Enviroknot et al Given that Wikipedia policy is to place the sock puppet template when there s firm evidence for it such as matching IP addresses wouldn t it be better to protect the page with the template in place When it s a matter of differences over content in articles etc then I agree that protection should in general be neutral between the sides though even then it would be odd to protect an article in a vandalised state Here though it s a matter of policy that the template be placed there Would you object strongly if I or another admin perhaps you edited the protected page in order to replace the template