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# Protect the page, supplying a reason. | # Protect the page, supplying a reason. | ||
# Add <nowiki>{{protected}}</nowiki> (or <nowiki>{{vprotected}}</nowiki> for vandalism) to the top of the temporarily protected page and make mention of the protection in the edit summary. | # Add <nowiki>{{protected}}</nowiki> (or <nowiki>{{vprotected}}</nowiki> for vandalism) to the top of the temporarily protected page and make mention of the protection in the edit summary. | ||
# List pages you protect on '' | # List pages you protect on ''Valve Developer Community:Protected page''; if it is protected due to a conflict, you may want to list ''all'' user names/IPs involved in the conflict. | ||
#: Please use '''<nowiki>{{article|ARTICLE NAME}}</nowiki>''' when listing a page at ''Wikipedia:Protected page'', where '''ARTICLE NAME''' is the article or page you wish to protect. | #: Please use '''<nowiki>{{article|ARTICLE NAME}}</nowiki>''' when listing a page at ''Wikipedia:Protected page'', where '''ARTICLE NAME''' is the article or page you wish to protect. | ||
# Consider encouraging a resolution between the disputing parties. | # Consider encouraging a resolution between the disputing parties. | ||
Revision as of 22:27, 8 January 2006
Administrators have the ability to "protect" pages or images so that they cannot be modified except by other admins (the link "MediaWiki:Editthispage" is replaced by a link "View source" when viewed by non-admins). This ability is only to be used in limited circumstances.
Admins must not protect pages they are actively engaged in editing, except in the case of simple vandalism.
Policy
- Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.
- Do not protect a page on which you are involved in an edit dispute (Category:Conflicts).
See Wikipedia:Protection policy for more detailed advice and the purpose of protected pages.
Procedure
- Protect the page, supplying a reason.
- Add {{protected}} (or {{vprotected}} for vandalism) to the top of the temporarily protected page and make mention of the protection in the edit summary.
- List pages you protect on Valve Developer Community:Protected page; if it is protected due to a conflict, you may want to list all user names/IPs involved in the conflict.
- Please use {{article|ARTICLE NAME}} when listing a page at Wikipedia:Protected page, where ARTICLE NAME is the article or page you wish to protect.
- Consider encouraging a resolution between the disputing parties.
- Remove the protection (while supplying a reason) once the conflict has been resolved.
- Remove {{protected}} from the top of an unprotected page and make mention of the removal in the edit summary.
See also
- Requests for page protection - place to request protection; use when your involvement in editing a page precludes protecting it yourself. Also used by non-administrators who wish for a page to be protected. Also for unprotection requests.
- Protection log - automated log of protections and unprotections
- This page is protected
- Wikipedia maintenance section on maintaining this page
- Wikipedia:Most vandalized pages - please add pages subjected to repeated vandalism to this list