Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:05:00 UTC
May I recommend that when one unprotects a page, one not be just summarily redirected to that page, but instead be shown a page that says "you have successfully unprotected page xyz..." Sure you say, "Just look in Recentchanges, or just look at the tabs at the top of the page, Holmes!" Well, yes, one does just look at the tabs at the top of the page. And one just sees the word "unprotect" still sitting there, as if noting happened, when of course what happened is the user just unprotected half way, not fully, so the page is still semi-protected, so the choice "unprotect" is still rightfully sitting there. However, the user being of the more civil breed, does not toggle protect/unprotect each day, so seeing that he is thrown back into seeming the same page that he came from with no changes visible, he feverishly hits the refresh button, purge=yes, and finally submits a bug. Indeed, Special:Import says one successfully imported pages x,y,z, and asks for any more. Perhaps take a lesson from that. I didn't test going between all the different protect levels, but I do note the tab at the top of the page should probably be more accurately called un/protect, but I will look the other way on that point.
This removes an extra page view and at some point we should have automatic protection tags (which would make changes more obvious).
