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class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>When to apply pending changes protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Semi-protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Semi-protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>Semi-protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Semi-protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Guidance_for_administrators" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Guidance_for_administrators"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3.1</span> <span>Guidance for administrators</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Guidance_for_administrators-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Extended_confirmed_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extended_confirmed_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Extended confirmed protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extended_confirmed_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-As_escalation_from_semi-protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_escalation_from_semi-protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.1</span> <span>As escalation from semi-protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_escalation_from_semi-protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Contentious_topics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Contentious_topics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.2</span> <span>Contentious topics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Contentious_topics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Extended_confirmed_restriction" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Extended_confirmed_restriction"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.3</span> <span>Extended confirmed restriction</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Extended_confirmed_restriction-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_cases" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_cases"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.4</span> <span>Other cases</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_cases-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Logging_and_edit_requests" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Logging_and_edit_requests"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4.5</span> <span>Logging and edit requests</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Logging_and_edit_requests-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Full_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Full_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5</span> <span>Full protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Full_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Content_disputes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Content_disputes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.1</span> <span>Content disputes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Content_disputes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-"History_only"_review" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#"History_only"_review"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.2</span> <span>"History only" review</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-"History_only"_review-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protected_generic_file_names" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protected_generic_file_names"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.3</span> <span>Protected generic file names</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Protected_generic_file_names-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-High-risk_pages_and_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#High-risk_pages_and_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.5.4</span> <span>High-risk pages and templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-High-risk_pages_and_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Template_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Template_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.6</span> <span>Template protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Template_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protection_types" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protection_types"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Protection types</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Protection_types-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Protection types subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Protection_types-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Edit_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Edit_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Edit protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Edit_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Creation_protection_(salting)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Creation_protection_(salting)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Creation protection (salting)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Creation_protection_(salting)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Move_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Move_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Move protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Move_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Upload_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Upload_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Upload protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Upload_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Uncommon_protections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Uncommon_protections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Uncommon protections</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Uncommon_protections-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Uncommon protections subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Uncommon_protections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Cascading_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cascading_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Cascading protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cascading_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Operational_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Operational_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Operational pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Operational_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Permanent_protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Permanent_protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Permanent protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Permanent_protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Office_actions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Office_actions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Office actions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Office_actions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protection_by_namespace" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protection_by_namespace"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Protection by namespace</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Protection_by_namespace-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Protection by namespace subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Protection_by_namespace-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Article_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Article_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Article talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Article_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-User_talk_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#User_talk_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>User talk pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-User_talk_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Blocked_users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Blocked_users"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2.1</span> <span>Blocked users</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Blocked_users-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-User_pages" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#User_pages"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>User pages</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-User_pages-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Deceased_users" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deceased_users"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3.1</span> <span>Deceased users</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Deceased_users-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Protection_of_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Protection_of_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>Protection of templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Protection_of_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sandboxes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sandboxes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.5</span> <span>Sandboxes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sandboxes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Available_templates" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Available_templates"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Available templates</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Available_templates-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_protections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_protections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Retired protections</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Retired_protections-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Retired protections subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Retired_protections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Superprotect" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Superprotect"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.1</span> <span>Superprotect</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Superprotect-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cascading_semi-protection" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cascading_semi-protection"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.2</span> <span>Cascading semi-protection</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cascading_semi-protection-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Pending_changes_protection_level_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Pending_changes_protection_level_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9.3</span> <span>Pending changes protection level 2</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Pending_changes_protection_level_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" 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mw-list-item"><a href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C7%A3dia:Protected_pages" title="Wikipǣdia:Protected pages – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Wikipǣdia:Protected pages" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحماية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحماية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politicas_de_bloqueyo_de_pachinas" title="Wikipedia:Politicas de bloqueyo de pachinas – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Wikipedia:Politicas de bloqueyo de pachinas" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%B1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A3_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:সংৰক্ষণ নীতি – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ৱিকিপিডিয়া:সংৰক্ষণ নীতি" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:S%C9%99hif%C9%99l%C9%99rin_m%C3%BChafiz%C9%99si" title="Vikipediya:Səhifələrin mühafizəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Səhifələrin mühafizəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%82%D9%88%D9%92%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:قوْروما سیاستی – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:قوْروما سیاستی" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সুরক্ষা নীতি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:সুরক্ষা নীতি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы абароны старонак – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Вікіпедыя:Правілы абароны старонак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8B%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BA" title="Вікіпэдыя:Правілы абароны старонак – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Вікіпэдыя:Правілы абароны старонак" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%97%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B8" title="Уикипедия:Защита на страници – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Защита на страници" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pravila_o_za%C5%A1titi_stranica" title="Wikipedia:Pravila o zaštiti stranica – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Wikipedia:Pravila o zaštiti stranica" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viquip%C3%A8dia:P%C3%A0gina_protegida" title="Viquipèdia:Pàgina protegida – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Viquipèdia:Pàgina protegida" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proteksiyon_sa_panid" title="Wikipedia:Proteksiyon sa panid – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Wikipedia:Proteksiyon sa panid" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Zamyk%C3%A1n%C3%AD" title="Wikipedie:Zamykání – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Zamykání" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicipedia:Tudalen_amddiffyn" title="Wicipedia:Tudalen amddiffyn – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Wicipedia:Tudalen amddiffyn" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Beskyttelser" title="Wikipedia:Beskyttelser – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Wikipedia:Beskyttelser" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Gesch%C3%BCtzte_Seiten" title="Wikipedia:Geschützte Seiten – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Geschützte Seiten" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%88%DE%A8%DE%86%DE%A8%DE%95%DE%A9%DE%91%DE%A8%DE%87%DE%A7:Protected_page" title="ވިކިޕީޑިއާ:Protected page – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ވިކިޕީޑިއާ:Protected page" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Artikli_lukustamise_kord" title="Vikipeedia:Artikli lukustamise kord – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Artikli lukustamise kord" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B9%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B5%CE%B9%CE%B1:%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική προστασίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Βικιπαίδεια:Πολιτική προστασίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_protecci%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Política de protección – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Política de protección" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedio:%C5%9Closendaj_pa%C4%9Doj" title="Vikipedio:Ŝlosendaj paĝoj – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Vikipedio:Ŝlosendaj paĝoj" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AD%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B8%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D8%B5%D9%81%D8%AD%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7" title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست حفاظت از صفحه‌ها – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:سیاست حفاظت از صفحه‌ها" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hj%C3%A1lp:Verja" title="Hjálp:Verja – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="Hjálp:Verja" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Niveaux_de_protection" title="Wikipédia:Niveaux de protection – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Niveaux de protection" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ADtica_de_protecci%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Política de protección – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Política de protección" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8_%EC%A0%95%EC%B1%85" title="위키백과:보호 정책 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:보호 정책" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%AB%D5%BA%D5%A5%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%A1:%D4%B7%D5%BB%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%AB_%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%BF%D5%BA%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B8%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%A5%D6%80" title="Վիքիպեդիա:Էջերի պաշտպանության կանոններ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Վիքիպեդիա:Էջերի պաշտպանության կանոններ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%83%E0%A4%B7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A0" title="विकिपीडिया:सुरक्षित पृष्ठ – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:सुरक्षित पृष्ठ" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_o_za%C5%A1titi_stranica" title="Wikipedija:Pravila o zaštiti stranica – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila o zaštiti stranica" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Annuroten_ti_salaknib" title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti salaknib – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Wikipedia:Annuroten ti salaknib" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kebijakan_pelindungan" title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan