![]() ![]() Protection of a non-existing page was not possible directly (an attempt would have given the message "This action cannot be performed on this page."), but as of MediaWiki 1.13 this is now possible. Initially, the main application of cascading protection is therefore the protection against creation, by transcluding non-existing pages on a page specially prepared for this purpose, like Meta:Protected against recreation. When this care is taken it makes little difference whether we use the automatic cascading protection or "manual cascading protection", i.e., protect the special copy of the template in the ordinary way. If a template has to be protected just because it is transcluded in an important page, while it is also used elsewhere, it is better to make a copy for the transclusion in the important page, and use the other copy elsewhere. Cascading protection of an important page is a crude measure, mainly for emergencies.The image description page will be protected, and non-sysops will not be able to revert the image to an earlier version, or upload a new version over it. When the protect tab is clicked on the image description page, both the page and the image are protected. ![]() Images: Protecting an image is mostly the same as protecting a page (see above).Also, the view source link may sometimes replace an edit link when the user is blocked. After pressing edit on a fully protected page, an administrator is presented a warning at the top of the page informing about this page status. Edit or view source: Depending on the status of the user and the status of the page, a user is provided an edit link or a link to just view the wikitext.These restriction is independent of the protection levels of these pages these pages may still be protected individually. Since MediaWiki 1.32, JavaScript and CSS pages in MediaWiki namespace can only be edited by users with both editinterface and (respectively) editsitecss or editsitejs user right (by default, interface administrators). MediaWiki namespace: Pages in MediaWiki namespace can only be edited by users with editinterface user right (by default, administrators and interface administrators).A reason for unprotection should be given as well. Unprotection only involves selecting "(default)" under the "Edits" menu and pressing confirm. This will bring up the exact page as above, only this time the two menus will already be selected. To unprotect a page, click the unprotect tab.Enter the reason for page protection in the box and press "confirm". Cascading protection is enabled by checking a separate checkbox. Similarly, the page can be protected from moves by either unregistered users (although this seems standard anyway) or all users (the system automatically adds the same level of protection to moves as it does to edits, but the protection level can be changed by checking the "Unlock move permissions" checkbox). In the menu, the administrator can choose to protect the page from editing by unregistered users or all users. This will lead to a confirmation screen with two menus and a checkbox. In the Monobook skin, the shortcut Alt+ = can alternatively be used. To protect a page, click the more dropdown menu and choose the "protect" option (or add ?action=protect to the URL address bar).Move protection is protection of a page against moving by a non-admin.Cascading protection in combination with semi-protection does not make sense and should be avoided (see Phabricator:T10796) applies full protection to transcluded pages for as long as they remain transcluded in the page (again recursively).Prior to MediaWiki 1.23, cascade protection did not apply to the targets of file redirects, if the redirect was listed on the protected page ( Phabricator:T25542).Files on Commons or user pages on Meta cannot be protected by another wiki's cascading protection, and if are to be protected, a temporary copy of the file or user page must be uploaded or created on the wiki with the cascade-protected page, or must be fully-protected at Commons or Meta. in combination with full protection: protecting a page against editing by a non-admin, but also protecting images embedded on the page, provided that they are on the same site (not on Commons), and also applying the same protection to transcluded pages for as long as they remain transcluded in the page (thus it works recursively).Full protection: protection of a page against editing by a non-admin.Semi-protection: protection of a page against editing by an unregistered user.The wiki software has few features which are only accessible to these users, but they are quite important.Īdministrators can edit protected pages and have the ability to protect and unprotect pages from editing and moving. Administrators are wiki users who are members of the " sysop" user group. ![]()
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