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To add a page to this category, use {} or one of the more specific full-protection templates. This should only be done if the page is indeed protected; adding the template does not in itself protect the page. For a dynamic and sortable list of all protected pages, see Special:ProtectedPages.
See also Wikipedia:High-risk templates and Category:Wikipedia protected templates. The following templates are indefinitely protected or semi-protected because a large number of pages directly or indirectly depend on them. These templates should only be edited when absolutely necessary.
To request that a page be protected or unprotected, see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Special:ProtectedPages - automatic list Also see Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages - indefinitely or permanently protected pages, specifically maintenance templates and high-exposure Wikipedia pages
Full protection prevents a page from being edited except by administrators. For semi-protected pages, which cannot be edited by anonymous and newly registered users, see Category:Wikipedia semi-protected pages. To add a page to this category, use {{pp-protected}}. This should only be done if the page is in fact protected – adding the template ...
make a request to protect or unprotect a page : see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection: make a request to edit a page : see Wikipedia:Edit requests: obtain user rights to edit protected pages : request user rights: report a user for persistent vandalism or spam : file a vandalism report: report a user for edit warring or violating revert ...
Protected pages are categorized into subcategories of Category:Wikipedia protected pages, depending on the level of (and reason for) protection. For a dynamic and sortable list of all protected pages (including redirects), see Special:ProtectedPages .
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.
Talk pages of anonymous users should generally only be semi-protected. This prevents a vandal from blanking warnings etc., but still allows non-admin RC patrollers to issue warnings on this page. Please use the template {{Usertalk-sprotect}} to mark such pages. This adds the page to Category:Semi-protected user and user talk pages.