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Semi-protection should not be used as a purely pre-emptive measure against the threat or probability of vandalism before any such vandalism occurs, such as when certain pages suddenly become high profile due to current events or being linked from a high-traffic website. It is also not an appropriate solution to regular content disputes since it may restrict some editors and not others. |
Semi-protection should not be used as a purely pre-emptive measure against the threat or probability of vandalism before any such vandalism occurs, such as when certain pages suddenly become high profile due to current events or being linked from a high-traffic website. It is also not an appropriate solution to regular content disputes since it may restrict some editors and not others. |
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In the case of one or two static IP vandals hitting a page, blocking the vandal or vandals may be a better option than semi-protection. |
In the case of one or two static IP vandals hitting a page, blocking the vandal or vandals may be a better option than semi-protection. |
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Revision as of 12:45, 10 May 2006
Semi-protection of a page prevents unregistered editors and editors with very new accounts from editing that page. "Very new" is currently defined as four days.
A page can be temporarily semi-protected by an administrator in response to vandalism, or to stop banned users with dynamic IPs from editing pages.
Semi-protection should not be used as a purely pre-emptive measure against the threat or probability of vandalism before any such vandalism occurs, such as when certain pages suddenly become high profile due to current events or being linked from a high-traffic website. It is also not an appropriate solution to regular content disputes since it may restrict some editors and not others.
In the case of one or two static IP vandals hitting a page, blocking the vandal or vandals may be a better option than semi-protection.
To request that semi-protection be lifted, leave a note on the protecting admin's talk page, on the article's talk page, the Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents, or Wikipedia:Requests for page protection.
Articles that are semi-protected are indicated with {{sprotected}} and listed at Wikipedia:Protected page#Semi-protection and Category:Semi-protected.
When not to use semi-protection
Semi-protection is intended to allow good edits to be made while preventing vandalism of the page. There are some situations in which it should not be applied. It is:
- not to be used to deal with regular content disputes. See the protection policy for how to deal with this;
- not intended for pre-emptive protection of articles that might get vandalized if they haven't been already. This includes the day's Featured Article, which should almost never be protected;
- not intended to prohibit anonymous editing in general.
Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected as a rule, except in special circumstances.
Semi-protection should only be considered if it is the only option left available to solve the problem of vandalism of the page. In other words, just like full protection, it is a last resort, not a pre-emptive measure. Remember to lift the semi-protection after a brief period.
How
Semi-protection can be requested by asking at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection, the article's talk page or, in cases where a very fast response is needed, the administrators' noticeboard.
Administrators:
- In the protection interface, choose "Block new and unregistered users" for editing and/or moving the page as appropriate.
- Add {{sprotected}} to the top of the article. This adds the article to Category:Semi-protected.
- List the page at Wikipedia:List of protected pages#Semi-protection. Remember to remove the listing when you unprotect.
When protecting a user or user talk page, use {{usertalk-sprotect}} instead.
Tools
- While the recent history of an article should be checked before semi-protecting, this tool is useful for tracking vandalism on a particular article over a longer period. It's not perfect, however, and can be abused. For instance, it will show a high vandalism rate if a low-traffic article gets just one instance of vandalism per day.
See also
- Wikipedia:Protection policy, which deals principally with full-protection, but contains much of Wikipedia's philosophy regarding protection.
- m:Protected pages considered harmful.
- Template:Editprotected, process for protected edit requests applicable to protected pages of any level.