doodle will be until it actually becomes that day's doodle. Nevertheless I think as soon as Google does put their doodle on their main page, we should protect it for, as I mentioned above, 48 hours, no exceptions. I have always supported preventive measures on Wikipedia even though it seems like essentially no one else does, but I still think this is a sufficiently clear-cut case such that most people should agree that since we already do this in practice, we should make it official too. Jinkinson talk to me 16:58, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Why not change the policy? As one of the people who often ends up clearing up this sort of mess, why is my time so much less important than the regular poop-minded gradeschoolers? Andy Dingley (talk) 13:58, 15 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe it's time you cut the crap

Who decides which page is protected? The liberal left? Why not the republican right? Just say it out loud and clear that Wikipedia is front for the liberal left!

Well, reality does have a well-known liberal bias. Turds rule