` *Oppose - the gold lock symbol is in place and that is all that is needed.  The template info says ``The following templates may be added at the very top of a page to indicate that it is protected:`` (where I've bolded may). Note that it does not say ``should be`` or ``must be``.  So there must be a consensus to make this change.  The reason that I understand that this change is suggested is to put some sort of badge of shame on the article.  Following 6 or so unsuccessful AfDs, it is no surprise that some editors will do anything possible to discredit the article, but that is not a reason to put a badge of shame on it. The simple way forward here is just to accept that reliable sources should not be removed in this article simply because somebody does not like them, and to also accept that the overwhelming consensus is that the article should exist.  () `