Semi-protecting some major articles

[Ray Trace]

I believe that some of our major, large articles in this wiki should be at least semi-protected. Why? Because of their populatiry, these pages are very susceptible to vandalism and other misedits. Just like we semi-protect pages of games that are currently in development (and remain this way, even after they are released), I think the same should apply to major articles such as Mario (series) or Luigi.

Mario, Bowser, Peach, and Daisy are currently protected with a semi-protection, why not these other major articles?

• Luigi
• Wario
• Waluigi
• Yoshi
• Mario (series)
• Toad

Thoughts? Suggestions? Feel free to add to the list, BTW.

 

[Glowsquid]

I initially didn't have m ch of an opinion on this matter, but I now agree with extending the protection to all recurring characters because http://www.mariowiki.com/index.php?title=Waluigi&diff=prev&oldid=1420575

 

[Time Turner]

I think most, if not all, of the series articles like Mario Party (series), Donkey Kong (series), Paper Mario (series), Yoshi (series), and others should be semi-protected, as those tend to attract more attention.

 

[Walkazo]

At first I worried that semi-protecting all the big, popular pages might discourage new users, but on the other hand, it could motivate anons to go ahead and get accounts, so sure, I agree to spreading it around a bit more.

 

[Shoko]

Per all.

 

[Mario4Ever]

Per YoshiKong.

 

[Ray Trace]

Should Featured Articles get semi-protection too?

 

[NSY]

I must say, anyone can now go to the Luigi page and vandalise so yes I have to agree.

Should Featured Articles get semi-protection too?

Only the one on the main page.

 

[Walkazo]

Since it's been a few days and there's unanimous support, I went ahead and semi-protected all the pages listed in the first post as well as the other three major series pages (DK, Wario and Yoshi). However I didn't protect the sub-series like "Mario Party (series)" and whatnot - I'm not 100% sure if those pages warrant semi-protection too, but I dunno, maybe others disagree.

 

[Ray Trace]

Thank you very much! Those pages were asking for semi-protection anyway.

 

[Shoko]

[...]However I didn't protect the sub-series like "Mario Party (series)" and whatnot - I'm not 100% sure if those pages warrant semi-protection too, but I dunno, maybe others disagree.

Agreed that those pages should be left as-is. Compared to the more major articles, those pages aren't as high traffic.

 

[MeritC]

What I do know is that in the case of the Peach and Daisy article, they're currently semi-protected because as the article editing history states, they were victims of vandalisim multiple times a few years back (even WITH the anonymous login feature turned off). But yeah, I would agree that the Mario article page should get semi-protection at least, along with the Luigi article.

 

[Ray Trace]

Too late, they're already protected