Template:Protection table

Interaction of Wikipedia user groups and page protection levels
	Unregistered or Newly registered	Auto-confirmed, Confirmed	Extended confirmed	Pending changes reviewer***	Admin	Appropriate for (See also: Wikipedia:Protection policy)
None	normal editing (can edit; changes go live* immediately)					The vast majority of pages
Pending changes	can edit but changes don't go live* until reviewer acceptance	normal editing but if there are previous pending changes, no changes go live* until the pending changes have been reviewed		normal editing** and can accept pending changes		Infrequently edited articles with high levels of vandalism or BLP violations from unregistered and new users
Semi	cannot edit	normal editing				Articles with high levels of vandalism or edit warring from unregistered and new users; some highly visible templates & modules
Extended confirmed	cannot edit		normal editing			Specific topic areas authorized by Arbcom; pages subject to persistent disruption that semi-protection has failed to stop
Template	cannot edit (unless Template editor, in which case normal editing)				normal editing	High-risk templates & modules
Full	cannot edit				normal editing	Articles with persistent vandalism or edit warring from extended confirmed accounts; critical templates & modules
* "Go live" means the changes become visible to readers who are not logged in to Wikipedia. In all cases throughout this table, changes are immediately visible to readers who are logged in. When an administrator or pending changes reviewer edits an article that has pending changes awaiting review, they must review the pending changes in order for their own edit(s) to go live. ***** This column assumes that a pending changes reviewer is also extended confirmed. (A pending changes reviewer needs the separate extended confirmed right to edit through extended confirmed protection; in practice essentially all pending changes reviewers will have the extended confirmed right.)