Jump to content

Help:Protected pages

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 2601:647:4701:4d10:4457:4877:2b9c:6c54 (talk) at 07:26, 19 November 2016 (Undid revision 750365367 by Crboyer (talk)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.
Readers' FAQ
A link to a friendly place where you can ask questions to get help with using Wikipedia
For information about editing protected pages, see Help:Protection.

Some Wikipedia pages are protected from editing to prevent vandalism. This protection status is usually shown as a padlock at the top right of the protected page. Its varying colours depend on the level of protection, which include:

  • Full protection
  • Semi-protection
  • Creation protection
  • Move protection
  • Upload protection
  • Pending-changes protection

Only administrators and office staff are able to activate page protection.
For example, the Main Page of Wikipedia has permanent protection because of its high visibility, and many of the pages linked from it may also be protected. Note that the purpose of page protection is for protection against vandalism, and not for censorship reasons.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Protected_pages&oldid=750365428"