pelindungan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Kebijakan pelindungan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verndun" title="Wikipedia:Verndun – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Wikipedia:Verndun" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Politica_di_protezione_delle_pagine" title="Wikipedia:Politica di protezione delle pagine – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Politica di protezione delle pagine" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%93%D7%A3_%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%92%D7%9F" title="ויקיפדיה:דף מוגן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:דף מוגן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Kawicaksanan_pangreksan" title="Wikipédia:Kawicaksanan pangreksan – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Wikipédia:Kawicaksanan pangreksan" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A0%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%93%E1%83%90%E1%83%AA%E1%83%95%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:გვერდის დაცვა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვიკიპედია:გვერდის დაცვა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%90%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%96%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%96%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D8%B1%D9%B2%DA%86%DA%BE%D8%A0_%D8%AD%D9%90%DA%A9%D9%85%D9%8E%D8%AA%DB%81%D9%90_%D8%B9%D9%8E%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C" title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:رٲچھؠ حِکمَتہِ عَملی – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="وِکیٖپیٖڈیا:رٲچھؠ حِکمَتہِ عَملی" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%AEk%C3%AEpediya:Siyaseta_parastin" title="Wîkîpediya:Siyaseta parastin – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Wîkîpediya:Siyaseta parastin" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicipaedia:Paginae_protectae" title="Vicipaedia:Paginae protectae – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Vicipaedia:Paginae protectae" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikip%C4%93dija:Aizsarg%C4%81%C5%A1anas_politika" title="Vikipēdija:Aizsargāšanas politika – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Vikipēdija:Aizsargāšanas politika" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Proteg%C3%A9iert_S%C3%A4iten" title="Wikipedia:Protegéiert Säiten – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Wikipedia:Protegéiert Säiten" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipedija:Puslapi%C5%B3_apsaugos_taisykl%C4%97s" title="Vikipedija:Puslapių apsaugos taisyklės – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Vikipedija:Puslapių apsaugos taisyklės" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protezzion_di_pagine" title="Wikipedia:Protezzion di pagine – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Wikipedia:Protezzion di pagine" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Lapv%C3%A9delem" title="Wikipédia:Lapvédelem – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Wikipédia:Lapvédelem" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%88%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%9A%D0%B5" title="Википедија:Начела за заштитување – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Википедија:Начела за заштитување" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mt mw-list-item"><a href="https://mt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Politika_dwar_il-protezzjoni" title="Wikipedija:Politika dwar il-protezzjoni – Maltese" lang="mt" hreflang="mt" data-title="Wikipedija:Politika dwar il-protezzjoni" data-language-autonym="Malti" data-language-local-name="Maltese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A3" title="विकिपीडिया:संरक्षण धोरण – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="विकिपीडिया:संरक्षण धोरण" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%98%E1%83%99%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98%E1%83%90:%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%A1%E1%83%B7%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%97%E1%83%AE%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A3%E1%83%90" title="ვიკიპედია:ხასჷლაშ თხილუა – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ვიკიპედია:ხასჷლაშ თხილუა" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87" title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحمايه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:سياسة الحمايه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Polisi_perlindungan" title="Wikipedia:Polisi perlindungan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wikipedia:Polisi perlindungan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B0:%D0%A5%D1%83%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%81_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE" title="Википедиа:Хуудас хамгаалахтай холбоотой баримтлах бодлого – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Википедиа:Хуудас хамгаалахтай холбоотой баримтлах бодлого" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9D%E1%80%AE%E1%80%80%E1%80%AE%E1%80%95%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%92%E1%80%AE%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9A%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8:Protected_titles" title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Protected titles – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ဝီကီပီးဒီးယား:Protected titles" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Beveiligde_pagina%27s" title="Help:Beveiligde pagina's – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Help:Beveiligde pagina's" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%A3_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF" title="विकिपिडिया:सुरक्षण नीति – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:सुरक्षण नीति" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BF%9D%E8%AD%B7%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D" title="Wikipedia:保護の方針 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:保護の方針" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Denne_siden_er_beskyttet" title="Wikipedia:Denne siden er beskyttet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Wikipedia:Denne siden er beskyttet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%87%E0%AC%95%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%A1%E0%AC%BC%E0%AC%BF%E0%AC%86:Protection_policy" title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Protection policy – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ:Protection policy" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Himoyalash_qoidalari" title="Vikipediya:Himoyalash qoidalari – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Himoyalash qoidalari" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%B5%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A1%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%86:Protection_policy" title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:Protection policy – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਵਿਕੀਪੀਡੀਆ:Protection policy" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B6:%E1%9E%82%E1%9F%84%E1%9E%9B%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%8E%E1%9F%8D%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%83%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%96%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%9A" title="វិគីភីឌា:គោលការណ៍នៃការការពារ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="វិគីភីឌា:គោលការណ៍នៃការការពារ" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Strona_zabezpieczona" title="Wikipedia:Strona zabezpieczona – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Strona zabezpieczona" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:P%C3%A1gina_protegida" title="Wikipédia:Página protegida – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Página protegida" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pagin%C4%83_protejat%C4%83" title="Wikipedia:Pagină protejată – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Pagină protejată" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8B_%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%86" title="Википедия:Правила защиты страниц – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Правила защиты страниц" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%8D:%D0%9A%D3%A9%D0%BC%D2%AF%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D1%83/%D2%AE%D1%80%D0%B4%D1%8D" title="Бикипиэдьийэ:Көмүскэли туруоруу/Үрдэ – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Бикипиэдьийэ:Көмүскэли туруоруу/Үрдэ" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sg mw-list-item"><a href="https://sg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_titles" title="Wikipedia:Protected titles – Sango" lang="sg" hreflang="sg" data-title="Wikipedia:Protected titles" data-language-autonym="Sängö" data-language-local-name="Sango" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sängö</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pol%C3%ACtica_de_amparu_de_sas_p%C3%A0zinas" title="Wikipedia:Polìtica de amparu de sas pàzinas – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Wikipedia:Polìtica de amparu de sas pàzinas" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a 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title="Wikipédia:Zamknutá stránka – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Wikipédia:Zamknutá stránka" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Pravila_za%C5%A1%C4%8Dite_strani" title="Wikipedija:Pravila zaščite strani – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Wikipedija:Pravila zaščite strani" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ilaalinta_badelka" title="Wikipedia:Ilaalinta badelka – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Wikipedia:Ilaalinta badelka" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" 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data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Kawijakan_ngonci" title="Wikipedia:Kawijakan ngonci – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Kawijakan ngonci" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Suojatut_sivut" title="Wikipedia:Suojatut sivut – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Suojatut sivut" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Skrivskydd" title="Wikipedia:Skrivskydd – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Wikipedia:Skrivskydd" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BE:%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8A%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%88" title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பாதுகாப்புக் கொள்கை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="விக்கிப்பீடியா:பாதுகாப்புக் கொள்கை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5_%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%83_%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8B%D0%B9%D0%B4%D3%99%D0%BB%D3%99%D1%80%D0%B5" title="Википедия:Битләрне саклау кагыйдәләре – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Википедия:Битләрне саклау кагыйдәләре" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%AA%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%BE:%E0%B0%B8%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B7%E0%B0%A3_%E0%B0%B5%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%A7%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%82" title="వికీపీడియా:సంరక్షణ విధానం – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="వికీపీడియా:సంరక్షణ విధానం" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" 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page protection</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Lists_of_protected_pages" title="Wikipedia:Lists of protected pages">Wikipedia:Lists of protected pages</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PP" and "WP:PROTECT" redirect here. 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Changes made to it should reflect <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:PGCHANGE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:PGCHANGE">consensus</a>.</div></div></td><td class="mbox-imageright"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1252059228">.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain{float:right;margin:0 0 0 1em;border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);background-color:var(--background-color-base,#fff);padding:0.3em 0.6em 0.2em 0.6em;text-align:center;font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxleft{float:left;margin:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutlist{display:inline-block;border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);margin-bottom:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutboxplain ul{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .module-shortcutanchordiv{position:relative;top:-3em}.mw-parser-output li .module-shortcutanchordiv{float:right}.mw-parser-output .mbox-imageright .module-shortcutboxplain{padding:0.4em 1em 0.4em 1em;line-height:1.3;margin:0}</style><div 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<caption>Protection icons </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Icon</th> <th>Mode </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pending-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pending changes protected"><img alt="White padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> White</td> <td><a href="#pending">Pending changes protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Semi-protected"><img alt="Silver padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Silver</td> <td><a href="#semi">Semi-protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Extended-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Extended confirmed protection"><img alt="Dark blue padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Blue</td> <td><a href="#extended">Extended confirmed protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Template-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Template-protected"><img alt="Pink padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Pink</td> <td><a href="#template">Template-protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Full-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Fully protected"><img alt="Gold padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Gold</td> <td><a href="#full">Fully protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Interface-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Brown padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Red</td> <td><a href="#interface">Interface protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Move-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Move protected"><img alt="Green padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Green</td> <td><a href="#move">Move protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Create-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Create protected"><img alt="Blue padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Skyblue</td> <td><a href="#create">Create protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upload-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Upload protected"><img alt="Purple padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Purple</td> <td><a href="#upload">Upload protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cascade-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cascade protected"><img alt="Turquoise padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Turquoise</td> <td><a href="#cascade">Cascade protected</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Office-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Protected by Office"><img alt="Black padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/60px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/80px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span> Black</td> <td><a href="#office">Protected by Office</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In some circumstances, pages may need to be <b>protected</b> from modification by certain groups of editors. Pages are protected when there is disruption that cannot be prevented through other means, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocks</a>. Wikipedia is built on the principle that <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:5P3" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:5P3">anyone can edit</a>, and therefore aims to have as many pages open for public editing as possible so that anyone can add material and correct issues. This policy states in detail the protection types and procedures for page protection and unprotection, and when each protection should and should not be applied. </p><p>Protection is a technical restriction applied only by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a>, although any user may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">request protection</a>. Protection can be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_indefinitely_protected_pages" title="Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages">indefinite</a> or expire after a specified time. The various levels of protection can be applied to the page edit, page move, page create, and file upload actions. Even when a page is protected from editing, the <a href="/wiki/Source_code" title="Source code">source code</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikitext" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikitext">wikitext</a>) of the page can still be viewed and copied by anyone. </p><p>A protected page is marked at its top right by a padlock icon, usually added by the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-protected" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pp-protected">pp-protected</a>}}</code> template. