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 :I don't think that'll be necessary; this whole turn off, turn on thing is incredibly disruptive. At any rate,  should have been protected in the first place.  Standard procedure also dictates that if the bot is malfunctioning, sysops are to turn it off (in the case of DASHbot, through ) or block it.   has not objected to the page's protection, so I don't see a reason for you to.  Hope that makes sense.  Best, ''''''  "