Adventures in Odyssey Wiki:Protection policy
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Full protection
A fully protected page may be edited only by administrators. The protection may be of a limited duration, such as 7 or 14 days, or may be indefinite.
Any modification to a fully protected page should be discussed on its talk page or at the town hall. Once consensus has been established for the change, any administrator may make the necessary edits to the protected page.
Semi-protection
Semi-protection prevents edits from anonymous users (IP addresses), as well as edits from accounts that are not autoconfirmed.
Administrators may apply indefinite semi-protection to pages which are subject to heavy and persistent vandalism.
In addition, administrators may apply temporary semi-protection on pages that are:
- Subject to significant but temporary vandalism or disruption when blocking individual users is not a feasible option.
- Article discussion pages, when they have been subject to persistent disruption. Such protection should be used sparingly because it prevents anonymous and newly registered users from participating in discussions. A page and its talk page should not both be protected at the same time.
- Talk pages of blocked IP addresses that are being used for continued inappropriate editing, or continued uncivil or offensive remarks. The protection should be timed so as to not exceed the length of the block. Although administrators may also choose to change the block settings to block the user from editing their talk page instead, since there is no need to synchronize the block period with the page protection time period with this method.
User pages
User pages and subpages may be semi-protected, but not fully protected, at the user's request if there is evidence of vandalism or disruption. User talk pages are usually not semi-protected except in response to severe or continued vandalism.
Protection Template
When a page is protected use the {{Protected}} template at the top of the page by placing:
{{Protected}}
It will automatically assign the correct color lock. If the page is not edit protected, nothing will appear. Remember to put the template in <noinclude></noinclude> tags on template pages.