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Overview_of_page_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Overview_of_page_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Overview_of_page_protection"></span>Overview of page protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Overview_of_page_protection"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PPLIST"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PPLIST&redirect=no">WP:PPLIST</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Any protection applied to a page involves setting a type, level, and duration as follows: </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection_type" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_type-Overview_of_page_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_type-Overview_of_page_protection"></span>Protection type<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_type-Overview_of_page_protection"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b><a href="#Edit_protection">Edit protection</a></b> protects the page from being <a href="/wiki/Help:Editing" title="Help:Editing">edited</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="#Move_protection">Move protection</a></b> protects the page from being <a href="/wiki/Help:Moving_a_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Moving a page">moved or renamed</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="#Creation_protection_(salting)">Creation protection</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-Salt-Note_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Salt-Note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prevents a page from being <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_create_a_page" title="Wikipedia:How to create a page">created</a>.</li> <li><b><a href="#Upload_protection">Upload protection</a></b> prevents new versions of a file from being <a href="/wiki/Help:Upload" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Upload">uploaded</a>, but it does not prevent editing of the file's description page (unless edit protection is applied).</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection_level" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_level-Overview_of_page_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_level-Overview_of_page_protection"></span>Protection level<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_level-Overview_of_page_protection"></span></h3></div> <ul><li><b>Pending changes protection</b> requires edits made by unregistered users and users whose accounts are not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">confirmed</a> to be approved by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Reviewer" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">pending changes reviewer</a> before the changes become visible to most readers. Pending changes is only available for edit protection on articles and project pages.</li> <li><b>Semi-protection</b> prevents the action by unregistered users and users whose accounts are not confirmed.</li> <li><b>Extended confirmed protection</b><sup id="cite_ref-ECP-Former-Name_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECP-Former-Name-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> prevents the action if the user's account is not extended confirmed (at least 30 days old with more than 500 edits). In most cases, it should not be a protection level of first resort, and should be used where semi-protection has proven to be ineffective. Activation or application of this protection level is logged at the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AN">Administrators' noticeboard</a>.</li> <li><b>Template protection</b> prevents the action by everyone except <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">template editors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a> (who have this right as part of their toolset).</li> <li><b>Full protection</b> prevents the action by everyone except <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection_duration" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_duration-Overview_of_page_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_duration-Overview_of_page_protection"></span>Protection duration<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_duration-Overview_of_page_protection"></span></h3></div> <ul><li>Protection can be applied for either a specified period or indefinitely.</li> <li>The duration is generally determined by the severity and persistence of the disruption, with some exceptions for specific cases.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Preemptive_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Preemptive_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Preemptive_protection"></span>Preemptive protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Preemptive_protection"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:NO-PREEMPT"></span><span id="WP:PREEMPTIVE"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:NO-PREEMPT&redirect=no">WP:NO-PREEMPT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PREEMPTIVE&redirect=no">WP:PREEMPTIVE</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Applying page protection solely as a preemptive measure is contrary to the open nature of Wikipedia and is generally not allowed. Instead, protection is used when vandalism, disruption, or abuse by multiple users is occurring at a frequency that warrants protection. The duration of protection should be as short as possible and at the lowest protection level sufficient to stop the disruption, allowing edits from as many productive users as possible. </p><p>Exceptions include the Main Page, along with its templates and images, which are indefinitely fully protected. Additionally, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article">Today's Featured Article</a> is typically semi-protected from the day before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page until the day after it leaves. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Requesting_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Requesting_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Requesting_protection"></span>Requesting protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Requesting_protection"></span></h2></div> <p>Page protection can be requested at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Wikipedia:Requests for page protection</a>. Changes to a protected page should be proposed on the corresponding <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk page</a>, and then (if necessary) requested by adding an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ER" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ER">edit request</a>. From there, if the requested changes are uncontroversial or if there is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> for them, the changes can be carried out by a user who can edit the page. </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UNPROTPOL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UNPROTPOL&redirect=no">WP:UNPROTPOL</a></span></li></ul></div></div><p><span class="anchor" id="RemovingProtection"></span>Except in the case of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_actions" title="Wikipedia:Office actions">office actions</a> (see <a href="#Office_actions">below</a>), <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AC">Arbitration Committee</a> remedies, or pages in the MediaWiki namespace (see <a href="#Permanent_protection">below</a>), administrators may unprotect a page if the reason for its protection no longer applies, a reasonable period has elapsed, and there is no consensus that continued protection is necessary. Users can request unprotection or a reduction in protection level by asking the administrator who applied the protection on the administrator's user talk page. If the administrator is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators/Inactive" title="Wikipedia:List of administrators/Inactive">inactive</a>, no longer an administrator, or does not respond, then a request can be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFUP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFUP">Requests for unprotection</a>. Note that such requests will normally be declined if the protecting administrator is active and was not consulted first. </p><p>A log of protections and unprotections is available at <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/protect" title="Special:Log/protect">Special:Log/protect</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Protection_levels" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_levels"></span>Protection levels<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_levels"></span></h2></div> <p>Each of these levels is explained in the context of edit protection, but each can be applied to other types of protection except for pending changes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Comparison_table" data-mw-thread-id="h-Comparison_table-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Comparison_table-Protection_levels"></span>Comparison table<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Comparison_table-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Comparison_table"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-bottom: .3em; text-align: center; font-size: 90%; table-layout: fixed; min-width: 60em; max-width: 170em"> <caption>Interaction of Wikipedia user groups and page protection levels </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <th scope="col" width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Unregistered_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Unregistered</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#New_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">newly registered</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Confirmed</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">autoconfirmed</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extended_confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Extended confirmed</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="9%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Template editor <sup>★</sup></a> </th> <th scope="col" width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Admin</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="8%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Interface_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Interface administrators">Interface admin</a> </th> <th scope="col" width="37%">Appropriate for </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left">No protection </th> <td colspan="6" style="background:#ccffcc"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r920966791">.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}</style><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td>The vast majority of pages. <strong>This is the default protection level.</strong> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pending-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Pending_changes_protection">Pending changes</a> </th> <td colspan="6" style="background:#ffffc0"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">All users can edit</span><br/>Edits by <b>unregistered or newly registered</b> editors (and any subsequent edits by <u>anyone</u>) are hidden from readers who are not logged in until reviewed by a <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Pending_changes_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">pending changes reviewer</a></b> or <b>administrator</b>. Logged-in editors see all edits, whether accepted or not. </td> <td>Infrequently edited pages with high levels of vandalism, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">BLP</a> violations, edit-warring, or other disruption from unregistered and new users. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Semi-protection">Semi</a> </th> <td style="background:#ffcccc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Cannot edit</span> </td> <td colspan="5" style="background:#ccffcc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td>Pages that have been persistently vandalized by anonymous and registered users. Some highly visible templates and modules. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Extended-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Extended_confirmed_protection">Extended confirmed</a> </th> <td colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Cannot edit</span> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background:#ccffcc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td>Specific topic areas authorized by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">ArbCom</a>, pages where semi-protection has failed, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">high-risk templates</a> where template protection would be too restrictive. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Template-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Template_protection">Template</a></span> </th> <td colspan="3" style="background:#ffcccc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Cannot edit</span> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background:#ccffcc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">High-risk</a> or very-frequently used templates and modules. <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Template_protection">Some</a> high-risk pages outside of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">template space</a>. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Full-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Full_protection">Full</a> </th> <td colspan="4" style="background:#ffcccc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Cannot edit</span> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#ccffcc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td>Pages with persistent disruption from extended confirmed accounts. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="text-align:left"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Interface-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Interface_protection">Interface</a> </th> <td colspan="5" style="background:#ffcccc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Cannot edit</span> </td> <td style="background:#ccffcc"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r920966791"><span class="smallcaps">Normal editing</span> </td> <td>Scripts, stylesheets, and similar objects central to operation of the site or that are in other editors' user spaces. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:left"><sup><b>★</b></sup> The table assumes a template editor also has extended confirmed privileges, which is almost always the case in practice. </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align:left">Other modes of protection: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 11em;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Create-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Create protected"><img alt="Blue padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#create">Create protection</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Move-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Move protected"><img alt="Green padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#move">Move protection</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upload-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Upload protected"><img alt="Purple padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#upload">Upload protection</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Office-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Protected by Office"><img alt="Black padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#office">Office protection</a></li><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Cascade-protection-shackle.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cascade protected"><img alt="Turquoise padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/20px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/30px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/40px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></a></span><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#cascade">Cascade protection</a></li></ul></div> </div> <div style="float:right; display:block;"> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Protection_table" title="Template:Protection table"><span title="View this template">view</span></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Protection_table" title="Template talk:Protection table"><span title="Discuss this template">talk</span></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Protection_table" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Protection table"><span title="Edit this template">edit</span></a></li></ul></div> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pending_changes_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pending_changes_protection-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pending_changes_protection-Protection_levels"></span>Pending changes protection<span class="anchor" id="pending"></span><span class="anchor" id="Pending-changes_protection_(trial)"></span><span class="anchor" id="pc1"></span><span class="anchor" id="pc2"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pending_changes_protection-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">Wikipedia:Pending changes</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="White padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b7/Pending-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Pending-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PCPP"></span><span id="WP:WHITELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PCPP&redirect=no">WP:PCPP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WHITELOCK&redirect=no">WP:WHITELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Pending changes protection allows <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IP">unregistered</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#New_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">new users</a> to edit pages, while keeping their edits hidden from most readers (specifically, unregistered users – the vast majority of visitors to Wikipedia articles) until those changes are accepted by a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Pending_changes_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">pending changes reviewer</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrator</a>. An alternative to <a href="#Semi-protection">semi-protection</a>, it is used to suppress <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> and certain other persistent problems, while allowing all users to continue to submit edits. Pending changes is technically implemented as a separate option, with its own duration, and it yields to other edit protection levels in cases of overlap. </p><p>When a page under pending changes protection is edited by an unregistered editor or a new user, the edit is not directly visible to the majority of Wikipedia readers, until it is reviewed and accepted by an editor with the pending changes reviewer right. When a page under pending changes protection is edited by an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">autoconfirmed user</a>, the edit will be immediately visible to Wikipedia readers, unless there are pending edits waiting to be reviewed. </p><p>Pending changes are visible in the page history, where they are marked as pending review. Readers who are <i>not logged in</i> (the vast majority of readers) are shown the latest <i>accepted</i> version of the page; <i>logged-in</i> users see the latest version of the page, with all changes (reviewed or not) applied. When editors who are not reviewers make changes to an article with unreviewed pending changes, their edits are also marked as pending and are not visible to most readers. </p><p>A user who clicks "edit this page" is always, at that point, shown the latest version of the page for editing <i>regardless of whether the user is logged in or not</i>. </p> <ul><li>If the editor is not logged in, their changes join any other changes to the article awaiting review – for the present they remain hidden from not-logged-in users. (This means that when the editor looks at the article after saving, the editor won't see the change made.)