Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4676581-20140827160805/@comment-24826734-20140827231528

Ysbert wrote: You guys are crazy. Why lock so much pages when you can just block him? Here are some things:
 * Lock pages in case the vandal did it quickly or the admins didn't see him yet.
 * As the above, security purposes.
 * Admins may be offline (unlikely).
 * Slows down the vandal's process.