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===Pages protected due to edit wars or vandalism=== ===Pages protected due to edit wars or vandalism===
''latest at bottom'' <!-- yes, Ta bu shi da yu, that means you too :) oops --> ''latest at bottom'' <!-- yes, Ta bu shi da yu, that means you too :) oops -->
⚫ *] and ] - protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd). ] 01:44, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
*] - ] and ] seem to be at an edit war. --] ] 07:38, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC) *] - ] and ] seem to be at an edit war. --] ] 07:38, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
*] - Edit war, and prior edit wars. Protected by ] --] ] 10:48, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC) *] - Edit war, and prior edit wars. Protected by ] --] ] 10:48, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)
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*] - Vandalism protection, requested at ]. --] ] 06:15, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC) *] - Vandalism protection, requested at ]. --] ] 06:15, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*] - Vandalism protection, requested at ]. Should definitely be unprotected before the ceremony on Feb 27, but according to the request, a few days should suffice. -- ] ] 07:20, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC) *] - Vandalism protection, requested at ]. Should definitely be unprotected before the ceremony on Feb 27, but according to the request, a few days should suffice. -- ] ] 07:20, Feb 4, 2005 (UTC)
⚫ *] - Protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd, has been deleted 15 times) ] 17:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
⚫ **Now also ], protected. -- ] 02:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*] protected by ] based on a request. *] protected by ] based on a request.
⚫ *] - constant recreation vandalism by dynamic ip. -- ] | ] 02:17, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*<s>] - revert war between several anon IPs (same edit... same person?) and various logged-in users. Has been going on since January 28 at low intensity, heated up considerably in last few hours. -- ] 06:09, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)</s> *<s>] - revert war between several anon IPs (same edit... same person?) and various logged-in users. Has been going on since January 28 at low intensity, heated up considerably in last few hours. -- ] 06:09, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)</s>
*] - multiple vandalisms. ]] 06:33, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC) *] - multiple vandalisms. ]] 06:33, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
*] - placed at bottom of the list :-) there is a revert war ongoing, but I refuse to block over this one. - ] 05:09, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC) *] - placed at bottom of the list :-) there is a revert war ongoing, but I refuse to block over this one. - ] 05:09, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
⚫ *] - Protected against constant re-creation vandalism. Multiple anon IPs creating different patent-nonsense versions of this page over and over again. -- ] 12:38, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*], vandalism - ] ] 14:51, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC) *], vandalism - ] ] 14:51, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

====Protected against article re-creation vandalism====
⚫ *] and ] - protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd). ] 01:44, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
⚫ *] - Protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd, has been deleted 15 times) ] 17:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
⚫ **Now also ], protected. -- ] 02:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
⚫ *] - constant recreation vandalism by dynamic ip. -- ] | ] 02:17, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
⚫ *] - Protected against constant re-creation vandalism. Multiple anon IPs creating different patent-nonsense versions of this page over and over again. -- ] 12:38, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
*] -- by User:Rdsmith4


===Images protected while on the ]=== ===Images protected while on the ]===

Revision as of 02:44, 7 February 2005

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Administrators have the ability to "protect" pages or images such that they cannot be modified except by other admins. This ability is only to be used in limited circumstances.


Policy

  1. Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.
  2. Do not protect a page on which you are involved in an edit dispute.

See Misplaced Pages:Protection policy for more detailed advice and the purpose of protected pages.

Procedure

  1. Protect the page, supplying a reason.
  2. Add {{protected}} (or {{vprotected}} for vandalism) to the top of the temporarily protected page and make mention of the protection in the edit summary.
  3. List pages you protect on Misplaced Pages:Protected page; if it is protected due to a conflict, you may want to list all user names/IPs involved in the conflict.
  4. Consider encouraging a resolution between the disputing parties.
  5. Remove the protection (while supplying a reason) once the conflict has been resolved.
  6. Remove {{protected}} from the top of an unprotected page and make mention of the removal in the edit summary.

See also

Rationale

See meta:Protected pages considered harmful, meta:edit wars

Viewing the source of a protected page

To view the source of e.g. Main Page, use one of the following:

The latter also gives metadata (see m:page metadata) about the last edit. It is an XML file; tags are coded in its source, and plainly shown when rendered by the browser. However, blank lines in the wikisource are shown in the xml-source, but not in the rendering.

List of protected pages

If you protect a page, or find a protected page not listed here, please add it to this list. Please also add a short description of ten words or less indicating why you protected it. If you need to say more, discuss on the talk page of the page you protected. Also see the protection log for recent unprotections, which replaces the manual list of recently unprotected pages. The {{protected}} header automatically adds Category:Protected to the page, adding it to the Category's listing.

Pages protected due to edit wars or vandalism

latest at bottom

Protected against article re-creation vandalism

  • André Nilsen and Andre Nilsen - protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd). silsor 01:44, Jan 8, 2005 (UTC)
  • Kash Jaffrey - Protected against constant recreation vandalism (was VfD'd, has been deleted 15 times) jni 17:49, 4 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • David Lowe - constant recreation vandalism by dynamic ip. -- Francs2000 | Talk ] 02:17, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Bart Cilfone - Protected against constant re-creation vandalism. Multiple anon IPs creating different patent-nonsense versions of this page over and over again. -- Curps 12:38, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
  • Lzf -- by User:Rdsmith4

Images protected while on the Main Page

Images on the main page often become the target of vandalism, particularly being overwritten with shock site images, which harms the credibility of the project due to that page's extreme visibility. Also, it takes some time for sysops to determine what caused a main page change. As such, images have begun to be protected during their time there, and this has become a de facto policy since the second or third week of November 2004.

In order to keep track of these images, please add {{ProtectedMainPageImage}} to them. This will add the image to Category:Protected main page images. There are typically 4 to 5 images on the main page, although some of them may be from the Wikicommons.

Permanently/semi-permanently protected pages and images

Visibility reasons

Legal reasons

System administration reasons

The following pages are automatically generated and are usually protected for system administration reasons:

Various template pages

User pages

User pages sometimes become targets for vandalism, and may be protected upon request of the user associated with the page if this is a serious problem. Clear evidence can be seen from a user's history of the page, and their history from their discussion page.

Subpages and boilerplates

Some users have created boilerplate pages in their user namespace and protected them from editing. The appropriateness of doing this is disputed.

User talk pages

User talk pages should only be protected in cases of persistent vandalism, and then only for as brief a period as possible.