</li> <li>If the editor is logged in and a pending changes reviewer, and there are pending changes, the editor will be prompted to review the pending changes before editing – see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">Wikipedia:Pending changes</a>.</li> <li>If the editor is logged in and not a pending changes reviewer: <ul><li>If there are no unreviewed pending edits waiting, the editor's edits will be visible to everyone immediately; but</li> <li>If there are unreviewed pending edits waiting, then the editor's edits will be visible only to other logged-in users (including themself) immediately, but not to readers who are not logged in.</li></ul></li></ul> <p>Reviewing of pending changes should be resolved within reasonable time limits. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection-Pending_changes_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection-Pending_changes_protection"></span>When to apply pending changes protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-When_to_apply_pending_changes_protection-Pending_changes_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>Pending changes can be used to protect articles against: </p> <ul><li>Persistent vandalism</li> <li>Violations of the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living persons</a> policy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CV" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CV">Copyright violations</a></li></ul> <p>Pending changes protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against violations that have not yet occurred. Like semi-protection, pending changes protection should <b>never</b> be used in genuine content disputes, where there is a risk of placing a particular group of editors (unregistered users) at a disadvantage. Semi-protection is generally a better option for articles with a high edit rate as well as articles affected by issues difficult for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">pending changes reviewers</a> to detect, such as non-obvious vandalism, plausible-sounding misinformation, and hard-to-detect copyright violations. </p><p>In addition, administrators may apply temporary pending changes protection on pages that are subject to significant but temporary vandalism or disruption (for example, due to media attention) when blocking individual users is not a feasible option. As with other forms of protection, the time frame of the protection should be proportional to the problem. Indefinite PC protection should be used only in cases of severe long-term disruption. </p><p>Removal of pending changes protection can be requested to any administrator, or at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFUP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFUP">requests for unprotection</a>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Reviewing"></span>The reviewing process is described in detail at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Semi-protection-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Semi-protection-Protection_levels"></span>Semi-protection<span class="anchor" id="semi"></span><span class="anchor" id="semi-user"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Semi-protection-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_semi-protection" title="Wikipedia:Rough guide to semi-protection">Wikipedia:Rough guide to semi-protection</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Silver padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1b/Semi-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Semi-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SEMI"></span><span id="WP:SILVERLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SEMI&redirect=no">WP:SEMI</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SILVERLOCK&redirect=no">WP:SILVERLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Semi-protected pages like this page cannot be edited by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Unregistered_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">unregistered users</a> (<a href="/wiki/IP_address" title="IP address">IP addresses</a>), as well as accounts that are not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">confirmed</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Autoconfirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">autoconfirmed</a> (accounts that are at least 4 days old with at least 10 edits on English Wikipedia). Semi-protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> from new or unregistered users, or to prevent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppets</a> of blocked or banned users from editing, especially when it occurs on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">biographies of living persons</a> who have had a recent high level of media interest. An alternative to semi-protection is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">pending changes</a>, which is sometimes favored when an article is being vandalized regularly, but otherwise receives a low amount of editing. </p><p>Such users can request edits to a semi-protected page by proposing them on its talk page, using the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_semi-protected" title="Template:Edit semi-protected">Edit semi-protected</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template if necessary to gain attention. If the page in question and its talk page are <i>both</i> protected, the edit request should be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFED">Wikipedia:Requests for page protection</a> instead. New users may also request the confirmed user right at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed">Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Guidance_for_administrators" data-mw-thread-id="h-Guidance_for_administrators-Semi-protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Guidance_for_administrators-Semi-protection"></span>Guidance for administrators<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Guidance_for_administrators-Semi-protection"></span></h4></div> <p>Semi-protection should <em>not</em> be used as a preemptive measure against vandalism that has not yet occurred or to privilege registered users over unregistered users in (valid) content disputes. </p><p>Administrators may apply <em>temporary</em> semi-protection on pages that are: </p> <ul><li>Subject to significant but temporary vandalism or disruption (for example, due to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_the_media" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media">media attention</a>) if <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocking</a> individual users is not a feasible option.</li> <li>Subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a> if <em>all</em> parties involved are unregistered or new editors. This does <em>not</em> apply when autoconfirmed users are involved.</li> <li>Subject to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">edit warring</a> where unregistered editors are engaging in <a href="/wiki/IP_address#Dynamic_IP" title="IP address">IP hopping</a> by using different computers, obtaining new addresses by using <a href="/wiki/Dynamic_IP" class="mw-redirect" title="Dynamic IP">dynamic IP</a> allocation, or other address-changing schemes.</li> <li>Article discussion pages, if they have been subject to persistent disruption. Such protection should be used sparingly because it prevents unregistered and newly registered users from participating in discussions.</li> <li>Protection should be used sparingly on the talk pages of blocked users, including IP addresses. Instead the user should be re-blocked with talk page editing disallowed. When required, or when re-blocking without talk page editing allowed is unsuccessful, protection should be implemented for only a brief period not exceeding the duration of the block.</li></ul> <p>In addition, administrators may apply <em>indefinite</em> semi-protection to pages that are subject to heavy and persistent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> or violations of <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_content_policies" title="Category:Wikipedia content policies">content policy</a> (such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">biographies of living persons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">neutral point of view</a>). </p><p>A page and its talk page should not normally be protected at the same time. In exceptional cases, if a page and its talk page are both protected, the talk page should direct affected editors to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RFED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RFED">Wikipedia:Request for edit</a> through the use of a non-iconified page protection template, to ensure that no editor is entirely prevented from contributing. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article">Today's featured article</a> is, since 2023, always semi-protected. <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page_featured_article_protection" title="Wikipedia:Main Page featured article protection">This was historically not the case</a>, however. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extended_confirmed_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Extended_confirmed_protection-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Extended_confirmed_protection-Protection_levels"></span>Extended confirmed protection<span class="anchor" id="30/500"></span><span class="anchor" id="extended"></span><span class="anchor" id="Arbitration_30/500_protection"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Extended_confirmed_protection-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_extended_confirmed_protection" title="Wikipedia:Rough guide to extended confirmed protection">Wikipedia:Rough guide to extended confirmed protection</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Dark blue padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8c/Extended-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Extended-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ECP"></span><span id="WP:30/500"></span><span id="WP:BLUELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ECP&redirect=no">WP:ECP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:30/500&redirect=no">WP:30/500</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLUELOCK&redirect=no">WP:BLUELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Extended confirmed protection, previously known as 30/500 protection, allows edits only by editors with the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extendedconfirmed" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">extended confirmed</a> user access level, administrators, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOT">bots</a>. Extended confirmed is automatically granted to users on the edit following the account meeting the criteria of being at least 30 days old and having 500 edits.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="As_escalation_from_semi-protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-As_escalation_from_semi-protection-Extended_confirmed_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-As_escalation_from_semi-protection-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span>As escalation from semi-protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-As_escalation_from_semi-protection-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>Where semi-protection has proven to be ineffective, administrators may use extended confirmed protection to combat disruption (such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:VD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:VD">vandalism</a>, abusive <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppetry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WAR" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:WAR">edit wars</a>, etc.) on any topic.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Extended confirmed protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against disruption that has not yet occurred, nor should it be used to privilege extended confirmed users over unregistered/new users in valid content disputes (except as general sanction enforcement; see below).<sup id="cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECPRFC2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Contentious_topics" data-mw-thread-id="h-Contentious_topics-Extended_confirmed_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Contentious_topics-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span>Contentious topics<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Contentious_topics-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>When necessary to prevent disruption in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CTOP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CTOP">designated contentious topic areas</a>, administrators are authorized to make protections at any level. (This is distinct from the extended confirmed restriction below.) Some <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions#Community-authorised_discretionary_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">community-authorized discretionary sanctions</a> grant similar authorizations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Extended_confirmed_restriction" data-mw-thread-id="h-Extended_confirmed_restriction-Extended_confirmed_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Extended_confirmed_restriction-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span>Extended confirmed restriction<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Extended_confirmed_restriction-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>Some topic areas are under Arbitration Committee <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#Extended_confirmed_restriction" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures">extended confirmed restriction</a> as a general sanction.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When such a restriction is in effect in a topic area, only extended-confirmed users may make edits related to the topic area. Enforcement of the restriction on articles primarily in the topic area is preferably done with extended confirmed protection, but it's not required (other enforcement methods are outlined in the policy). As always, review the policy before enforcing it. </p><p>Community general sanctions, applying a similar extended confirmed restriction, have also been authorized by the community. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a> has a list of the active general sanctions that incorporate the extended confirmed restriction. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_cases" data-mw-thread-id="h-Other_cases-Extended_confirmed_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Other_cases-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span>Other cases<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Other_cases-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span></h4></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:HRT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:HRT">High-risk templates</a> can be extended-confirmed protected at administrator discretion when template protection would be too restrictive and semi-protection would be ineffective to stop widespread disruption.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Extended confirmed protection can be applied at the discretion of an administrator when creation-protecting a page.