Count Duckula Wiki:Protected page: Difference between revisions

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[[Project:Administrators|Administrators]] can '''protect''' and '''unprotect''' pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a non-admin cannot modify it.

The majority of pages on all Wikia should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, ~~license~~ texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.

The majority of pages on all Wikia should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, licence texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.

==Uses==

*Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the [[Main Page]] on large wikis.

*Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon.

*Maintaining the integrity of key [[Project:copyrights|copyright]] and ~~license~~ pages.

*Maintaining the integrity of key [[Project:copyrights|copyright]] and licence pages.

*Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See [[Special:Protectedtitles]]

*Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically)

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#Do not [[Help:Editing|edit]] a temporarily protected page except to add a notice explaining the page is protected.

#Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large.

#Avoid ~~favoring~~ one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism.

#Avoid favouring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism.

#Temporarily protected pages should not be left protected for very long.

#Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected except in extreme circumstances.

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 [[Project:Administrators|Administrators]] can '''protect''' and '''unprotect''' pages, including ones that do not exist. Protection of a page or image usually means that a non-admin cannot modify it.
-The majority of pages on all Wikia should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, license texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.
+The majority of pages on all Wikia should remain publicly editable, and '''not protected'''. Pages may, however, be temporarily or permanently protected for legal reasons (for example, licence texts should not be changed) or in cases of extreme vandalism or edit warring or abusive re-creation.
 ==Uses==
 *Protecting highly vandalised pages, such as the [[Main Page]] on large wikis.
 *Maintaining the integrity of the site's logo and favicon.
-*Maintaining the integrity of key [[Project:copyrights|copyright]] and license pages.
+*Maintaining the integrity of key [[Project:copyrights|copyright]] and licence pages.
 *Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation. See [[Special:Protectedtitles]]
 *Protecting the interface and system messages in the MediaWiki namespace (these are protected automatically)
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 #Do not [[Help:Editing|edit]] a temporarily protected page except to add a notice explaining the page is protected.
 #Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over. Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large.
-#Avoid favoring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism.
+#Avoid favouring one version of the article over another, unless one version is vandalism.
 #Temporarily protected pages should not be left protected for very long.
 #Talk pages and user talk pages are not protected except in extreme circumstances.