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Line 49: :I have some thoughts on each of those points: :I agree that giving ~~anyone,~~''all'' ~~even anonymous IP addresses,~~editors the ability to override a protection reinstatement simply by slapping ~~the~~a {{tl\|bots}} tag into an article is a '''bad''' idea. :This bot doesn't need to have some additional mechanism to prevent reinstatement of protection (which I see as unlikely to be needed). The mechanism is already there. An administrator who wants to prevent reinstatement would merely to protect an article twice: the first time for a short duration (or just unprotect it), and the second temporary time for a long duration. When the temporary protection expires, the original protection would also be expired, and the bot does nothing. :*A source code review would be good. I thought that was standard procedure, especially for admin bots, but I am unfamiliar with how bots get approved.

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