User blog comment:Hockeyben/Adminship/@comment-2225748-20110404084725/@comment-1997905-20110404134147

A week block is usually long enough to make them lose interest. They aren't going to remember to check back at your wiki next sunday to mess stuff up again. But if they ever want to actually contribute to your wiki, they still can. Also, the protection tool is meant to be re-active, not pro-active. Preemptively protecting pages serves no purpose, unless you already have a vandalism problem.