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This is a general template for producing protection banners and padlock icons. It can be used with any protection reason, any protection action, and any protection level.
{{pp | 1 = reason | small = yes | action = action | date = protection date | user = username | section = talk page section name | category = no }}
All parameters are optional:
The following table contains the available reasons, plus the actions for which they are available.
Reason | Action | Description |
---|---|---|
blp | edit | For pages protected to promote compliance with the biographies of living persons policy |
dispute | edit | For pages protected due to editing disputes |
dmca | edit | For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation due to Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests |
ecp | edit | For articles in topic areas authorized by ArbCom or meets the criteria for community use |
mainpage | edit | For pages protected for being displayed on the Main Page |
office | edit | For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation |
reset | edit | For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation and "reset" to a bare-bones version |
sock | edit | For pages protected due to sock puppetry |
template | edit | For high-risk templates and Lua modules |
usertalk | edit | For pages protected against disruptive edits by a particular user |
vandalism | edit | For pages protected against vandalism |
dispute | move | For pages protected against page moves due to disputes over the page title |
vandalism | move | For pages protected against page-move vandalism |
Padlock icons
Padlock icon for a page protected due to vandalism:
{{pp|vandalism|small=yes}}
Padlock icon for a page temporarily protected due to editing disputes:
{{pp|dispute|small=yes}}
Banners
Banner for a page protected due to sockpuppetry, with a link to a talk page discussion:
{{pp|sock|section=Sockpuppetry concerns}}
Banner for a page temporarily move-protected due to page-move vandalism:
{{pp|vandalism|action=move}}
TemplateData for Pp
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Reason | 1 | Reason for protection, may be one of: blp, dispute, dmca, mainpage, office, reset, sock, template, usertalk, vandalism
| String | suggested |
small | small | Specifies whether the small format is used. If set to "yes", "y", "1", or "true", a padlock icon is generated instead of a full protection banner.
| Boolean | suggested |
action | action | Protection action. Must be one of "edit" (for normal protection), "move" (for move-protection) or "autoreview" (for pending changes). The default value is "edit".
| String | optional |
date | date | Protection date. This must be valid input to the second parameter of the #time parser function. This argument only has an effect for the "office" and "reset" reasons. | Date | optional |
user | user | Username of the user to generate links for. This only has an effect when the "usertalk" reason is specified. | User | optional |
section | section | Section name of the protected page's talk page where discussion is taking place. This works for most, but not all, values of reason. | String | optional |
category | category | Categories are suppressed if this is set to "no", "n", "0", or "false". | Boolean | optional |
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