Template:Protection table: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 17:11, 5 January 2025

Interaction of MicroPedia user groups and page protection levels
	Unregistered or newly registered	Confirmed or autoconfirmed	Extended confirmed	Template editor	Admin	Interface admin	Appropriate for (See also: MicroPedia:Protection policy)
No protection	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing						The vast majority of pages. This is the default protection level.
Pending changes	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>All users can edit Edits by unregistered or new editors (and any subsequent edits by anyone) are hidden from readers who are not logged in, until reviewed by a pending changes reviewer or admin. Logged-in editors see all edits, whether accepted or not.						Infrequently edited pages with high levels of vandalism, BLP violations, edit-warring, or other disruption from unregistered and new users.
Semi	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cannot edit	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing					Pages that have been persistently vandalized by anonymous and registered users. Some highly visible templates and modules.
Extended confirmed	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cannot edit		<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing*				Specific topic areas authorized by ArbCom, pages where semi-protection has failed, or high-risk templates where template protection would be too restrictive.
Template:Nobr	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cannot edit			<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing			High-risk or very-frequently used templates and modules. Some high-risk pages outside of template space.
Full	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cannot edit				<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing		Pages with persistent disruption from extended confirmed accounts. Critical templates and modules.
Interface	<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Cannot edit					<templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Normal editing	Scripts, stylesheets, and similar objects central to operation of the site or that are in other editors' user spaces.
* In order to edit through extended confirmed protection, a template editor must also be extended confirmed, but in practice this is almost always the case. Other modes of protection: <templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/> <templatestyles src="Template:Plainlist/styles.css"></templatestyles> Create protection Move protection Upload protection Office protection Cascade protection