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|+ Interaction of Wikipedia user groups and page protection levels
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!scope="col" width="9%" | [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Unregistered users|Unregistered]] or [[Wikipedia:User access levels#New users|newly registered]]
!scope="col" width="9%" | [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Confirmed users|Confirmed]] or [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]]
!scope="col" width="9%"  | [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Extended confirmed users|Extended confirmed]] 
!scope="col" width="9%"  | [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Template editor|Template editor]]&nbsp;{{hsp}}<sup>★</sup>
!scope="col" width="8%"  | [[Wikipedia:Administrators|Admin]]
!scope="col" width="8%"  | [[Wikipedia:Interface administrators|Interface admin]]
!scope="col" width="37%" | Appropriate for{{#ifeq:{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Wikipedia:Protection policy||<br/>(''See also'': [[Wikipedia:Protection policy]])}}
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | No protection
|colspan="6" style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Normal editing}}
                                        | The vast majority of pages. <strong>This is the default protection level.</strong>
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | [[File:Pending-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Pending changes protection|Pending changes]]
|colspan="6" style="background:#ffffc0" | {{small caps|All users can edit}}<br>Edits by '''unregistered or newly registered''' editors (and any subsequent edits by <u>anyone</u>) are hidden from readers who are not logged in until reviewed by a '''[[Wikipedia:User access levels#Pending changes reviewer|pending changes reviewer]]''' or '''administrator'''. Logged-in editors see all edits, whether accepted or not.
                                        | Infrequently edited pages with high levels of vandalism, [[WP:BLP|BLP]] violations, edit-warring, or other disruption from unregistered and new users.
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | [[File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Semi-protection|Semi]]
|style="background:#ffcccc"             | {{small caps|Cannot edit}}
|colspan="5" style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Normal editing}}
                                        | Pages that have been persistently vandalized by anonymous and registered users. Some highly visible templates and modules.
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | [[File:Extended-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Extended confirmed protection|Extended confirmed]]
|colspan="2" style="background:#ffcccc" | {{small caps|Cannot edit}}
|colspan="4" style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Normal editing}}
                                        | Specific topic areas authorized by [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|ArbCom]], pages where semi-protection has failed, or [[Wikipedia:high-risk templates|high-risk templates]] where template protection would be too restrictive.
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | {{nobr|[[File:Template-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Template protection|Template]]}}
|colspan="3" style="background:#ffcccc" | {{small caps|Cannot edit}}
|colspan="3" style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Normal editing}}
                                        | [[Wikipedia:High-risk templates|High-risk]] or very-frequently used templates and modules. [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Template protection|Some]] high-risk pages outside of [[WP:Template namespace|template space]].
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | [[File:Full-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Full protection|Full]]
|colspan="4" style="background:#ffcccc" | {{small caps|Cannot edit}}
|colspan="2" style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Can edit}}<sup>♦</sup>
                                        | Pages with persistent disruption from extended confirmed accounts.
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!scope="row" style="text-align:left"    | [[File:Interface-protection-shackle.svg|20px]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Interface protection|Interface]]
|colspan="5" style="background:#ffcccc" | {{small caps|Cannot edit}}
|            style="background:#ccffcc" | {{small caps|Normal editing}}
                                        | Scripts, stylesheets, and similar objects fundamental to operation of the site or that are in other editors' user spaces.
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|colspan="8" style="text-align:left" |<sup>'''★'''</sup>{{hsp}} The table assumes a template editor also has extended confirmed privileges, which is almost always the case in practice.<!-- There are other cases that could be mentioned (e.g. a Template editor needs to be confirmed/autoconfirmed, or an admin, in order to edit through semiprotection) but they're just too esoteric. Also, the reason the footnote doesn't use the common <ref> or {efn} machinery is that an asterisk does the job just fine and maybe better--><br><sup>♦</sup>{{hsp}} Administrators are only authorized to perform non-controversial edits without obtaining consensus on the talk page.
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|colspan="8" style="text-align:left" |Other modes of protection:
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|[[File:Create-protection-shackle.svg   |20px|Create protected|alt=Blue padlock]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#create|Create protection]]
|[[File:Move-protection-shackle.svg     |20px|Move protected|alt=Green padlock]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#move|Move protection]]
|[[File:Upload-protection-shackle.svg   |20px|Upload protected|alt=Purple padlock]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#upload|Upload protection]]
|[[File:Office-protection-shackle.svg   |20px|Protected by Office|alt=Black padlock]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#office|Office protection]]
|[[File:Cascade-protection-shackle.svg  |20px|Cascade protected|alt=Turquoise padlock]][[Wikipedia:Protection policy#cascade|Cascade protection]]}}
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