Websites Wiki:Protection Policy

Every so often, when a page is the victim of many bad-faith edits, has very high traffic, or is important to the wiki, it will be protected so only specific type of user can edit it. This process is titled "page protection" or "locking a page".

Why lock a page?
A page will be protected if it is often on the receiving end of many vandal or general bad-faith edits, has higher viewer traffic than most other pages, or is overall a major or important part of the community. Page protection can occur for many reasons, but those are three of the most common.

Pages can also be protected for the following reasons (but is directly limited to):
 * Edit warring.
 * A request from the website(s) developers.
 * It has important information to current world events.
 * Any other reason that has been agreed upon by the wiki moderators.

Who can lock a page?
The only people who can lock, unlock, or edit a page that is fully-locked are administrators and content moderators.

Semi-protected
Semi-protection is when only autoconfirmed users are able to edit or move pages. This is often used in minor scenarios such as high-traffic pages or where vandalism has just started to pick up.

Fully protected
Full protection means that only content moderators and administrators can edit or move the page. This is often done when pages are often and heavily vandalized, and on important pages.

Upload protection
Upload protection is for files on the wiki and defines who can upload a new version of any given file on the wiki. It can be semi or fully protected, and is normally used for important files on the wiki.

Creation protection
Creation protection is for pages that are not yet created, and can be protected so that only autoconfirmed users or content moderators and administrators can create the page. This is often done for pages that shouldn't be created, or pages that are often recreated after deletion.

How long should a page be protected?
Articles should only be protected for so long, and very rarely be indefinitely locked. Pages (not articles) in general can be locked for however long, and may very easily be indefinitely locked, but only for a good reason.