Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages

Protecting and unprotecting pages is very straightforward, but these operations require moderator permission.

Protecting a page
You can designate a page as a protected page by clicking the 'Protect page' tab, and supplying a comment (a brief textual description of why you are protecting the page). Once protected you should add the template to the top of the page to indicate it's new status.

There are several reasons why a particular page might be protected.

On public wikis, a protected page is usually one which has been repeatedly targeted with vandalism, or where it is believed that any vandalism would have an unusually severe impact. On corporate wikis, a page may be protected when the content has been frozen via an approval process.

However there are also many good reasons for not protecting pages. As a moderator you must make this choice, and wield your power responsibly.

Request a page be protected
Moderators can protect pages so any contributor can request that a page be protected. The Moderator will protect the page by using the template protect on the page and add the reason why the page is protected to the discussion/talk page.