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The majority of pages on the wiki should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or indefinitely protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed), or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring. | The majority of pages on the wiki should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or indefinitely protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed), or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring. | ||
There are | There are three kinds of protection: | ||
*'''Full protection''' disables editing for everyone except other administrators. | *'''Full protection''' disables editing for everyone except other administrators. | ||
*'''Established protection''' disables editing from users who are not [[SW:EST|Established]]. | |||
*'''Semi-protection''' disables editing from IP addresses and users that are not [[SW:AUTO|autoconfirmed]]. | *'''Semi-protection''' disables editing from IP addresses and users that are not [[SW:AUTO|autoconfirmed]]. | ||
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*Deleted pages that are continually recreated. | *Deleted pages that are continually recreated. | ||
== | ==Established protection== | ||
*Protecting articles that are too advanced for the newer user to edit properly. | *Protecting articles that are too advanced for the newer user to edit properly. | ||
*Preventing users from working around autoconfirmation to push their agendas or make unwanted edits via [[SW:SOCK|sockpuppeting]]. | *Preventing users from working around autoconfirmation to push their agendas or make unwanted edits via [[SW:SOCK|sockpuppeting]]. | ||
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==Semi-protection== | ==Semi-protection== | ||
'''Indefinite''' semi-protection may be used for: | '''Indefinite''' semi-protection may be used for: | ||
*Articles about unreleased content that are heavily prone to speculation and other such nonconstructive edits. | *Articles about unreleased content that are heavily prone to speculation and other such nonconstructive edits. | ||
*User pages when requested by the user. | *User pages when requested by the user. | ||