Thread:TheV1ct0ri0u5/@comment-25014034-20160220041452/@comment-25739558-20160220044224

The other side of it is the fact that protection should almost never be used as a precautionary measure, and should usually always be temporary. When it comes down to it, having fully protected pages tends to make new editors feel unwelcome–its bad enough that users without an account can't edit. Something I have learned from speaking with Staff and Wikipedia Administrators is that the more you close a wiki to a specific group, the less popular and more unwelcome it feels. It seems as though the users are intimidated by admins as it is, and I'm not sure restricting their right to edit popular pages is making them feel anymore comfortable with us.