<sup id="cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECPRFC2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Logging_and_edit_requests" data-mw-thread-id="h-Logging_and_edit_requests-Extended_confirmed_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Logging_and_edit_requests-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span>Logging and edit requests<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Logging_and_edit_requests-Extended_confirmed_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>As of September 23, 2016, a bot posts a notification in a subsection of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Pages_recently_put_under_extended-confirmed_protection" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">AN</a> when this protection level is used.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Any protection made as arbitration enforcement must be logged at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log">Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log</a>. Community-authorized discretionary sanctions must be logged on a page specific to the topic area. A full list of the 8871 pages under extended confirmed protection can be found <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ProtectedPages&level=extendedconfirmed">here</a></span>. </p><p>Users can request edits to an extended confirmed-protected page by proposing them on its talk page, using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_extended-protected" title="Template:Edit extended-protected">Edit extended-protected</a>}}</code> template if necessary to gain attention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Full_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Full_protection-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Full_protection-Protection_levels"></span>Full protection<span class="anchor" id="full"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Full_protection-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Gold padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Full-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Full-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:FULL"></span><span id="WP:GOLDLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FULL&redirect=no">WP:FULL</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GOLDLOCK&redirect=no">WP:GOLDLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A fully protected page cannot be edited or moved by anyone except <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrators</a>. </p><p>Modifications to a fully protected page can be proposed on its <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">talk page</a> (or at another appropriate forum) for discussion. Administrators can make changes to the protected article reflecting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>. Placing the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_fully-protected" title="Template:Edit fully-protected">Edit fully-protected</a>}}</code> template on the talk page will draw the attention of administrators for implementing uncontroversial changes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Content_disputes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Content_disputes-Full_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Content_disputes-Full_protection"></span>Content disputes<span class="anchor" id="full-dispute"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Content_disputes-Full_protection"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Stable_version" title="Wikipedia:Stable version">Wikipedia:Stable version</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:PREFER" redirects here. For what title name should be preferred, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation#Primary_topic" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Wikipedia:Disambiguation § Primary topic</a>.</div> <p>While content disputes and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_war" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Edit war">edit warring</a> can be addressed with user <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">blocks</a> issued by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UNINVOLVED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UNINVOLVED">uninvolved</a> administrators, allowing normal page editing by other editors at the same time, the protection policy provides an alternative approach as administrators have the discretion to temporarily fully protect an article to end an ongoing edit war. This approach may better suit multi-party disputes and contentious content, as it makes talk page <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a> a requirement for implementation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">requested edits</a>. <span class="anchor" id="PREFER"></span><span class="anchor" id="prefer"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PREFER"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PREFER&redirect=no">WP:PREFER</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>When protecting a page because of a content dispute, administrators have a duty to avoid protecting a version that contains policy-violating content, such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COPYVIO">copyright violations</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Libel" title="Wikipedia:Libel">defamation</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BLP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BLP">poor-quality coverage of living people</a>. Administrators are deemed to remain uninvolved when exercising discretion on whether to apply protection to the current version of an article, or to an older, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:STABLE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:STABLE">stable</a>, or pre-edit-war version. </p><p>Fully protected pages may not be edited except to make changes that are uncontroversial or for which there is clear consensus. Editors convinced that the protected version of an article contains policy-violating content, or that protection has rewarded edit warring or disruption by establishing a contentious revision, may identify a stable version <i>prior to</i> the edit war and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">request</a> reversion to that version. Before making such a request, editors should consider how independent editors might view the suggestion and recognize that continuing an edit war is grounds for being blocked. </p><p>Administrators who have made substantive content changes to an article are considered <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:INVOLVED" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:INVOLVED">involved</a> and must not use their advanced permissions to further their own positions. When involved in a dispute, it is almost always wisest to respect the editing policies that bind all editors and call for input from an uninvolved administrator, rather than to invite controversy by acting unilaterally. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id=""History_only"_review" data-mw-thread-id="h-"History_only"_review-Full_protection"><span id=".22History_only.22_review"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-"History_only"_review-Full_protection"></span>"History only" review<span data-mw-comment-end="h-"History_only"_review-Full_protection"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PPDRV"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PPDRV&redirect=no">WP:PPDRV</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>If a deleted page is going through <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">deletion review</a>, only administrators are normally capable of viewing the former content of the page. If they feel it would benefit the discussion to allow other users to view the page content, administrators may <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Restore" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Restore">restore</a> the page, replace the contents with the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Temporarily_undeleted" title="Template:Temporarily undeleted">Temporarily undeleted</a>}}</code> template or a similar notice, and fully protect the page to prevent further editing. The previous contents of the page are then accessible to everyone via the <a href="/wiki/Help:Page_history" title="Help:Page history">page history</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Protected_generic_file_names" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protected_generic_file_names-Full_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protected_generic_file_names-Full_protection"></span><span id="Protected_generic_image_names"></span> Protected generic file names<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protected_generic_file_names-Full_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>Generic file names such as <a href="/wiki/File:Photo.jpg" title="File:Photo.jpg">File:Photo.jpg</a>, <a href="/wiki/File:Example.jpg" title="File:Example.jpg">File:Example.jpg</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=File:Map.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Map.jpg (page does not exist)">File:Map.jpg</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=File:Sound.wav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Sound.wav (page does not exist)">File:Sound.wav</a> are fully protected to prevent new versions from being uploaded. Furthermore, <a href="/w/index.php?title=File:Map.jpg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Map.jpg (page does not exist)">File:Map.jpg</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=File:Sound.wav&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="File:Sound.wav (page does not exist)">File:Sound.wav</a> are <a href="#Creation_protection">salted</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="High-risk_pages_and_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-High-risk_pages_and_templates-Full_protection"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-High-risk_pages_and_templates-Full_protection"></span>High-risk pages and templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-High-risk_pages_and_templates-Full_protection"></span></h4></div> <p>The following pages and templates are usually fully protected for an indefinite period of time: </p> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> and highly visible pages related to the Main Page.</li> <li>Pages that should not be modified for <i>legal reasons</i>, such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer" title="Wikipedia:General disclaimer">general disclaimer</a> or the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">local copy of the site copyright license</a>.</li> <li>Pages that are <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">transcluded</a> very frequently, such as <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Tl" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Tl">tl</a>}}</code> or <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Citation_needed" title="Template:Citation needed">citation needed</a>}}</code>, to prevent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> or <a href="/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack" title="Denial-of-service attack">denial of service</a> attacks. This includes images or templates used in other highly visible or frequently transcluded pages. See <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">Wikipedia:High-risk templates</a> for more information.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Template_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Template_protection-Protection_levels"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Template_protection-Protection_levels"></span>Template protection<span class="anchor" id="template"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Template_protection-Protection_levels"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">Wikipedia:Template editor</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Pink padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/Template-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Template-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:TPROT"></span><span id="WP:PINKLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TPROT&redirect=no">WP:TPROT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PINKLOCK&redirect=no">WP:PINKLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>A template-protected page can be edited only by administrators or users in the Template editors group. This protection level should be used almost exclusively on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">high-risk templates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LUA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LUA">modules</a>. In cases where pages in other namespaces become transcluded to a very high degree, this protection level is also valid. </p><p>This is a protection level<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> that replaces <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FULL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FULL">full protection</a> on pages that are merely protected due to high transclusion rates, rather than content disputes. It should be used on templates whose risk factor would have otherwise warranted full protection. It should not be used on less risky templates on the grounds that the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:TPE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:TPE">template editor</a> user right exists—the existence of the right should not result in more templates becoming uneditable for the general editing community. In borderline cases, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ECP" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ECP">extended confirmed protection</a> or lower can be applied to high risk templates that the general editing community still needs to edit regularly. A full list of the pages under template protection can be found <span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ProtectedPages&level=templateeditor">here</a></span>. </p><p>Editors may request edits to a template-protected page by proposing them on its talk page, using the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_template-protected" title="Template:Edit template-protected">Edit template-protected</a>}}</code> template if necessary to gain attention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Protection_types" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_types"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_types"></span>Protection types<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_types"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Edit_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Edit_protection-Protection_types"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Edit_protection-Protection_types"></span>Edit protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Edit_protection-Protection_types"></span></h3></div> <p>Edit protection restricts editing of a page, often due to vandalism or disputes, ensuring only experienced users can make changes (see above for more information). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Creation_protection_(salting)" data-mw-thread-id="h-Creation_protection_(salting)-Protection_types"><span id="Creation_protection_.28salting.29"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Creation_protection_(salting)-Protection_types"></span>Creation protection (salting)<span class="anchor" id="salt"></span><span class="anchor" id="create"></span><span class="anchor" id="Creation_protection"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Creation_protection_(salting)-Protection_types"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Blue padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/Create-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Create-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SALT"></span><span id="WP:SKYBLUELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SALT&redirect=no">WP:SALT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SKYBLUELOCK&redirect=no">WP:SKYBLUELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Administrators can prevent the creation of pages. This type of protection is useful for pages that have been <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">deleted</a> but repeatedly recreated. Such protection is case-sensitive. There are several levels of creation protection that can be applied to pages, identical to the levels for edit protection. A list of protected titles can be found at <a href="/wiki/Special:ProtectedTitles" title="Special:ProtectedTitles">Special:ProtectedTitles</a> (see also <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protected_titles/Historical" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Protected titles/Historical">historical lists</a>). </p><p>Preemptive restrictions on new article titles are instituted through the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist">title blacklist</a> system, which allows for more flexible protection with support for <a href="/wiki/Substring" title="Substring">substrings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Regular_expression" title="Regular expression">regular expressions</a>. </p><p><span class="anchor" id="Salted"></span>Pages that have been creation-protected are sometimes referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Salting_the_earth" title="Salting the earth">salted</a>". Editors wishing to re-create a salted title with appropriate content should either contact an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">administrator</a> (preferably the protecting administrator), file a request at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection#Current_requests_for_reduction_in_protection_level" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Wikipedia:Requests for page protection § Current requests for reduction in protection level</a>, or use the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_review" title="Wikipedia:Deletion review">deletion review</a> process. To make a convincing case for re-creation, it is helpful to show a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Drafts" title="Wikipedia:Drafts">draft version</a> of the intended article when filing a request. </p><p>Create protection of any duration may be applied to pages being repeatedly recreated in violation of policy using the lowest protection level sufficient to stop the disruption (autoconfirmed, extended-confirmed,<sup id="cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ECPRFC2-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or full). Due to the implementation of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ACPERM" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ACPERM">ACPERM</a>, non-confirmed editors cannot create pages in <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:MAINSPACE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:MAINSPACE">mainspace</a>; thus, semi-creation protection should be used only for protection of pages outside of mainspace. </p><p>While creation-protection is usually permanent, temporary creation protection can be applied if a page is repeatedly recreated by a single user (or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SOCK" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SOCK">sockpuppets</a> of that user, if applicable). