Why is the page protected?
- While most articles can be edited by anyone, extended confirmed protection is sometimes necessary to prevent disruptive editing on controversial pages.
- The reason for protection can be found in the protection log. If there are no relevant entries in the protection log, the page may have been moved after being protected.
What can I do?
- This template has a documentation page – Template:Protected page text/extendedconfirmed/doc – and a sandbox page – Template:Protected page text/extendedconfirmed/sandbox – both may be freely edited.
- Discuss this page with others.
- For move-protected pages, see requested moves.
- Request that the page's protection level be reduced.
- Find out more about how to get started editing Wikipedia.
- If you have noticed an error or have a suggestion for a simple, non-controversial change, you can submit an edit request by clicking the button below and following the instructions. An administrator or extended confirmed user may then make the change on your behalf. Please check the talk page first in case the issue is already being discussed.
- If you wrote any text, please save it temporarily to your device until you can edit this page.
Template documentationThis template displays the text that users see when they do not have permission to edit a page. This template was created to encourage reuse of code in the MediaWiki messages that display said errors.
For convenience, there are seven subtemplates already filled out with the settings for semi-protection, extended-confirmed protection, template protection, full protection, cascade protection, user JSON page protection, and user script protection: {{Protected page text/semi}}, {{Protected page text/extendedconfirmed}}, {{Protected page text/template}}, {{Protected page text/full}}, {{Protected page text/cascade}}, {{Protected page text/user-json}} and {{Protected page text/interface}}. It is recommended that you use these subtemplates, as this will allow you to benefit from future updates to the templates.
Syntax
Pre-defined settings
Semi-protection {{protected page text/semi}}
Extendedconfirmed protection {{protected page text/extendedconfirmed}}
Template protection {{protected page text/template}}
Full protection {{protected page text/full}}
Pages transcluded in cascade-protected pages{{protected page text/cascade}}
Protection of user JSON pages{{protected page text/user-json}}
Protection of user scripts {{protected page text/interface}}
Manual settings
{{protected page text| image = | protection-message = | suggestions = | protection-reason = | login-message = | main-page-links = | template-links = | who-can-edit = | request-type = }}Parameters
|image=– The shackle image used in the top message box. Defaults toFull-protection-shackle.svg.|protection-message=– The message inside the top message box. This should explain that the page is protected, and who can edit it. This parameter is required.|suggestions=– If this parameter is set with any text, the template shows the "Why is the page protected?" and "What can I do?" headings with a list of suggestions on what actions editors can take upon discovering that they can't edit the page. This parameter can be used with the #ifexist parser function to display the suggestions only on existing pages (i.e. to disable them on create-protected pages).|protection-reason=– The general reasons why pages of a given protection level might be protected. This is the first bullet point under the "Why is the page protected?" heading. This parameter is required.|log-text=– Optional text to use instead of the protection log explanation in the "Why is the page protected?" heading.|login-message=– If this parameter is set with any text, the template displays a message about logging in and becoming autoconfirmed.|main-page-links=– If this parameter is set with any text, and the current page is the Main Page, the template displays advice for new editors and a link to Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors.|template-links=– If this parameter is set with any text, and the current page is in the template namespace, the template will display links to the documentation and the template sandbox if they exist.|who-can-edit=– The users that can edit pages protected at this level. This should start with a capital letter and include a grammatical article, e.g.An [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]]. This parameter is required.|request-type=– The value to send to the|type=parameter of Template:Submit an edit request. Possible values aresemi,templateandfull. This parameter is required.|hide-requestlower=– If this parameter is set with any text, the template will hide the message about requesting lowering of protection at WP:RFPP. This is unlikely to be used except for pages subject to cascade-protection and which will have it indefinitely (requests to lower the protection on that particular page must necessarily be declined).
Example
The following example uses the code for full protection.
Code
{{protected page text| protection-message = This page is currently [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Full protection|protected]] so that only [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrators]] can edit it.| suggestions = {{#ifexist: {{FULLPAGENAME}} | yes}}| protection-reason = Some [[Wikipedia:Template messages|templates]] and site interface pages are permanently [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Full protection|protected]] due to visibility. Occasionally, articles are temporarily protected because of [[Wikipedia:Edit war|editing disputes]]. Most articles can be edited by anyone.| main-page-links = yes| template-links = yes| who-can-edit = An [[Wikipedia:Administrators|administrator]]| request-type = full}}Result
Why is the page protected?
- Some templates and site interface pages are permanently protected due to visibility. Occasionally, articles are temporarily protected because of editing disputes. Most articles can be edited by anyone.
- The reason for protection can be found in the protection log. If there are no relevant entries in the protection log, the page may have been moved after being protected.
What can I do?
- This template has a documentation page – Template:Protected page text/extendedconfirmed/doc – and a sandbox page – Template:Protected page text/extendedconfirmed/sandbox – both may be freely edited.
- Discuss this page with others.
- For move-protected pages, see requested moves.
- Request that the page's protection level be reduced.
- Find out more about how to get started editing Wikipedia.
- If you have noticed an error or have a suggestion for a simple, non-controversial change, you can submit an edit request by clicking the button below and following the instructions. An administrator may then make the change on your behalf. Please check the talk page first in case the issue is already being discussed.
- If you wrote any text, please save it temporarily to your device until you can edit this page.
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