Editing Dark and Light Wiki:Administrators guide (section)

==Protecting==
Protecting a page restricts it from being edited. This is primarily used for pages that have a high chance of being vandalized ([[Main Page]]) or as a temporary measure on a page that is the subject of an edit war or mass vandalism. There are three different kinds of protection:
* '''Semi-protection:''' Only registered users are allowed to edit the page. Any anon (IP) contributors will still be able to see the source code, but are unable to make any changes.
** This version makes a lot of sense on a page that is getting a lot of anon vandals, but it's not very useful in preventing an edit war.
* '''Full-protection:''' Only administrators are allowed to edit the page.
** This version should mainly be used on high-profile pages (the Main Page), pages that should never be changed by a non-administrator  or as a ''very temporary'' measure to stopping an edit war. Please note that, when dealing with an edit war, no matter which revision you choose to protect, it will be the wrong one. Try to keep any pages protected for as short of a time as possible.
* '''Cascading protection:''' The page and all images, pages, and templates included into the page are also protected.
** Cascading protection should '''NEVER''' be used with semi-protection. Since Cascading protection automatically full-protects all included pages, any registered user can add an image or template to that semi-protected page to cause it to be full-protected (something that only administrators should be able to do).
** This is an emergency measure, typically used to ''temporarily'' protect a very high-profile page ([[Main Page]]) if a change makes the images/templates used vulnerable. Try and avoid this option if at all possible, as it may protect templates that are used in other locations (create a duplicate copy of the template and protect that instead).

===Move Protection===
By checking the "unlock move permissions" box on the "Confirm protection" screen, the page move rights can be restricted independently of page editing. This is most often used on Project pages that anyone should be able to edit, but that should generally not be moved.

===Create protection===
If a page does not exist, it can be protected against creation in the same way that an existing page can be protected from moving and editing. This is generally only done for pages which are frequent vandalism targets with no reason to exist, such as "index.php".

===Protecting images===
To protect an already uploaded image from being replaced with a newer version (such as images used on the [[Main Page]]), you can simply use the ''Protect'' button like with any other article. 

Once in a while you may come across some image filename that shouldn't be uploaded at all to the wiki, (e.g. "File:Example.jpg"). To achieve this, simply edit the page of that image, (for example to add a reason why that page was protected). After this page has been created, the '''Protect''' button for that article will be available, and users trying to upload the image after that will receive a warning message that the page has been protected and will be unable to proceed.

===Notes on protection===
When used to temporarily stop an edit war, protection may be viewed as an endorsement of that particular version. '''This is not the case.''' Be careful to remind other users of this and start a discussion on the talk page of the article to resolve the conflict.