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Move_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Move_protection-Protection_types"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Move_protection-Protection_types"></span>Move protection<span class="anchor" id="move"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Move_protection-Protection_types"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Green padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Move-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Move-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:MOVP"></span><span id="WP:GREENLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:MOVP&redirect=no">WP:MOVP</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:GREENLOCK&redirect=no">WP:GREENLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Move-protected pages, or more technically, fully move-protected pages, cannot be moved to a new title except by an administrator. Move protection is commonly applied to: </p> <ul><li>Pages subject to persistent page-move <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>.</li> <li>Pages subject to a page-name dispute.</li> <li>Highly visible pages that have no reason to be moved, such as the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">administrators' noticeboard</a> and articles selected as "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Today%27s_featured_article" title="Wikipedia:Today's featured article">Today's featured article</a>" on the main page.</li></ul> <p>Move protection of any duration may be applied to pages being repeatedly moved in violation of policy using the lowest protection level sufficient to stop the disruption (extended-confirmed or full). Non-confirmed editors cannot move pages so semi-move protection has no effect. </p><p>Fully edit-protected pages are also implicitly move-protected. </p><p>As with full edit protection, protection because of edit warring <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Version" class="extiw" title="meta:The Wrong Version">should not be considered an endorsement of the current name</a>. When move protection is applied during a requested move discussion, the page should be protected at the location it was at when the move request was started. </p><p>All <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FILE" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FILE">files</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CATEGORY" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CATEGORY">categories</a> are implicitly move-protected, requiring <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_mover" title="Wikipedia:File mover">file movers</a> or administrators to rename files, and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">page movers</a> or administrators to rename categories. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Upload_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Upload_protection-Protection_types"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Upload_protection-Protection_types"></span>Upload protection<span class="anchor" id="upload"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Upload_protection-Protection_types"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Purple padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d7/Upload-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Upload-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UPLOAD-P"></span><span id="WP:PURPLELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UPLOAD-P&redirect=no">WP:UPLOAD-P</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PURPLELOCK&redirect=no">WP:PURPLELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Upload-protected files, or more technically, fully upload-protected files, cannot be replaced with new versions except by an administrator. Upload protection does not protect file pages from editing. It can be applied by an administrator to: </p> <ul><li>Files subject to persistent upload <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a>.</li> <li>Files subject to a dispute between editors.</li> <li>Files that should not be replaced, such as images used in the interface or transcluded to the main page.</li> <li>Files with common or generic names. (e.g., <span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:Error mw:File"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Upload?wpDestFile=Map.png" class="new" title="File:Map.png"><span class="mw-file-element mw-broken-media">File:Map.png</span></a></span>)</li></ul> <p>As with full edit protection, administrators should avoid favoring one version over another, and protection should not be considered an endorsement of the current version. An exception to this rule is when they are protected due to upload vandalism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Uncommon_protections" data-mw-thread-id="h-Uncommon_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Uncommon_protections"></span>Uncommon protections<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Uncommon_protections"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cascading_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cascading_protection-Uncommon_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cascading_protection-Uncommon_protections"></span>Cascading protection<span class="anchor" id="cascade"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cascading_protection-Uncommon_protections"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:CASCADE" redirects here. You may also be looking for <a href="/wiki/Help:Cascading_Style_Sheets" title="Help:Cascading Style Sheets">Help:Cascading Style Sheets</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cascade-protected_items" title="Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items">Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Turquoise padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Cascade-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Cascade-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:CASCADE"></span><span id="WP:TURQUOISELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:CASCADE&redirect=no">WP:CASCADE</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:TURQUOISELOCK&redirect=no">WP:TURQUOISELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Cascading protection fully protects a page, and extends that full protection <i>automatically</i> to any page that is <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Transclusion" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Transclusion">transcluded</a> onto the protected page, whether directly or indirectly. This includes templates, images and other media that are hosted on the English Wikipedia. Files stored on Commons are <i>not</i> protected by any other wiki's cascading protection and, if they are to be protected, must be either temporarily uploaded to the English Wikipedia or explicitly protected at Commons (whether manually or through cascading protection there). When operational, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:KrinkleBot" class="extiw" title="c:User:KrinkleBot">KrinkleBot</a> cascade-protects Commons files transcluded at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Tomorrow" title="Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow">Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Commons_media_protection" title="Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection">Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection</a> and <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a>. As the bot's response time varies, media should <i>not</i> be transcluded on the main page (or its constituent templates) until after it has been protected. (This is particularly relevant to <a href="/wiki/Template:In_the_news" title="Template:In the news">Template:In the news</a>, for which upcoming images are not queued at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Tomorrow" title="Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow">Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow</a>.) Cascading protection: </p> <ul><li>Should be used only to prevent <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">vandalism</a> when placed on particularly visible pages, such as the main page.</li> <li>Is available only for fully protected pages; it is disabled for lower levels of protection as it represents a workflow flaw. See <a href="#Cascading_semi-protection">below</a> as well as <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T10796" class="extiw" title="phabricator:T10796">this bug ticket</a> for more information.</li> <li>Is not instantaneous; it can be several hours before it takes effect. See <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T20483" class="extiw" title="phabricator:T20483">Phabricator:T20483</a> for more information.</li> <li>Should generally not be applied directly to templates or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:LUA" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:LUA">modules</a>, as it will not protect transclusions inside <code class="nowrap" style=""><includeonly></code> tags or transclusions that depend on template parameters, but <i>will</i> protect the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">documentation subpage</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1033199720">.mw-parser-output div.crossreference{padding-left:0}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><span role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable crossreference">See <a href="#Protection_of_templates">§ Protection of templates</a> below</span>, for alternatives.</li></ul> <p>The list of cascading-protected pages can be found at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Cascade-protected_items" title="Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items">Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items</a>. Requests to add or remove cascading protection on a page should be made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Cascade-protected_items" title="Wikipedia talk:Cascade-protected items">Wikipedia talk:Cascade-protected items</a> as an <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">edit request</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Operational_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Operational_pages-Uncommon_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Operational_pages-Uncommon_protections"></span>Operational pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Operational_pages-Uncommon_protections"></span></h3></div> <p>Operational pages principally used by software, including bots and user scripts, may be protected based on the type of use, content, and other considerations. This includes configuration pages, data pages, log pages, status pages, and other pages specific to the operation of software. However, personal CSS, personal JavaScript, and personal JSON are <a href="#Permanent_protection">automatically protected</a> and should not be protected for this reason. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Permanent_protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Permanent_protection-Uncommon_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Permanent_protection-Uncommon_protections"></span>Permanent protection<span class="anchor" id="perm"></span><span class="anchor" id="indef"></span><span class="anchor" id="interface"></span><span class="anchor" id="Interface_protection"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Permanent_protection-Uncommon_protections"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Icon for pages that can be edited only by interface administrators"><img alt="Red padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/2/28/Interface-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Interface-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption>Icon for pages that can be edited only by interface administrators</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PPINDEF"></span><span id="WP:INTPROT"></span><span id="WP:REDLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PPINDEF&redirect=no">WP:PPINDEF</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:INTPROT&redirect=no">WP:INTPROT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:REDLOCK&redirect=no">WP:REDLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Administrators cannot change or remove the protection for some areas on Wikipedia, which are permanently protected by the <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki" title="MediaWiki">MediaWiki</a> software: </p> <ul><li>Edits to the <a href="/wiki/Help:MediaWiki_namespace" title="Help:MediaWiki namespace">MediaWiki namespace</a>, which defines parts of the site interface, are restricted to administrators and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IADMIN">interface administrators</a>. <ul><li>Edits to system-wide CSS and JavaScript pages such as <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js" title="MediaWiki:Common.js">MediaWiki:common.js</a> are further restricted to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IADMIN">interface administrators</a>.</li></ul></li> <li>Edits to personal CSS and JavaScript pages such as <a href="/wiki/User:Example/monobook.css" title="User:Example/monobook.css">User:Example/monobook.css</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Example/vector-2022.js&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Example/vector-2022.js (page does not exist)">User:Example/vector-2022.js</a> are restricted to the associated user and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IADMIN">interface administrators</a>. Interface administrators may edit these pages, for example, to remove a user script that has been used inappropriately. Administrators may delete (but not edit or restore) these pages.</li> <li>Edits to personal JSON pages such as <a href="/wiki/User:Example/data.json" title="User:Example/data.json">User:Example/data.json</a> are restricted to the associated user and administrators.</li></ul> <p>Such protection is called permanent or indefinite protection, and interface protection in the case of CSS and JavaScript pages. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Office_actions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Office_actions-Uncommon_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Office_actions-Uncommon_protections"></span>Office actions<span class="anchor" id="office"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Office_actions-Uncommon_protections"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_actions" title="Wikipedia:Office actions">Wikipedia:Office actions</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Black padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/64px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/96px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/Office-protection-shackle.svg/128px-Office-protection-shackle.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:WMF-PRO"></span><span id="WP:BLACKLOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WMF-PRO&redirect=no">WP:WMF-PRO</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:BLACKLOCK&redirect=no">WP:BLACKLOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>As outlined in <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Policy:Office_actions#Use_of_advanced_rights_by_Foundation_staff" class="extiw" title="foundation:Policy:Office actions">Foundation:Policy:Office actions § Use of advanced rights by Foundation staff</a>, pages can be protected by <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> staff in response to issues such as copyright infringement or libel. <b>Such actions override community consensus</b>. Administrators should <b>not</b> edit or unprotect such pages without permission from Wikimedia Foundation staff.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Protection_by_namespace" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_by_namespace"></span>Protection by namespace<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PROTNS"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PROTNS&redirect=no">WP:PROTNS</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Article_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-Article_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Article_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span><span id="Talk_pages"></span>Article talk pages<span class="anchor" id="Talk_pages"></span><span class="anchor" id="full-talk"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-Article_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ATPROT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ATPROT&redirect=no">WP:ATPROT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Modifications to a protected page can be proposed on its <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Talk page">talk page</a> (or at another appropriate forum) for discussion. Administrators can make changes to the protected article reflecting <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">consensus</a>. Placing the <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Edit_protected" title="Template:Edit protected">Edit protected</a>}}</code> template on the talk page will draw the attention of administrators for implementing uncontroversial changes. </p><p>Talk pages are not usually protected, and are semi-protected only for a limited duration in the most severe cases of disruption. