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

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

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

Admin powers are not editor privileges - admins should only act as servants to the user community at large.

Do not protect a page you are involved in an edit dispute over.

Do not edit a temporarily protected page except to add a notice explaining the page is protected.

For example, do not protect a page simply because it is the Main Page.

Do not make the common mistake of protecting pages unnecessarily.

Pages can also be cascade protected, this will cause all images, pages, or templates transcluded onto the page to be fully protected, even if the main article is only semi-protected.

Sysops only, or fully-protected, means only administrators may edit and/or move the page.

Block unregistered users, or semi-protected, means anonymous users and new accounts less than 4 days old cannot edit and/or move pages.

(default) means any user, whether logged in or anonymous, can edit or move the page.

You can protect editing, moving, or both by checking or unchecking the Unlock move permissions selection box. Most pages and images are unprotected by default, only the site logo and favicons are automatically protected.

(For more information on using these pages, see Help:User style) Only the accounts associated with these pages (and admins) are able to edit them. js pages like user/monobook.css or user/cologneblue.js.

Protecting a page or image that has been a recent target of persistent vandalism or persistent edits by a banned user.

Enforcing a 'cool down' period to stop an 'edit war', upon request.

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

Preventing repeatedly created vandal or spam pages from creation.

Maintaining the integrity of key copyright and license pages.

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

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

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

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