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== Semi-protection == | == Semi-protection == | ||
[[WP:Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection|Semi-protection]] prevents edits from [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Unregistered users|unregistered users]] (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]] (is at least four days old and has at least ten edits to VDC{{confirm}}) or [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Confirmed users|confirmed]]. Semi-protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] from new or unregistered users, or to prevent [[WP:SOCK|sockpuppets]] of blocked or banned users from editing. | [[WP:Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection|Semi-protection]] prevents edits from [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Unregistered users|unregistered users]] (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]] (is at least four days old and has at least ten edits to VDC{{confirm}}) or [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Confirmed users|confirmed]]. Semi-protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] from new or unregistered users, or to prevent [[WP:SOCK|sockpuppets]] of blocked or banned users from editing. | ||
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Semi-protection
Semi-protection prevents edits from unregistered users (IP addresses), as well as edits from any account that is not autoconfirmed (is at least four days old and has at least ten edits to VDC[confirm]) or confirmed. Semi-protection is useful when there is a significant amount of disruption or vandalism from new or unregistered users, or to prevent sockpuppets of blocked or banned users from editing.