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_talk_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span>User talk pages<span class="anchor" id="Talk-page_protection"></span><span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_talk_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UTPROT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UTPROT&redirect=no">WP:UTPROT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>User talk pages are rarely protected. However, protection can be applied if there is severe vandalism or abuse. Users whose talk pages are protected may wish to have an unprotected user talk subpage linked conspicuously from their main talk page to allow good-faith comments from users that the protection restricts editing from. </p><p>A user's request to have their own talk page protected is not a sufficient rationale by itself to protect the page, although requests can be considered if a reason is provided. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Blocked_users" data-mw-thread-id="h-Blocked_users-User_talk_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Blocked_users-User_talk_pages"></span>Blocked users<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Blocked_users-User_talk_pages"></span></h4></div> <p>Blocked users' user talk pages should not ordinarily be protected, as this interferes with the user's ability to contest their block through the normal process. It also prevents others from being able to use the talk page to communicate with the blocked editor. </p><p>In extreme cases of abuse by the blocked user, such as abuse of the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Unblock" title="Template:Unblock">unblock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, re-blocking the user with talk page access removed should be preferred over applying protection to the page. If the user has been blocked and with the ability to edit their user talk page disabled, they should be informed of this in a block notice, subsequent notice, or message, and it should include information and instructions for appealing their block off-wiki, such as through the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:UTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:UTRS">UTRS tool interface</a> or, as a last recourse, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block#Routes_to_unblock" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">the Arbitration Committee</a>. </p><p>When required, protection should be implemented for only a brief period, not exceeding the duration of the block. </p><p>Confirmed socks of registered users should be dealt with in accordance with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry</a>; their pages are not normally protected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="User_pages" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_pages-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span>User pages<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_pages-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:UPROT"></span><span id="WP:UPPROT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UPROT&redirect=no">WP:UPROT</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:UPPROT&redirect=no">WP:UPPROT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Base user pages (for example, the page User:Example, and not User:Example/subpage or User talk:Example) are automatically protected from creation or editing by unconfirmed accounts and anonymous IP users. An exception to this includes an unconfirmed registered account attempting to create or edit their own user page. IP editors and unconfirmed accounts are also unable to create or edit user pages that do not belong to a currently registered account. This protection is enforced by <a href="/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/803" title="Special:AbuseFilter/803">an edit filter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Users may opt-out of this protection by placing <code>{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Unlocked_userpage" title="Template:Unlocked userpage">unlocked userpage</a>}}</code> anywhere on their own user page. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> and subpages within their own user space can be protected upon a request from the user, as long as a need exists. Pages within the user space should not be automatically or preemptively protected without good reason or cause.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Requests for protection specifically at uncommon levels (such as template protection) can be granted if the user has expressed a genuine and realistic need. </p><p>When a filter is insufficient to stop user page vandalism, a user may choose to create a ".css" subpage (ex. User:Example/Userpage.css), copy all the contents of their user page onto the subpage, transclude the subpage by putting <span class="nowrap">{{User:Example/Userpage.css}}</span> on their user page, and then ask an administrator to fully protect their user page. Because user space pages that end in ".css" and ".js" are editable only by the user to which that user space belongs (and interface administrators), this will protect one's user page from further vandalism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Deceased_users" data-mw-thread-id="h-Deceased_users-User_pages"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Deceased_users-User_pages"></span>Deceased users<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Deceased_users-User_pages"></span></h4></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deceased_Wikipedians/Guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines">Wikipedia:Deceased Wikipedians/Guidelines</a></div> <p>In the event of the confirmed death of a user, the user's user page (but not the user talk page) should be fully protected. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Protection_of_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Protection_of_templates-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Protection_of_templates-Protection_by_namespace"></span>Protection of templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Protection_of_templates-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:PTPROT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:PTPROT&redirect=no">WP:PTPROT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:High-risk_templates" title="Wikipedia:High-risk templates">Wikipedia:High-risk templates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">Wikipedia:Template documentation</a></div> <p>Highly visible templates – those used on a large number of pages or frequently substituted – are often protected based on the degree of visibility, type of use, content, and other considerations. </p><p>Protected templates should normally have the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Documentation" title="Template:Documentation">documentation</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. It loads the unprotected <code>/doc</code> page, so that non-admins and IP-users can edit the documentation, categories and interwiki links. It also automatically adds <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-template" title="Template:Pp-template">pp-template</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> to protected templates, which displays a small padlock in the top right corner and categorizes the template as protected. Only manually add <span class="nowrap">{{pp-template}}</span> to protected templates that don't use <span class="nowrap">{{documentation}}</span> (mostly the flag templates). </p><p>Cascading protection should generally not be applied directly to templates, as it will not protect transclusions inside <code class="nowrap" style=""><includeonly></code> tags or transclusions that depend on template parameters, but <i>will</i> protect the template's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_documentation" title="Wikipedia:Template documentation">documentation subpage</a>. Instead, consider any of the following: </p> <ul><li>If the set of subtemplates is static (even if large), protect them using normal protection mechanisms.</li> <li>If the set of subtemplates is unbounded, use <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist">MediaWiki:Titleblacklist</a> to protect all subtemplates using a particular naming format (as is done for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editnotice" title="Wikipedia:Editnotice">editnotice templates</a> and subtemplates of <a href="/wiki/Template:TFA_title" title="Template:TFA title">Template:TFA title</a>).</li></ul> <p>Note: All <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editnotice" title="Wikipedia:Editnotice">editnotice templates</a> (except those in userspace) are already protected via <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki:Titleblacklist">MediaWiki:Titleblacklist</a>. They can be edited by admins, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">template editors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">page movers</a> only. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sandboxes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sandboxes-Protection_by_namespace"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sandboxes-Protection_by_namespace"></span>Sandboxes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sandboxes-Protection_by_namespace"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About_the_sandbox" title="Wikipedia:About the sandbox">Wikipedia:About the sandbox</a></div> <p>Sandboxes should not ordinarily be protected since their purpose is to let new users test and experiment with <a href="/wiki/Help:Wiki_markup" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Wiki markup">wiki syntax</a>. Most sandboxes are automatically cleaned every 12 hours, although they are frequently overwritten by other testing users. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sandbox" title="Wikipedia:Sandbox">Wikipedia:Sandbox</a> is cleaned every hour. Those who use sandboxes for malicious purposes, or to violate policies such as <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">no personal attacks</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">civility</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">copyrights</a>, should instead be warned and/or blocked. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Available_templates" data-mw-thread-id="h-Available_templates"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Available_templates"></span>Available templates<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Available_templates"></span></h2></div> <p>The following templates can be added at the very top of a page to indicate that it is protected: </p> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Protection_templates" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Protection_templates" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Category:Protection_templates" title="Category:Protection templates">Protection templates</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div style="overflow:auto"><table style="table-format:fixed;border:1px solid #aaa;margin:0 auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><th scope="col" style="background:none;border-bottom:1px solid #bbf;"></th><th scope="col" style="background:none;padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px solid #bbf;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> Edit</th><th scope="col" style="background:none;padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px solid #bbf;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> Move</th><th scope="col" style="background:none;padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px solid #bbf;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Pending changes">Pending changes</a></th><th scope="col" style="background:none;padding-bottom:0.25em;border-bottom:1px solid #bbf;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> Upload</th></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Generic</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pp">pp</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-move" title="Template:Pp-move">pp-move</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-pc" title="Template:Pp-pc">pp-pc</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-upload" title="Template:Pp-upload">pp-upload</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">BLP</a></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-blp" title="Template:Pp-blp">pp-blp</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Blocked user's talk page</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-usertalk" title="Template:Pp-usertalk">pp-usertalk</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Dispute</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-dispute" title="Template:Pp-dispute">pp-dispute</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-move-dispute" title="Template:Pp-move-dispute">pp-move-dispute</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> <a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Extended_confirmed_protection">Extended confirmed protection</a></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-extended" title="Template:Pp-extended">pp-extended</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Indefinite</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-semi-indef" title="Template:Pp-semi-indef">pp-semi-indef</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-move-indef" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pp-move-indef">pp-move-indef</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Main Page">Main Page</a> image</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-main-page" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Pp-main-page">pp-main-page</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Office_actions" title="Wikipedia:Office actions">Office</a></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-office" title="Template:Pp-office">pp-office</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-sock" title="Template:Pp-sock">pp-sock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Templates and images</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-template" title="Template:Pp-template">pp-template</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-upload" title="Template:Pp-upload">pp-upload</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Vandalism</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-vandalism" title="Template:Pp-vandalism">pp-vandalism</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Pp-move-vandalism" title="Template:Pp-move-vandalism">pp-move-vandalism</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="background:whitesmoke;;vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;background:#ddf;"> Talk page</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Permanently_protected" title="Template:Permanently protected">Permanently protected</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Temporarily_protected" title="Template:Temporarily protected">Temporarily protected</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span></td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td><td style="vertical-align:middle;padding-left:1.0em;padding-right:1.0em;;"> –</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><a href="/wiki/Module:Protection_banner" title="Module:Protection banner">Module:Protection banner</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>On redirect pages, use the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Redirect_category_shell" title="Template:Redirect category shell">Redirect category shell</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template, which automatically categorizes by protection level, below the redirect line. A protection template may also be added below the redirect line, but it will serve only to categorize the page, as it will not be visible on the page, and it will have to be manually removed when protection is removed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Retired_protections" data-mw-thread-id="h-Retired_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Retired_protections"></span>Retired protections<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Retired_protections"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Superprotect" data-mw-thread-id="h-Superprotect-Retired_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Superprotect-Retired_protections"></span>Superprotect<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Superprotect-Retired_protections"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:SUPERPROTECT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SUPERPROTECT&redirect=no">WP:SUPERPROTECT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Superprotect was a level of protection,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allowing editing only by <a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:GlobalUsers&group=staff">Wikimedia Foundation employees who were in the Staff global group</a>. It was <a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/153302" class="extiw" title="gerrit:153302">implemented on August 10, 2014</a> and <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_product_development_process/2015-11-05" class="extiw" title="mw:WMF product development process/2015-11-05">removed on November 5, 2015</a>. It was never used on the English Wikipedia. </p><p>For several years, the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Namespace#Former_namespaces" title="Wikipedia:Namespace">Gadget namespace</a> (which no longer exists) could only be edited by WMF staff, which has sometimes been referred to as superprotection even though it is unrelated to the above use. