MediaWiki talk:Protect-text

MediaWiki:Protect-text is shown to administrators at the top of the page shown after clicking on the Protect tab.
This interface message or skin may also be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net.
The page forms part of the MediaWiki interface, and can only be edited by administrators and interface editors.
To request a change to the page, add {{edit fully-protected}} to this page, followed by a description of your request. Consider announcing discussions you add here at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) to bring more people to the discussion.

This message on this site, depending on the user-specified interface language:

• en (English):

Your actions must comply with Wikipedia's protection policy at all times.
The extended confirmed (30/500) protection level may be applied to a page only after semi-protection has been shown to be ineffective, or with authorization from the Arbitration Committee.
If you are lowering, shortening, or removing page protection that was applied by another administrator, you should review the protection logs for the page first and verify that there aren't any important details, discussions, links, or other information in the protection summary that might explain the reason behind the protection applied, or the level or duration chosen.
If this page was protected as an office action, you may not modify or remove the protection unless you have proper authorization.
If you are modifying or removing page protection that was applied by another administrator because it was an action that you disagree with or believe to have been in error – or if any level of opposition by the administrator is reasonably likely – you are expected to have properly communicated and discussed the matter with the applying administrator before proceeding.

Technical instructions and special cases

General information and instructions

By default, page protection is applied for an indefinite period of time unless you specify a time for it to expire.
To specify an expiration, you may either enter a length of time (e.g. "31 hours", "5 days" or "1 week"), or enter a specific date (e.g. "1 December 2024") using the GNU standard format.
To remove protection currently applied to a page, modify the specific protection type (edit, move, creation) and set the protection level to "allow all users". Leave the settings unchanged on the protection types that you do not wish to modify.
Edit protection and move protection can be applied separately or together, and set to different protection levels and to expire after different lengths of times.
- If applying page protection to a completely unprotected page, the page protection form will automatically update the move protection settings to match the edit protection settings you enter, unless you specify different move protection settings.
  - To specify move protection settings that are different than the edit protection settings you entered, tick the "unlock further protect options" checkbox and enter the move protection settings accordingly.
  - To apply no move protection alongside edit protection, set the move protection level to "allow all users".
If you are not using an automated tool to modify or apply page protection, please update the protection templates on the page after applying your changes.

Important technical information

Avoid using non-integer values when entering an expiration (such as "2.37 weeks" or "1.84 days"). The MediaWiki software has interpreted non-integer expirations very badly in the past before.
Pending changes protection is unavailable for use on talk pages or anywhere within the user space.
Cascading protection is only available when applying full edit protection to a page.
The confirmed or autoconfirmed user right is required in order for users to move any pages at all; the page's protection status is completely irrelevant.

Useful links

All pages that are currently protected from editing are publicly visible at Special:ProtectedPages.
All pages that are currently protected from creation (salted) are publicly visible at Special:ProtectedTitles.
All pages that are currently under pending changes protection are publicly visible at Special:StablePages.

af (Afrikaans / Afrikaans): U kan die veiligheidsvlak vir blad $1 hier bekyk of verander.
ar (Arabic / العربية): يمكنك هنا أن تعرض وتغير إعدادات الحماية للصفحة $1.
bg (Bulgarian / Български): Тук можете да прегледате и промените настройките за защита на страницата $1.
bn (Bengali / বাংলা): এখানে আপনি $1 পাতাটির সুরক্ষা সেটিং দেখতে ও পরিবর্তন করতে পারেন।
da (Danish / Dansk): Her kan du se og ændre beskyttelsesindstillingerne for siden $1.
de (German / Deutsch): Hier kannst du die Schutzeinstellungen der Seite „$1“ einsehen und ändern.
eo (Esperanto / Esperanto): Ĉi tie vi povas vidi kaj ŝanĝi la protektajn agordojn de la paĝo $1.
es (Spanish / Español):
Puedes visualizar y modificar el nivel de protección de $1. Por favor, asegúrate de que sigues las políticas de protección de páginas.
eu (Basque / Euskara): «$1» orriaren babes maila ikusi eta aldatu egin beharko zenuke.
fr (French / Français): Ici vous pouvez consulter et modifier les paramètres de protection de la page $1.
fy (West Frisian / Frysk): Hjir kinne jo de befeiligingsynstellings foar de side $1 besjen en feroarje.
it (Italian / Italiano): Qui puoi vedere e modificare le impostazioni di protezione per la pagina $1.
la (Latin / Latina): Hic tibi licet protectiones legere et mutare paginae $1.
li (Limburgian / Limburgs): Hie kins te 't beveiligingsniveau veur de pagina $1 bekieke en verangere.
nl (Dutch / Nederlands): Hier kunt u de beveiligingsinstellingen voor de pagina $1 bekijken en wijzigen.
no (Norwegian / ‪Norsk (bokmål)‬): Du kan se og endre beskyttelsesinnstillingene for siden $1 her.
pl (Polish / Polski): Możesz tu sprawdzić i zmienić ustawienia zabezpieczenia strony „$1”.
pt (Portuguese / Português): Pode ver e alterar aqui as configurações de proteção da página $1.
ru (Russian / Русский): Здесь вы можете просмотреть и изменить настройки защиты для страницы $1.
sv (Swedish / Svenska): Här kan du se och ändra skrivskyddsinställningar för sidan $1.

