Forum:Protection of pages on new wikia

I sometimes wander about on Wikia and discover some new wikis that even though they are in english, i might have some interests in. I go take a look at them. And what i see ? An unnessesairy protected main page. The wikia is a newly born, no need to protect any page yet.

I founded a wiki more than half a year ago, we have more than 4500 pages and we mostly never have any vandalism. But maybe it's because it's a french wiki, but still, i was thinking that on Wikia most content pages (including main page when the wiki dont have a big community yet) should stay freely editable by anybody. That is what i like on Wikia. I can correct typos or bad wiki code when i see some.

But i've also read somewhere that communities can comme up with differents policies than thoses of Wikia. But how does this could apply to just born wiki with no community ? Does the founder can setup any policy he want even about protection of, say, the main page ?

Here is my real question : What should i do when i see founder using unnessesairy protection ? Yes, i have a perticular wikia in mind. But i'm mainly here to ask advices. I've contacted the founder. I've put a message on the main talk page, on the talk page of another protected page and on his personnal talk page (should have began with that last one). But, i'm not sure but i think he's ignoring me.

Not the first time. Local sysops tend to protect what they want until a staff comes by. So, should i always ask a staff (after contacting local sysop) to take care of the problem (if there is a problem) ?

Thanks. — TulipVorlax 10:52, 25 December 2007 (UTC)


 * Hey Tulip and I have to agree, but, there are somethings that I have to speak about from an adminstrator point of view. One thing is the certain section (or sections) can be pawned of into templates or articles that can be protected, but, not the entire thing. I know at e-Wrestling Encyclopedia wiki, I have to say half of the Main Page is protected because some vandals LOVE to erase or change the wording of that certain section (or sections). I know certain pages of mine that I have created, I had to protect due to some vandals that want to get back at me for blocking them for vandalizing other pages (including mine). I can see that some of the templates being used at the wikis' can be protected, but, it is only for the one that are used more often like the delete template or clean up template. For the rest, except for those page you might know would be vandalized, go ahead, otherwise, don't do it. That's my two cents for this topic. Sundogs (talk) (eWrestling wiki) 15:40, 28 December 2007 (UTC)