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cascading_semi-protection" data-mw-thread-id="h-Cascading_semi-protection-Retired_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Cascading_semi-protection-Retired_protections"></span>Cascading semi-protection<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Cascading_semi-protection-Retired_protections"></span></h3></div> <p>Cascading semi-protection was formerly possible, but it was disabled in 2007 after <a href="https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T10796" class="extiw" title="phab:T10796">users noticed</a> that non-administrators could fully protect any page by transcluding it onto the page to which cascading semi-protection had been applied by an administrator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pending_changes_protection_level_2" data-mw-thread-id="h-Pending_changes_protection_level_2-Retired_protections"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Pending_changes_protection_level_2-Retired_protections"></span>Pending changes protection level 2<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Pending_changes_protection_level_2-Retired_protections"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Orange padlock" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg/64px-Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="64" height="64" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg/96px-Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/38/Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg/128px-Pending_Changes_Protected_Level_2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512"/></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ORANGELOCK"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ORANGELOCK&redirect=no">WP:ORANGELOCK</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>Originally, two levels of pending changes protection existed, where level<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 required edits by all users who are not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">pending changes reviewers</a> to be reviewed. Following a community discussion, level<span class="nowrap"> </span>2 was retired from the English Wikipedia in January 2017. It was suggested then that "Pending changes level<span class="nowrap"> </span>1" be referred to in the future as simply "Pending changes".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext" title="MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext">MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:ProtectedPages" title="Special:ProtectedPages">Special:ProtectedPages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:ProtectedTitles" title="Special:ProtectedTitles">Special:ProtectedTitles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_lock" title="Wikipedia:Edit lock">Wikipedia:Edit lock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_indefinitely_protected_pages" title="Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages">Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Wikipedia:Requests for page protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rough_guide_to_semi-protection" title="Wikipedia:Rough guide to semi-protection">Wikipedia:Rough guide to semi-protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_protection_requests_sparingly" title="Wikipedia:Make protection requests sparingly">Wikipedia:Make protection requests sparingly</a>, an essay</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Salting_is_usually_a_bad_idea" title="Wikipedia:Salting is usually a bad idea">Wikipedia:Salting is usually a bad idea</a>, an essay</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Protected_pages_considered_harmful" class="extiw" title="metawiki:Protected pages considered harmful">metawiki:Protected pages considered harmful</a></li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/The_Wrong_Version" class="extiw" title="metawiki:The Wrong Version">metawiki:The Wrong Version</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy/Padlocks" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy/Padlocks">Wikipedia:Protection policy/Padlocks</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Salt-Note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Salt-Note_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This is also known as <i>"salting"</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ECP-Former-Name-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ECP-Former-Name_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Extended confirmed protection was previously known as <b>30/500 protection</b>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For accounts meeting the 30-day requirement, the permission is added on the edit following the 500th (i.e., the 501st edit). For accounts meeting the edit count requirement before the 30-day requirement, the permission is granted on the edit following the account reaching 30 days in age.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Extended_confirmed_protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ECPRFC2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ECPRFC2_5-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Extended_confirmed_protection_policy_2" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy 2">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy 2</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The extended confirmed restriction was previously known as the "500/30 rule" which differed slightly.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/1042239556#Should_we_use_ECP_on_templates?" title="Special:Diff/1042239556">Should we use ECP on templates?</a> discussion at the village pump.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Special:Diff/740835205" title="Special:Diff/740835205">Wikipedia talk:Protection Policy discussion to remove manual posting requirement</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Created October 2013 as a result of <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Template_editor_user_right" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Template editor user right">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Template editor user right‎</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Unlike with <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:SUPERPROTECT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:SUPERPROTECT">WP:SUPERPROTECT</a>, admins <i>technically</i> can still edit or unprotect these pages, however, they should not do so without permission.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Please refer to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Protect_user_pages_by_default" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Protect user pages by default">Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Protect user pages by default</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Requests_for_comment/Protect_user_pages_by_default" title="Wikipedia talk:Requests for comment/Protect user pages by default">its talk page</a> for community discussion related to a preventative measure for user pages.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Per discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Protection_policy/Archive_15#Own_userspace_pages_protection_policy" title="Wikipedia talk:Protection policy/Archive 15">Wikipedia talk:Protection policy/Archive 15 § Own userspace pages protection policy</a>, June 2013</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Per discussion at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Archive314#Protecting_an_editor's_user_page_or_user_space_per_their_request" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive314">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive314 § Protecting an editor's user page or user space per their request</a>, September 2019</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a class="external text" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Superprotect">"Superprotect"</a>. <i>Wikimedia Meta-Wiki</i>. 2014-09-08<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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policy">Blocking policy</a> (WP:BLOCK)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a> (WP:DEL)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Protection policy</a> (WP:PROTECT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion policy</a> (WP:REVDEL)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><link 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class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_policies_and_guidelines" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_key_policies_and_guidelines_(?)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia key <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policies and guidelines</a> <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Wikipedia's policies and guidelines are developed by the community to describe best practices, clarify principles, resolve conflicts, and otherwise further our goal.">(?)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Five_pillars" title="Wikipedia:Five pillars">Five pillars</a></b> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></b></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Content <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="defines the scope of the encyclopedia and the material that is suitable for it">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">Verifiability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research" title="Wikipedia:No original research">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not" title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">What Wikipedia is not</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights" title="Wikipedia:Copyrights">Copyright</a> (<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations" title="Wikipedia:Copyright violations">Copyright violations</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Image_use_policy" title="Wikipedia:Image use policy">Image use</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_titles" title="Wikipedia:Article titles">Article titles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability" title="Wikipedia:Notability">Notability</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autobiography" title="Wikipedia:Autobiography">Autobiography</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">Citing sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources">Reliable sources</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identifying_reliable_sources_(medicine)" title="Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources (medicine)">Medicine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_include_the_full_text_of_lengthy_primary_sources" title="Wikipedia:Do not include the full text of lengthy primary sources">Do not include copies of lengthy primary sources</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Plagiarism" title="Wikipedia:Plagiarism">Plagiarism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_create_hoaxes" title="Wikipedia:Do not create hoaxes">Don't create hoaxes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patent_nonsense" title="Wikipedia:Patent nonsense">Patent nonsense</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links" title="Wikipedia:External links">External links</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Conduct <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="describes how editors can successfully collaborate and what behavior is acceptable">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Civility" title="Wikipedia:Civility">Civility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Harassment" title="Wikipedia:Harassment">Harassment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism">Vandalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">Ignore all rules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_personal_attacks" title="Wikipedia:No personal attacks">No personal attacks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ownership_of_content" title="Wikipedia:Ownership of content">Ownership of content</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_legal_threats" title="Wikipedia:No legal threats">No legal threats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Child_protection" title="Wikipedia:Child protection">Child protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Paid-contribution_disclosure" title="Wikipedia:Paid-contribution disclosure">Paid-contribution disclosure</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Assume_good_faith" title="Wikipedia:Assume good faith">Assume good faith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disruptive_editing" title="Wikipedia:Disruptive editing">Disruptive editing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Do_not_disrupt_Wikipedia_to_illustrate_a_point" title="Wikipedia:Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point">Do not disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Etiquette" title="Wikipedia:Etiquette">Etiquette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Gaming_the_system" title="Wikipedia:Gaming the system">Gaming the system</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers" title="Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers">Please do not bite the newcomers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Responding_to_threats_of_harm" title="Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm">Responding to threats of harm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Talk_page_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines">Talk page guidelines</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Signatures" title="Wikipedia:Signatures">Signatures</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Deletion <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the processes by which pages, revisions, and logs may be deleted">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Biographies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Attack_page" title="Wikipedia:Attack page">Attack page</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight">Oversight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Enforcement <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="explains the various means by which standards may be enforced">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Page protection</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;">Editing <span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="documents the various protocols about style and grouping">(?)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#118811;"><abbr title="Policies"><span style="font-size:120%">P</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_policy" title="Wikipedia:Editing policy">Editing policy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;"><b><span style="color:#0077A4;"><abbr title="Guidelines"><span style="font-size:120%">G</span></abbr></span></b></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_size" title="Wikipedia:Article size">Article size</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Summary_style" title="Wikipedia:Summary style">Summary style</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Be_bold" title="Wikipedia:Be bold">Be bold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Disambiguation" title="Wikipedia:Disambiguation">Disambiguation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Hatnote" title="Wikipedia:Hatnote">Hatnotes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Broad-concept_article" title="Wikipedia:Broad-concept article">Broad-concept article</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_technical_articles_understandable" title="Wikipedia:Make technical articles understandable">Understandability</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Style</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style">Manual of Style</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Contents" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Contents">Contents</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers">Dates and numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Images" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Images">Images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Layout" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Layout">Layout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lead section">Lead section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Linking" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Linking">Linking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lists" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Lists">Lists</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal;">Classification</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories,_lists,_and_navigation_templates" title="Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and navigation templates">Categories, lists, and navigation templates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Categorization" title="Wikipedia:Categorization">Categorization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_namespace" title="Wikipedia:Template namespace">Template namespace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_pages" title="Wikipedia:User pages">User pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">User boxes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Subpages" title="Wikipedia:Subpages">Subpages</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:6.9em;text-align:left;;background: #dddddd;color:inherit;"><abbr title="Wikimedia Foundation">WMF</abbr> <abbr title="official policies and statements of the Wikimedia Foundation">(?)</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="P" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left; font-weight: normal; background: 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