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==When not to use semi-protection== |
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Semi-protection is intended to allow good edits to be made |
Semi-protection is intended to allow good edits to be made while preventing vandalism of the page. There are some situations in which it should not be applied. It is: |
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*'''not''' to be used to deal with regular edit warring or revert wars. See [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|the protection policy]] for how to deal with this. |
*'''not''' to be used to deal with regular edit warring or revert wars. See [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|the protection policy]] for how to deal with this. |
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*'''not''' intended to prohibit anonymous editing in general, and is thus not a solution to run-of-the-mill vandalism. |
*'''not''' intended to prohibit anonymous editing in general, and is thus not a solution to run-of-the-mill vandalism. |
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Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected as a rule, except in |
Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected as a rule, except in special circumstances. |
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==How== |
==How== |
Revision as of 22:50, 10 March 2006
Semi-protection of a page prevents unregistered editors and editors with very new accounts editing that page. "Very new" is currently defined as four days.
A page can be temporarily semi-protected by an administrator, in response to vandalism. Administrators may become aware of the vandalism themselves and decide to apply semi-protection, they may be contacted through their Talk page, or they may respond to a request at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection or the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, or some other relevant page.
Semi-protection should not be used as a purely pre-emptive measure against the threat or probability of vandalism before any such vandalism occurs, such as when certain pages suddenly become high profile due to current events or being linked from a high-traffic website. It is also not an appropriate solution to regular content disputes since it may restrict some editors and not others.
To request that semi-protection be lifted, a simple note on the article's talk page, the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, or Wikipedia:Requests for page protection should be sufficient.
Articles that are semi-protected are indicated with {{sprotected}} and listed at Wikipedia:Protected page#Semi-protection and Category:Semi-protected.
When not to use semi-protection
Semi-protection is intended to allow good edits to be made while preventing vandalism of the page. There are some situations in which it should not be applied. It is:
- not to be used to deal with regular edit warring or revert wars. See the protection policy for how to deal with this.
- not intended for pre-emptive protection of articles that might get vandalized if they haven't been already. This includes the day's Featured Article, which should almost never be protected.
- not intended to prohibit anonymous editing in general, and is thus not a solution to run-of-the-mill vandalism.
Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected as a rule, except in special circumstances.
How
- In the protection interface, choose "Block new and unregistered users" for editing and/or moving the page as appropriate.
- Add {{sprotected}} to the top of the article. This adds the article to Category:Semi-protected.
- List the page at Wikipedia:Protected page#Semi-protection.
In the exceptional circumstance that you protect a User or user talk page, use {{usertalk-sprotect}} instead.
Tools
- While the recent history of an article is most relevant to this type of protection, this tool is useful for tracking vandalism on a particular article over a longer period, to consider changing status. It's not perfect, however, and can be abused. For instance, it will show a high vandalism rate if a low traffic article gets just one instance of vandalism per day.
See also
- Wikipedia:Protection policy, which deals principally with full-protection, but contains much of Wikipedia's philosophy regarding protection.
- m:Protected pages considered harmful.
- Template:Editprotected, process for protected edit requests applicable to protected pages of any level.