I've read [some][1] [ilustratives][2] questions about why questions should be protected and [why "not"][3] they should be protected, and after all of that I should say that at very least: protect EOL questions, from getting new answers, is the most ideal solution for what I'm about to explain. [This answer][4] motivated this question (which I found in Late Answers queue). As you can see, the answer itself is bad (although it *could just work*), don't give proper explanation and is better as comment. Reading more the complete set of answers [some of them][5] [are practically saying][6] [the same thing][7] with different words (in last link, you have to think hard to see the relationship) or [nothing but a link][8]; also, one point out to a bug report, that could have closed the question eons ago (unless the *bug = offtopic* was established later). Is also important to notice that only 2 out 8 answers have upvotes (and both says the same) and 1/8 with down votes, but as if that isn't enough: **3 of them answered this very same year**. By **my very own** rationalization, I shouldn't be reviewing this answers in the review queue... and they just counted as 1 review that I could have done with a late answer that actually adds something new and clever to a old problem (or that maybe, the question, is not a problem anymore since it changed behavior, I don't know); so, I would like to propose that this question, and why not, others with similar situation, be protected. On a side note: there isn't any protected related tag (and system don't help me out), so I just leave the discussion tag. [1]: https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/5787/how-can-i-give-a-relevant-answer-on-a-protected-question [2]: https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6155/what-is-the-procedure-for-a-question-to-become-protected [3]: https://meta.askubuntu.com/questions/6999/rejected-all-of-my-edits-left-the-question-un-modified-and-attached-a-bounty [4]: https://askubuntu.com/a/333199/169736 [5]: https://askubuntu.com/a/69181/169736 [6]: https://askubuntu.com/a/71870/169736 [7]: https://askubuntu.com/a/64938/169736 [8]: https://askubuntu.com/a/323831/169736