Wikipedia:Protection policy

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This page documents a Scots Wikipaedia policy, a widely acceptit staundart that aw editors maun normally follae. Chynges makit tae it sud reflect consensus.

Anyone can protect th airticle page and as orn thae or Wikipaedia policy chynges.

Types of protectition

Full protectition

An fully protacted airticle that canot be eeditit bi a page from the accept for admeenistrastors. It wis diasbled in othar airticles, ar also i for templates.

This airticle is ar also in th protectit pages:

It wis th same naime to eedit in admeenistrastors.
A page wis last eeditit on a full protectit airticles or pages. See th disscussin forum collogue to eedit uisers.

Semi-protectition

Semi-protectition paiges o eedits a tae expandin airticle in waurk vandalism in soorce eedit tauk pages. All airticles leids for editors i tauk titles.

An eedit is named bi a IP vandalism airticles, and featurt to a uiser accoont.

Move protectition

A move pretectit airticle to an admeen fully name. Moved bi a name to an eedit admeen policy.

Unprotectition

Pages ar also eeditit bi an admeen to pretectit it. On a discussin for Wikipaedia, see Special:Log/protect an Special:ProtectedPages. Admeens can bi unpretectition after th policy. View soorce pages ar also pretectit to an eedit policy pretectit pages.

Pages that wis summary to an eedit soorce button, a pretectit page to uised th View soorce button.