MediaWiki talk:Unprotectthispage

What's this then? In fact, what are all these MediaWiki: pages (MediaWiki:Faq and so on)? --Camembert

They are supposed contain all the text in Wikipedia. On the test.wikipedia.org, changing one of them actually changes the relevant text everywhere, such as the "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" at the top of all pages. I think the purpose was supposed to be that the interface can be translated to other languages without messing around with php, or whatever the Wikipedia is made of. Κσυπ Cyp   18:44, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hmmm, the change worked... (See Template:All messages.) It just isn't visible on all protected pages. (Not yet, at least...) Κσυπ Cyp   18:49, 5 Dec 2003 (UTC)

It works now. See Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace for more details. Angela. 06:17, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:MediaWiki namespace -- Tim Starling 06:18, Dec 6, 2003 (UTC)

Thanks all. --Camembert

Why has this been changed to "remove page protection"? I prefer the short version and I liked Cyp's bold version. It made it very obvious that a page was protected. Are there any objections to changing it back? Angela. 02:11, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)

No. Maybe add a (big) or (i) or (em) tag, but that can be discussed later. Pakaran 02:14, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I would object to the text being any bigger. The links should all the same if possible. Angela. 05:25, 11 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I liked the old version better too. Dori | Talk 05:28, Dec 11, 2003 (UTC)

Due to objections here and at Wikipedia talk:MediaWiki namespace text, I've reverted to Cyp's version. Angela. 01:09, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

I find the bold very ugly. I want to see arguments here. What is the objection against "Remove protection"? It provides the same advantage as "Unprotect this page", namely distinguishing between the two, and it does not break the visual appearance of the page.—Eloquence 08:44, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)

Actually I would like both Protect and Unprotect to be distinguished in some way because you can protect or unprotect a page accidentally (it's only one click). I've done this as I try to open a discussion/page in a new tab since they are just below protect. There is no way to see that you've just protected or unprotected something as there is no message. The bold tag helps somewhat, but it's not enough in my opinion (and without the bold, it's even worse). Perhaps it's more of a usability thing, and linke like Move, Delete, Protect should be grouped by themselves (like the Upload, special, contact, donations are). Dori | Talk 14:30, Dec 13, 2003 (UTC)

There should be a confirmation step before protecting pages. We shouldn't clutter our UI to work around usability deficiencies.—Eloquence 04:12, Dec 15, 2003 (UTC)

"Remove protection" is on two lines, and isn't directly parallel to the protection page. A page being protected is an unusual state, and using bold to flag this up is a good thing, in my opinion. Note that protected pages have (last I checked) a bold "Protected Page" for non-sysops, so it makes sense to me to parallel this with a similarly bold text to indicate page protection to sysops too. 81.79.167.205 15:49, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Remove protection isn't on two lines for me. I think bolding the whole of the link might be better than the previous bolding of just the 'un' part? It needs something to make it stand out more. Angela. 17:19, 14 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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Please delete, or change to new default. --Nemo 12:45, 31 October 2012 (UTC)