Unregistered, New | Autoconfirmed, Confirmed | Reviewer | Administrator | Appropriate for* | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No protection | can edit; changes go live** immediately; no acceptance required |
The vast majority of pages | ||||
Pending changes level 1 protection |
can edit; changes will go live after being accepted by a reviewer |
can edit; changes go live immediately (if no previous pending changes remain to be accepted) |
can edit; changes go live immediately;*** can accept pending changes |
Infrequently edited articles that are experiencing high levels of vandalism or BLP violations from unregistered and new users | ||
Semi-protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
Articles experiencing high levels of vandalism or edit warring from unregistered and new users, and for some highly visible templates and modules | |||
Pending changes level 2 protection |
can edit; changes will go live after being accepted by a reviewer |
can edit; changes go live immediately;*** can accept pending changes |
No consensus for use on the English Wikipedia per WP:PCRFC | |||
Pending changes level 2 with Semi-protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes will go live after being accepted by a reviewer |
can edit; changes go live immediately;*** can accept pending changes |
No consensus for use on the English Wikipedia per WP:PCRFC | ||
Unregistered, New | Auto/Confirmed | Template editor | Reviewer | Administrator | Appropriate for* | |
Template protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
High-risk templates and modules | |
Full protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
Articles experiencing persistent vandalism or edit warring from (auto)confirmed accounts, and for critically important templates and modules | |||
* See also: Wikipedia:Protection policy ** "Go live" means the edits will be visible to readers who are not logged in. In all cases, edits are always visible to readers logged into Wikipedia. *** When editing articles with pending changes that are not yet reviewed, Administrators and Reviewers are prompted to review the pending changes before saving their edit. |
For the table limited to level 1 PC, see Template:Pending changes level 1 table.
This is {{Pending changes table}}, intended to show the effects of pending changes protection on an article.
Usage
Use 1=no (see {{yesno}}) to hide the level 2 PC per WP:PCRFC.