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Help:Protection

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You may have arrived at this page via a link on a protected page.

A protected page is one which can only be edited by sysops.

There are a number of possible reasons why a page might be protected.

1) Semi-permanently:

  • Protecting the Main Page from vandalism.
  • Maintaining the integrity of the copyright and license pages.
  • Maintaining the integrity of past press releases.
  • Protecting certain "system administration" pages.

2) Temporarily:

  • Enforcing a "cool down" period to stop an "edit war", upon request
  • Protecting a page that has been a recent target of persistent vandalism or persistent edits by a banned user.
  • Preventing changes to a page while investigating a possible bug.

See also: Protection policy, Requests for page protection, Protection log, List of protected pages

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