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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; Extended-confirmed ...
The talk page of the protected page; The protection log; The protection policy; The expiry of the period of protection is usually shown by a template that has been added to the article, independent of the actual protection mechanism. The template displays a message like "This article is currently protected from editing until October 13, 2015".
The various levels of protection can be applied to the page edit, page move, page create, and file upload actions. Even when a page is protected from editing, the source code of the page can still be viewed and copied by anyone. A protected page is marked at its top right by a padlock icon, usually added by the {{pp-protected}} template.
The page now is protected, but you now need to inform editors that the page is protected and to categorize the page in, for example, Category:Wikipedia semi-protected pages. This can be done with a single template from the protection template series. Add {{pp-protected}} to the top of the page to show that Wikipedia:Administrators' guide ...
Editing most Wikipedia pages is simple. Wikipedia uses two interface methods: classic editing with the Source Editor through wikitext (wiki markup), and a new VisualEditor (VE). Wikitext editing using the Source Editor is chosen by clicking the Edit source tab at the top of a Wikipedia page (or on a section-edit link). This opens an editable ...
{} - Edit semi-protected – Use this template instead to request that other editors update a page, if you are not logged in or are too new to edit a semi-protected page. {} - Use this template to request that other editors update a page that you have a conflict of interest in, or are blocked from editing.
[6] [7] Portrait mode is preferred for editing page layout work, in order to view the entire page of a screen at once without showing wasted space outside the borders of a page, and for script-writing, legal work (in drafting contracts etc.), and other applications where it is useful to see a maximum number of lines of text. It is also ...
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.