MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook/Protect

MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook Protect prevents changes to a page by users below a certain user level. Default: anyone can edit Autoconfirmed: No IP editing, no editing by the newest accounts Sysop: only editable by administrators Pagemove permissions are "locked" by default to match the edit permissions, but can be unlocked to allow editing without allowing pagemoves, or in theory vice-versa (though there's rarely any reason to set it that way). This is often done to project namespace pages which should be editable by anyone, but should not be moved around. Protecting the main page does not automatically protect the talk page. What should be protected depends on the project, but generally: Project and help namespace pages should generally be protected against pagemoves. Policy pages may be protected Widely used templates Frequent vandal or spam targets (the different projects have vastly different rules governing when this should be done) User namespace pages, on request of the user. For a more general discussion, see Protected pages considered harmful (on meta). Local Policies en.wikipedia -- Wikipedia:Protection policy en.wikibooks -- Wikibooks:Semi-protection policy en.wikiversity -- Wikiversity:Page protection templates commons.wikimedia -- Commons:Protected page en.wiktionary -- Wiktionary:Protected page guidelines en.wikisource -- Wikisource:Protection policy en.wikiquote -- Wikiquote:Protected page en.wikinews -- Wikinews:Protection policy es:Manual wiki/Anexo/Instalando el software