Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-8072-20160419225958/@comment-168424-20170327174544

I've been working with Wikia since 2007 and the protect vs not protect argument is like the inclusionist vs exclusionist fight on Wikipedia. I haven't found most of the arguments to leave the main page completely open compelling. Users should make the argument to unprotect the main page by not screwing it up or doing the cleanup. The former can happen, but the latter is rare.

I've seen pathological cases of both on all types of wikis. Basically, the decision to protect the main page is one of the few things I don't argue with, since it is almost always the most highly traffic'd page on even the most rarely visited wikis. There are also templates I think should be protected.

I usually start with the veterans only protection and make it stricter, if there is more vandalism or too many well-intentioned, but poorly done edits.