Scratchpad:Requests for page protection/Header



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 is where you come on to request that a page, image/video, or template be protected. The following are some of the available types of protection: as the case may be.
 * fully protected
 * create-protected (i.e., “salted”)
 * semi-protected
 * move-protected, or
 * unprotected

Please read up on the protection policy. Full protection is used to stop edit warring between multiple users, or to prevent vandalism to high-risk templates. Semi-protection is usually used only to prevent IP and new user vandalism (see the rough guide to semi-protection). Finally, move protection is used to stop pagemove revert wars.

After a page has been protected, the protection is listed in the page history and logs with a short description indicating why it was protected. The article is also listed at Special:ProtectedPages. Further discussion should take place on the article’s talk page. In the case of full protection due to edit warring, Administrators do not revert back to specific versions of the page, except to get rid of obvious vandalism.