MediaWiki:Protect-dropdown


 * General
 * Unprotecting to re-protect with different settings.
 * Edit protection
 * Account belonging to Wikia Staff/Helpers/VSTF/Bots
 * Critical system page outside of MediaWiki namespace
 * Cleaning… will unlock when finished
 * Closed wiki
 * Article in CATEGORY namespace
 * Persistent use of CATEGORY for article text
 * Vandalism
 * Persistent vandalism
 * Spam
 * Persistent spamming
 * Persistent sock puppetry
 * Username impersonation
 * Userpage being edited by anons, not page owner
 * Edit warring
 * Inappropriate use of user talk page while blocked
 * Permabanned user
 * User request within own user space
 * Highly visible, high-use, high-risk, and/or intricate template
 * Documentation of highly visible, high-use, high-risk, and/or intricate template
 * Key Redirect
 * Key Shortcut
 * Move protection
 * Highly visible project page
 * Highly visible template
 * Highly visible page
 * MediaWiki talkpage
 * Create protection — Articles, etc.
 * Name too general for SP. Needs mini-wiki specificity
 * Blocked/banned/defunct/nonsense category
 * No personal attacks policy violation
 * Offensive pagename
 * Repeatedly re-created
 * Spam
 * Unacceptable pagename
 * Vandalism
 * Non-existent season for TV show. Salting to prevent re-creation by anons
 * “Salting” creation


 * Delete protection
 * Administrative category. Do NOT delete.
 * Administrative page/article. Do NOT delete.
 * Administration project page. Do NOT delete.
 * Administrative redirect. Do NOT delete.
 * Administrative template. Do NOT delete.
 * Administrative userpage. Do NOT delete.
 * Images
 * Highly visible and/or high-use image
 * Create protection — Images
 * Name too general for SP. Needs mini-wiki specificity
 * Age-inappropriate
 * Nonsense name
 * Repeatedly recreated
 * Spam
 * Unacceptable filename
 * “Salting” creation


 * Sock puppets
 * Sock puppet
 * Sock puppeteer
 * Testing
 * Testing
 * Testing: Will return to prior state right after
 * Testing: Returning to prior state
 * Archiving
 * Archiving
 * Discussion archive
 * Request for rights archive