Forum:CT Archive/Protection policy update and rewrite

At the recent Mofference, I proposed a complete rewrite of the protection policy, but it got punted to CT, so here it is. The proposal is at User:Master Jonathan/Mofference/6/WP:PP. It's been rewritten from the ground up to look and sound more professional and match current practice, sections on move-, create-, and super-semi-protection have been added, and new icons are proposed for those three forms of protection. I put that in italics because several people objected to them at the Mofference, so we'll vote on the new icons separately so they don't drag the whole policy down with it.

Issue 1: Approving the rewrite
This vote is for approving the rewrite of the policy. The proposed new icons (and the references to them in the text) are not included in this vote.

Support

 * 1) As proposer. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Friday, February 24, 2012, 05:02 UTC

Issue 2: Super-semi-protection icon
This vote is to determine whether a special padlock icon will be used on super-semi-protected pages. Before opposing based solely on the color, please raise your concern in the discussion section; if several people would prefer a different color, I'll start a new vote for that.

Support

 * 1) I believe this is important, as it tells users that the can't edit the page, which is by far the most common action. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Friday, February 24, 2012, 05:02 UTC

Issue 3: Move-protection icon
This vote is to determine whether a special padlock icon will be used on move-protected pages. Before opposing based solely on the color, please raise your concern in the discussion section; if several people would prefer a different color, I'll start a new vote for that.

Support

 * 1) As proposer. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Friday, February 24, 2012, 05:02 UTC

Issue 4: Upload-protection icon
This vote is to determine whether a special padlock icon will be used on upload-protected files. Before opposing based solely on the color, please raise your concern in the discussion section; if several people would prefer a different color, I'll start a new vote for that.

Support

 * 1) As proposer. &mdash;MJ&mdash; Jedi Council Chambers Friday, February 24, 2012, 05:02 UTC