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[[Project:Administrators|Administrators]] can '''protect''' and '''unprotect''' pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a non-admin cannot modify it. | [[Project:Administrators|Administrators]] can '''protect''' and '''unprotect''' pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a non-admin cannot modify it. | ||
The majority of pages on all | The majority of pages on all this wiki should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation. | ||
==Uses== | ==Uses== | ||
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*Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the [[Main Page]] on large wikis. | *Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the [[Main Page]] on large wikis. | ||
*Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon. | *Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon. | ||
*Maintaining the integrity of key | *Maintaining the integrity of key copyright and license pages. | ||
*Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See [[Special:Protectedtitles]] | *Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See [[Special:Protectedtitles]] | ||
*Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically) | *Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically) | ||
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*Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of ''persistent'' vandalism or ''persistent'' edits by a banned user. | *Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of ''persistent'' vandalism or ''persistent'' edits by a banned user. | ||
There is no need to protect personal .css and .js pages like user/monobook.css or user/cologneblue.js. Only the accounts associated with these pages (and admins) are able to edit them. | There is no need to protect personal .css and .js pages like user/monobook.css or user/cologneblue.js. Only the accounts associated with these pages (and admins) are able to edit them. | ||
== Usage == | == Usage == | ||
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==Rules== | ==Rules== | ||
#Do not make the common mistake of protecting pages unnecessarily. For example, do not protect a page simply because it is the Main Page. | #Do not make the common mistake of protecting pages unnecessarily. For example, do not protect a page simply because it is the Main Page. | ||
#Do not | #Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a notice explaining the page is protected. | ||
#Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large. | #Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large. | ||
#Avoid favoring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism. | #Avoid favoring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism. | ||