There are five types of protection; full protection, semi-protection, move protection, cascading protection and create protection. Shortcuts WP:FULLWP:FULL...

 Delete. Chenzw  Talk  07:59, 1 January 2013 (UTC) Template:Explosion protection (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) Auntof6 has nominated...

Wikipedia:Merging and moving pages Wikipedia:Neutral point of view Wikipedia:Protection policy Wikipedia:Username Wikipedia:Vandalism Wikipedia:What Wikipedia...

Under the Wikipedia:Protection policy, administrators can indefinitely protect templates, template redirects and Lua modules that are high risk to Wikipedia...

to  Delete. --Eurodyne (talk) 01:55, 16 November 2018 (UTC) Template:Protection request (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) · close...

other users' personal JavaScript or CSS (.js or .css) files. Requests for protection can be made at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard. Please remember...

blocks • protections • deletions • moves • right changes) - resigned on 27 March 2010 Kansan (talk • changes • e-mail • blocks • protections • deletions...

administrators to take a look. We also do not use pending changes protection here. See the protection policy. An excerpt from WP:What Wikipedia is not: Some special...

 WP:SOFTDELETE --Auntof6 (talk) 18:21, 30 June 2025 (UTC) U.S. Research Protection Act (edit · talk · history · links · watch · logs · delete) · close request...

from recent edits and your previous RFAs. Page protection - When is full protection & semi-protection appropriate for articles? If it is appropriate,...

This page is a historical record of page protections performed before the Special:Log/protect feature was made available. Please do not make changes to...

full protection and semi-protection. Semi-protection stops unregistered users from editing a page; registered users can still edit. Full protection allows...

10:48, 15 July 2008 (UTC) (edit conflict) Full protection is not really needed, though semi-protection would be nice. That user should have been blocked...

that this would be contrary to the policy and spirit of openness. Page protection is never to be used for closing down an article's normal development and...

doesn't seem that blocking is deterring them. Please can we consider protection? Spiderone (talk) 10:16, 10 November 2026 (UTC) Spiderone, I will keep...

that indefinite protections in mainspace are not encouraged (see the protect log of that page, and this list for all indef protections). Indefinitely semi-protecting...

third-party sources, is disturbing. Also suggest full protection for this article, as it seems that semi-protection (for page creation) is not enough. Chenzw  Talk ...

difference in a block and ban? A: A block is a preventative measure for the protection of the site, and is not permanent. It is not meant to be a punitive measure...

unresponsive to feedback Requested extended confirmed protection at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard#Protection of "Donald Trump" -> unfamiliar with simple...

indefinite semi-protection of Nigger by Katerenka and the ensuing discussion here. In summary, Purplebackpack saw fit to request a semi-protection after a raft...

the protection template. Ther are multiple pages in Category:Wikipedia pages with incorrect protection templates that also either need protection or need...

pertaining to the protection of pages that need it. What do the other editors think about this idea? I posted this here because protection is an administration...

blocks • protections • deletions • moves • right changes) - last edit 28 August 2005 Menchi (talk • changes • e-mail • blocks • protections • deletions...

Thanks. --Gordonrox24 | Talk 00:24, 30 September 2021 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Content Dispute/Edit Warring. Hockeycatcat (talk) 15:31, 25 September...

user. 1.02 editor (talk) 04:34, 2 February 2018 (UTC) First level of protection (autoconfirmed), to expire in two weeks. --Eptalon (talk) 15:36, 3 February...

for full protection and eight templates for semi-protection. That's a bit too much for me, quite honestly. This was meant to make the protection template...

non-existent module Module:Protection banner. Given that we don't have enough resources to maintain templates (or even the protection templates), using modules...

changes • e-mail • blocks • protections • deletions • moves • right changes) Chenzw (talk • changes • e-mail • blocks • protections • deletions • moves • right...

stuff and replace it with a version of English wiki's 'Off-site data protection', with a redirect from Data vault. Macdonald-ross (talk) 16:42, 30 August...

long-term abuse user keeps hopping onto different IPs. I suggest indef semi protection so all these abusive IPs can't edit the page. Thanks, Animalguy7 (talk)...

y/the-20-coolest-data-protection-companies-the-2022-storage-100/2 the company is in the list of "The 20 coolest data protection companies"; - Software...

Techman224Talk 14:21, 15 March 2009 (UTC) Q: For how long per each type of protection? A:Protection should be set for a few days, however if it continues after being...

protection. If a template is not high-risk, then vandalism to cause chaos could be achieved just by editing the template itself. A higher protection level...

even have any protection. I thought only named users could have them protected? (based on Wikipedia:Protection_policy#Semi-protection) PotsdamLamb (talk)...

of vandalism on these doesn't call for any kind of protection. Protection, including semi-protection, is used when we're having a hard time keeping up...

the reason: What is the need for this page? I am also requesting full protection so no more edits happen here. SoyokoAnis - talk 17:25, 4 May 2021 (UTC)...

steward. --Ferien (talk) 21:19, 8 February 2022 (UTC) Temporary semi-protection: Persistent Disruptive Editing. Bobherry (talk) 11:37, 9 February 2022...

spamming, socking etc. necessary for protection. Thanks. --Ferien (talk) 15:35, 7 July 2022 (UTC) Perhaps page protection for a very short time might be preemptively...

and Varun Avasthi are blatant attempts to get around the page protection protection of Digicodes which he has been trying to publicize here and also...

was to  Delete.  - G4: Re-creation of deleted content. May need semi-creation protection if continued. --American Eagle (talk) 03:27, 31 July 2008 (UTC)...

Vermont (talk) 03:23, 11 January 2020 (UTC) Hi, I'm requesting page protection of Giorno Giovanna as users keep adding incorrect information to the page...

protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection. Hi Auntof6. As I've mentioned in my acceptance statement, I...

This page was salted back when cascading protection was not an option, now that we have cascading protection this should be deleted, and moved to Wikipedia:Protected...

immediately block a user/ip on a second offence. This is to provide immediate protection for the victim, so blocks only need to be short (one or two hours). A...

Wikipedia guards the safety of children using the site as an important issue. Editors who try to use Wikipedia to show inappropriate adult–child relationships...

protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection please. Thanks, MrMeAndMrMeLet's talk 20:21, 19 April 2022 (UTC)...

registered alike, should abide to. Some examples are deletion and page protection. http://en.metawiki.org/wiki/Main_Page http://en.metawiki.org/wiki/reportcard/...

20:02, 7 December 2009 (UTC) EhJJ (talk • changes • e-mail • blocks • protections • deletions • moves • right changes) End date: Dec 14, 2009 02:00 I've...

protected? When should they not be protected? Answer for both semi-protection and full protection. Thanks. --Auntof6 (talk) 01:21, 25 March 2021 (UTC) Good evening...

notice from the page. Semi protection may be in order. @Auntof6: @Djsasso: —Glendales 15:58, 4 January 2018 (UTC) We use protection sparingly here, generally...