User blog comment:H-Man Havoc/Semi-Protected Pages/@comment-743796-20110322034826/@comment-217683-20110322035422

In theory, sure. In practice? Again, by caving in and protecting pages, we're essentially rewarding the vandals. They are forcing us to change how we do things solely to keep them from making juvenile edits. Changing your behaviors to accommodate for the actions of vandals is admitting defeat, at least in my book.

In an aside, the vandalism today, and over the past few months in general, is nothing. I've seen much worse vandalism without resorting to protection. Talk to me when the vandalism reaches December 2009 levels.