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At the top of the page, click Protect. [1] On the next page, you will see several confirm protection option boxes: Edit, Move, and Pending changes. The edit option box allows different levels of protection for textual additions to the page. By default, only the Edit option box is available.
Unless the talk page itself is protected, you may instead add the appropriate template among {{Edit protected}}, {{Edit template-protected}}, {{Edit extended-protected}}, or {{Edit semi-protected}} to the article's talk page if you would like to make a change rather than requesting it here. Doing so will automatically place the page in the ...
This convenience template is used to allow for a switchable statement to be easily placed in the code of maintenance templates such as {{Expand section}} or {{Missing information}}. If a page is protected, any user who cannot edit the page will be given a link to make an edit request rather than the default text.
{} - Edit semi-protected – Use this template instead to request that other editors update a page, if you are not logged in or are too new to edit a semi-protected page. {} - Use this template to request that other editors update a page that you have a conflict of interest in, or are blocked from editing.
The talk page of the protected page; The protection log; The protection policy; The expiry of the period of protection is usually shown by a template that has been added to the article, independent of the actual protection mechanism. The template displays a message like "This article is currently protected from editing until October 13, 2015".
To add a page to this category, use {} or one of the more specific full-protection templates. This should only be done if the page is indeed protected; adding the template does not in itself protect the page. For a dynamic and sortable list of all protected pages, see Special:ProtectedPages.
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The various levels of protection can be applied to the page edit, page move, page create, and file upload actions. Even when a page is protected from editing, the source code of the page can still be viewed and copied by anyone. A protected page is marked at its top right by a padlock icon, usually added by the {{pp-protected}} template.