Template:Protection table
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Unregistered, New | Auto-confirmed, Confirmed | Extended confirmed | Template editor | Pending changes reviewer | Administrator | Appropriate for* | |
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No protection | can edit; changes go live** immediately; no acceptance required | The vast majority of pages | |||||
Pending changes level 1 protection |
can edit; changes go live after reviewer acceptance | 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 with 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 with high levels of vandalism or edit warring from unregistered and new users; some highly visible templates and modules | ||||
Extended confirmed protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
can only edit if also Extended confirmed | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
Specific topic areas authorized by the Arbitration Committee or persistent disruption that semi-protection has failed to stop | ||
Pending changes level 2 protection |
can edit; changes go live after reviewer acceptance | 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 go live after reviewer acceptance | |||||
Template protection | cannot edit | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
can only edit if also template editor | can edit; changes go live immediately; no acceptance required |
High-risk templates and modules | ||
Full protection | cannot edit | Articles with persistent vandalism or edit warring from (auto)confirmed accounts; critically important templates and modules | |||||
Unregistered, New | Auto-confirmed, Confirmed | Extended Confirmed | Template Editor | Pending changes reviewer | Administrator | Appropriate for* | |
* 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 not yet reviewed, Administrators and Reviewers are prompted to review the pending changes before saving their edit. |
This is {{Protection table}}, intended to show the effects of protection on a page.