(outdent) thanks everybody; and to Sumbuddi: no, the page doesn't need to be unprotected at this point. i've initiated the editrequest below.    

 ==edit request==  
 
 consensus has been reached (above) to replace the current "Operation Ore and police caution" section of the article with this:  

 Townshend was cautioned by the British police in 2003 as part of Operation Ore. Following a news leak that Townshend was among the subjects of the investigation,http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-96356755.html he publicly stated that on one occasion he had used a credit card to access a website advertising child pornography.http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/12/1041990179285.html Townshend, who had posted essays on his personal website in 2002 as part of his campaign against the widespread availability of child pornography on the internet,http://web.archive.org/web/20030410184116/www.petetownshend.co.uk/media/020120adifferentbomb.pdfhttp://web.archive.org/web/20021010152701/www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=21&zone;=diaryhttp://web.archive.org/web/20021208031419/www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=23&zone;=diaryhttp://web.archive.org/web/20021208020318/www.petetownshend.co.uk/diary/display.cfm?id=21&zone;=diaryhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2003/dec/28/childprotection.popandrock said that he had entered the site for research purposes and had not downloaded any images.http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/154270/Cops-can-come-and-get-me.html A four-month police investigation, including forensic examination of all of his computers, established that Townshend was not in possession of any illegal downloaded images.http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/may/08/arts.ukcrime Instead of pressing charges, the police elected to caution him, stating, "It is not a defence to access these images for research or out of curiosity."http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article881976.ece In a statement issued by his lawyer, Townshend said, "I accept that I was wrong to access this site, and that by doing so, I broke the law, and I have accepted the caution that the police have given me."http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/05/07/uk.townshend/index.html 

 thank you