Wookieepedia:Protection policy

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You may have arrived at this page via a link on a protected page. A protected page is one which can only be edited by sysops. Users can request a page be protected or unprotected at Wookieepedia:Requests for protection.

There are a number of possible reasons why a page might be protected:

Full protection

Pages which are fully protected can only be edited or moved by sysops. They may be protected for reasons including but not limited to the following:

Permanent

Pages in the MediaWiki namespace are protected by default, for several reasons:

Many messages are in plain HTML, hence users could insert malicious scripts,
Vandalism of some messages would be extremely disruptive, for example changes to the text of the links in the sidebar would immediately be visible to all users,
A few messages can cause the software to stop working if they are changed.

Semi-permanent

Protecting the Main Page from vandalism.
Maintaining the integrity of the copyright and license pages.
Maintaining the integrity of past press releases.
Protecting certain "system administration" pages.

Temporary

Enforcing a "cool down" period to stop an "edit war," upon request. In such cases, protection is not an endorsement of the current version and any changes to be made should be discussed on the article's talk page.
Protecting a page that has been a recent target of persistent vandalism or persistent edits by a banned user.
Preventing changes to a page while investigating a possible bug.

Semi-protection

Pages which are semi-protected may be:

Fully protected from being moved but not protected from editing.
Protected from editing by unregistered or recently-registered users.

Reasons for semi-protection include:

Preventing the addition of vandalism or fanon to an article from anonymous users.
Preventing anonymous or potential sock puppet votes (as in the case of featured article nominations, good article nominations, Quote of the Day, trash compactor discussions, the annual Mister/Miss Star Wars contests, etc).