Pages in the MediaWiki namespace regarding this message

Why the "Page $1"?

Why does the protection infobox contain the phrase "...for the page $1" (Wikimarkup '''''<nowiki>$1</nowiki>''''')? It has been that way since the page was created in 2007. Are the nowiki tags an error that stop the $1 from being substituted? Guy Macon (talk) 12:50, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The $1 is a placeholder, and is replaced by the actual page title when the message is displayed on the protection interface. E.g., on this page the interface reads "You may view and change the protection level here for the page MediaWiki talk:Protect-text". Not sure whether the nowiki tags are actually required (don't known at which point of parsing the placeholder is substituted), but they don't hurt. Amalthea 13:52, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! Guy Macon (talk) 14:42, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Confirm protection dropdowns

Tracked in Phabricator
Task T71640

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I realize this is almost certainly the wrong place, but I'm leaving this here because for the life of me I can't find the correct page. In the "Edit" and "Move" dropdown boxes in the "Confirm protection" area of the protection MediaWiki page, the top selection for both is currently "Allow only template editors and admins". This seems counter-intuitive to me; I think it is more logical for the topmost option to be no protection at all, as has traditionally been the case. So, if someone with the proper know-how would be so kind - and provided it won't break anything - could you please move "Allow only template editors and admins" down to the third or fourth slots in both boxes. Thanks. --Bongwarrior (talk) 01:35, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think that order is being driven from MediaWiki, but from the source. Anomie or coren were involved with the code on this, pinging. — xaosflux ^Talk 02:00, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The order is actually coming from the configuration, $wgRestrictionLevels. I'll follow up with a bug and patch. Anomie ⚔ 02:21, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you both for the quick responses. --Bongwarrior (talk) 02:25, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Anomie's proposed patch is [1] and is being currently opposed by odder, Steinsplitter and Ricordisamoa. Guys, can any of you explain that, because I honestly don't understand? Matma Rex talk 11:26, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Matma Rex: I don't think that is required. Why don't you just continue calling the three of us fucking retards? That's helpful, thanks! odder (talk) 11:28, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Ricordisamoa has always been a nice person in my experience and I'd never say such a thing about them. Matma Rex talk 11:39, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

@Matma Rex: Fine. If you consider myself and @Steinsplitter fucking retards, why are you pinging us and asking for information? It is clear that you don't really want it, so why bother. odder (talk) 11:47, 16 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Just wanted to note that this has been fixed. Thanks again for the help. --Bongwarrior (talk) 16:31, 20 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- The drama about the patch was that it mentioned the Superprotect level, however this patch had nothing to do with that other than making sure if it appeared it would be at the bottom of the list. — xaosflux ^Talk 01:42, 21 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Edit request

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The page links to Special:ProtectedTitles when it should link to Special:ProtectedPages, which is the actual protected pages list.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 14:37, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 15:09, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, it applies to both create-protect, and normal protect - adding both links. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:10, 13 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Using a different version of the lock image?

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Looking at the new full protection lock, I'm not sure the is a good fit for our use case here. My understanding is that we used the old full protection lock to represent protection generally, not specifically full protection. Given that the new one has a large "F" on it which, in my estimation, makes it look out of place in this context, are there any opinions on using one of the below images to represent protection generally instead?

Same lock, no "F"
Same lock, keyhole instead of "F"

I personally like the keyhole version (disclaimer: I made the keyhole one from the base SVG) and wanted to see if there were opinions either way. Best, Mifter (talk) 04:26, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah — I replaced it to match, but I agree having a good generic lock for "protected" or "unprotected" would be good. I have no strong opinion. Courtesy ping XYZtSpace. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 15:03, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, for this specific message a more generic lock is better - since it is on the message about setting the level. OK with either one, image should be locally uploaded then upload protected. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:58, 15 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Seeing no opposition (or further input) despite the {{sudo}} tag, I'm willing to make this (relatively minor) change — let's say the keyhole. Mifter, do you want to upload per Xaosflux' request? Not nearly as high-visibility as the others, but worth protecting nonetheless. ~ Amory (u • t • c) 16:48, 19 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Amorymeltzer -

Done -Mifter (talk) 00:28, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 01:02, 20 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]