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Protecting and unprotecting pages is not complicated. All you have to do is click the "Protect" button (or "Change protection" if the page is already protected), select the protection level, select the duration, add a comment explaining why you are [un]protecting the page (e.g. test), and click the confirm button. | Protecting and unprotecting pages is not complicated. All you have to do is click the "Protect" button (or "Change protection" if the page is already protected), select the protection level, select the duration, add a comment explaining why you are [un]protecting the page (e.g. test), and click the confirm button. | ||
==Block button ( | ==Block button (Note: use with care!)== | ||
The block button allows you to stop users from editing in certain ways. It must not be used on a good user without their permission. You can use it for vandals or spammers, as well as edit warrers. You can block your own accounts here for testing. Many users create a test account for this. There are many options when blocking. Firstly, you can stop a user from editing specific pages. This is useful for someone who is edit warring on a page. Otherwise, you can do a sitewide block. This stops the user from editing all pages except their talk page. | The block button allows you to stop users from editing in certain ways. It must not be used on a good user without their permission. You can use it for vandals or spammers, as well as edit warrers. You can block your own accounts here for testing. Many users create a test account for this. There are many options when blocking. Firstly, you can stop a user from editing specific pages. This is useful for someone who is edit warring on a page. Otherwise, you can do a sitewide block. This stops the user from editing all pages except their talk page. | ||
