NSWiki:Protected page

Administrators have the ability to "protect" pages or images such that they cannot be modified except by other admins. This ability is only to be used in limited circumstances.

Policy

1. Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a protected page notice.
2. Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over.

See NSwiki:Protection policy for more detailed advice and the purpose of protected pages.

Procedure

1. Protect the page, supplying a reason.
2. Add {{protected}} (or {{vprotected}} for vandalism) to the top of the temporarily protected page and make mention of the protection in the edit summary.
3. List pages you protect on Wikipedia:Protected page; if it is protected due to a conflict, you may want to list all user names/IPs involved in the conflict.
4. Consider encouraging a resolution between the disputing parties.
5. Remove the protection (while supplying a reason) once the conflict has been resolved.
6. 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.
• Protection log - automated log of protections and unprotections
• This page is protected
• Wikipedia maintenance section on maintaining this page

Rationale

See Wikipedia:meta:Protected pages considered harmful, Wikipedia:meta:edit wars

Viewing the source of a protected page

To view the source of e.g. Main Page, use one of the following:

• http://archive.nswiki.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&action=edit
• Special:Export/Main Page

The latter also gives Wikipedia:metadata: (see Wikipedia:m:page metadata) about the last edit. It is an XML file; tags are coded in its source, and plainly shown when rendered by the browser. However, blank lines in the wikisource are shown in the xml-source, but not in the rendering.

List of protected pages

If you protect a page, or find a protected page not listed here, please add it to this list. Please also add a short description of ten words or less indicating why you protected it. If you need to say more, discuss on the talk page of the page you protected. Also see NSwiki:Protection log for recent unprotections, which replaces the manual list of recently unprotected pages. The {{protected}} header automatically adds Category:Protected to the page, adding it to the Category's listing.

Semi-permanently protected pages or images (various reasons)

• Main Page (protect from vandalism). Discuss any changes to the Main Page at Talk:Main Page
• NSwiki:Info boxes (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki:GenericInfoBox (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki:Community Portal (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki:Style guide (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki:NPOV (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki:Dispute resolution (protect from vandalism)
• Image:Wiki.png (protect from vandalism)
• NSwiki (protect from vandalism)
• Main Page:about (protect from vandalism)

These template pages

• Template:Sitemap (protect from vandalism)
• Template:NSwiki meta toc (protect from vandalism)
• Template:Test (protect from vandalism)
• Template:Infobox Nation (in widespread use, edits would disrupt many pages)
• Template:Infobox Region (in widespread use, edits would disrupt many pages)

Semi-permanently protected (system administration reasons)

The following pages are automatically generated and are usually protected for system administration reasons:

User pages

User pages and their subpages are frequently targets for vandalism, and may be protected upon request of the user associated with the page if there is a history of vandalism. Add protected user pages to this list. User pages should not be protected unless there is a history of vandalism, and should be unprotected as soon as practicable -- see NSwiki:User page for more.

User talk pages

User talk pages should only be protected in cases of persistent vandalism, and then only for as brief a period as possible.

User talk pages presently protected include:

• (none)

Pages protected due to edit wars or vandalism

• Eireann Shamrock and Ireland - continued edits by a variety of IP users, see Talk:Eireann Shamrock for both discussions. Protecting until consensus is reached.
• 23:37, 24 Mar 2005 Frisbeeteria protected Hall of Ex-Nations (continuing vandalism/edit war by User:Fabusism2005, protected until consensus reached)
• Paulo Ribeiro put on temporary protection after eighth successive linkspam. Gruen2alk 13:59, 16 December 2005 (GMT)
• Shadowstorm Imperium Ruins put on temp. protection at 15:51, 28 January 2006 (GMT) after persistent linkspam since 30 November 2005. See edit history.