WickedGov:Protection policy: Difference between revisions

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* Semi-protected pages that continue to be disrupted by autoconfirmed users.

* Whenever the criteria for full protection are met, but a less restrictive protection level will still be sufficient.

* There is community consensus to impose extended protection.

== Full protection ==

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Full protection results in all users being prohibited from editing a page, except for [[Project:Group rights#Administrators|administrators]]. Due to the restrictive nature of this protection level, it should only be used in the following cases:

* Files or templates with many or prominent uses.

* Files or templates with many or prominent uses (see [[#High-risk|below]]).

* Files or templates used in [[Project:Interface|system messages]].

* The [[Project:Main Page|Main Page]].

* As a temporary emergency measure to prevent vandalism, edit warring, or other issues, but only when there is no good alternative.

* There is community consensus to impose full protection.

As with semi-protection, full protection ~~can be applied~~ on a ~~case-by-case basis as~~ a ~~result~~ of community ~~consensus~~.

== {{anchor|High-risk}} Protection of high-risk templates and files ==

As a preventative measure, templates with many transclusions and files with many uses may be protected at any level from semi-protection to full protection. This is justified for multiple reasons:

* [[WickedGov:Vandalism|Vandalism]] on these pages would affect a large number of other pages.

* Excessive editing to these templates may affect server performance.

When choosing a level of protection under this section, administrators should balance the importance of community editing with the visibility level of the page.

== Office protection ==

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Administrators are not technically permitted to add or remove this protection level. The office will communicate and cooperate with the community on the use of this feature whenever possible.

All pages in the <code>Policy:</code> namespace are permanently office-protected. These pages contain important legal policies that must not be changed without thorough consideration.

== Protection from moving ==

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 * Semi-protected pages that continue to be disrupted by autoconfirmed users.
 * Whenever the criteria for full protection are met, but a less restrictive protection level will still be sufficient.
+* There is community consensus to impose extended protection.
 == Full protection ==
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 Full protection results in all users being prohibited from editing a page, except for [[Project:Group rights#Administrators|administrators]]. Due to the restrictive nature of this protection level, it should only be used in the following cases:
-* Files or templates with many or prominent uses.
+* Files or templates with many or prominent uses (see [[#High-risk|below]]).
 * Files or templates used in [[Project:Interface|system messages]].
 * The [[Project:Main Page|Main Page]].
 * As a temporary emergency measure to prevent vandalism, edit warring, or other issues, but only when there is no good alternative.
+* There is community consensus to impose full protection.
-As with semi-protection, full protection can be applied on a case-by-case basis as a result of community consensus.
+== {{anchor|High-risk}} Protection of high-risk templates and files ==
+As a preventative measure, templates with many transclusions and files with many uses may be protected at any level from semi-protection to full protection. This is justified for multiple reasons:
+* [[WickedGov:Vandalism|Vandalism]] on these pages would affect a large number of other pages.
+* Excessive editing to these templates may affect server performance.
+When choosing a level of protection under this section, administrators should balance the importance of community editing with the visibility level of the page.
 == Office protection ==
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 Administrators are not technically permitted to add or remove this protection level. The office will communicate and cooperate with the community on the use of this feature whenever possible.
+All pages in the <code>Policy:</code> namespace are permanently office-protected. These pages contain important legal policies that must not be changed without thorough consideration.
 == Protection from moving ==