Unregistered or newly registered | Confirmed or autoconfirmed | Extended confirmed | Template editor | Admin | Interface admin | Appropriate for (See also: Wikipedia:Protection policy) | |
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No protection | normal editing | The vast majority of pages. This is the default protection level. | |||||
Pending changes | Edits by unregistered or new editors are hidden until reviewed. Logged-in editors see all edits, whether accepted or not. | Normal editing. Edits proceeding unapproved edits will only be visible to logged-in users. | Infrequently edited pages with high levels of vandalism, BLP violations, edit-warring, or other disruption from unregistered and new users. | ||||
Semi | cannot edit | normal editing | Pages that have been persistently vandalized by anonymous and registered users. Some highly visible templates and modules. | ||||
Ext. confirmed | cannot edit | normal editing* | Specific topic areas authorized by ArbCom, pages where semi-protection has failed, or high-risk templates where template protection would be too restrictive. | ||||
Template | cannot edit | normal editing | High-risk or very-frequently used templates and modules. Some high-risk pages outside of template space. | ||||
Full | cannot edit | normal editing | Articles under an edit war and content dispute, or with persistent disruption from extended confirmed accounts. Critical templates and modules. | ||||
Interface | cannot edit | normal editing | Scripts, stylesheets, and similar objects central to operation of the site or that are in another editor's user space. | ||||
* In order to edit through extended confirmed protection, a template editor must also be extended confirmed, but in practice this is essentially always the case. Other modes of protection: |
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