Wikipedia talk:Protection policy

Ammending text that allows preemptive protection authorised by arbitration remedy

Per remedy 5 of Indian military history arbitration case, I would suggest ammending text to reflect that admins can preemptively protect pages in topics authorised by arbitration remedy under the preemptive protection section:

Exceptions include the Main Page, along with its templates and images, which are indefinitely fully protected. Additionally, [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's Featured Article]] is typically semi-protected from the day before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page until the day after it leaves. Pages subject to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] remedies that specify protection by default without requiring prior disruption are also an exception.
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Exceptions include the Main Page, along with its templates and images, which are indefinitely fully protected. Additionally, [[Wikipedia:Today's featured article|Today's Featured Article]] is typically semi-protected from the day before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page until the day after it leaves. Pages subject to [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] remedies that specify protection by default or permit preemptive protection without requiring prior disruption are also an exception.

Stylez995 (talk) 13:38, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As this entire section is already about exceptions to preemtion, perhaps just simplifying to: "Pages subject to Arbitration Committee protection remedies are also an exception." ? — xaosflux Talk 13:50, 18 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think we can keep it simple in a way that reduces the chances we'll need to revisit the wording in the future. I would recommend Pages subject to Arbitration Committee remedies that permit or require preemptive protection may be protected accordingly. The permit or require could even be shortened to authorize, but I think permit or require is a bit clearer. Daniel Quinlan (talk) 22:24, 19 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I went ahead and made the change. I added the word "Finally" at the start of the sentence to improve the flow and I also updated the footnote (rather than try to update the policy for every future Arbitration Committee decision, I just linked WP:GS which people tend to update long before this policy). Daniel Quinlan (talk) 05:09, 21 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]