Template:Protected: Difference between revisions

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This template has been protected from editing to prevent vandalism.

Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection.

General protection template to inform users a page is protected. (Note: This does not protect pages. Admins can only do that.)

Syntax: {{protected|give reason here}}.

{{protected}} →

This template has been protected from editing to prevent vandalism.

Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection.

{{protected|I said so}} →

This template has been protected because I said so.

Please discuss changes on the talk page or request unprotection.

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-* '''Usage:''' <nowiki>{{</nowiki>protected|''give reason here''}}.
+===Usage===
-* Adds pages, galleries and files to [[:Category:Protected]].
+General protection template to inform users a page is protected. (Note: This does not protect pages. Admins can only do that.)
+* Adds images to [[:Category:Protected images]], templates to [[:Category:Protected templates]], and anything else to [[:Category:Protected pages]].
+Syntax: <nowiki>{{</nowiki>protected|''give reason here''}}.
+* If no reason is given the default is "to prevent vandalism."
+===Examples===
+<nowiki>{{</nowiki>protected}} → {{protected|category=}}
+<nowiki>{{</nowiki>protected|I said so}} → {{protected|I said so|category=}}
+===See also===
+* {{tl|protected image}} - for high-risk images that are indefinitely protected.
+* {{tl|protected template}} - for high-risk templates that are indefinitely protected.
+* {{tl|en main page}} - for images on the English Wikipedia's main page.
 [[Category:Protection templates|{{PAGENAME}}]]
 </noinclude>