Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Administrator instructions

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Administrator instructions for Requests for Page Protection:

1. Review request to see if protection/unprotection is warranted under the Wikipedia:Protection policy
2. Mark reviewed requests using {{RFPP}} (see below) so that a bot may recognize and archive those entries
3. Carry out the protection/unprotection and mark the article with the proper protection template (see below)

[edit] Response templates

Result	Code	Normalized code
Semi-protected	{{RFPP|s}}	{{RFPP|semi}}
Fully protected	{{RFPP|p}}	{{RFPP|full}}
Move protected	{{RFPP|m}}	{{RFPP|move}}
Protected to prevent recreation	{{RFPP|t}}	{{RFPP|salt}}
Done	{{RFPP|do}}	{{RFPP|done}}
Declined	{{RFPP|d}}	{{RFPP|deny}}
Declined – There is not enough recent disruptive activity to justify protection at this time. If there's significantly more disruptive activity in the future, consider relisting.	{{RFPP|nea}}	{{RFPP|nact}}
Declined – Pages are not protected pre-emptively.	{{RFPP|np}}	{{RFPP|npre}}
Declined – Featured articles on the Main Page are not protected except in response to extreme vandalism.	{{RFPP|fa}}	{{RFPP|mpfa}}
User(s) blocked	{{RFPP|b}}	{{RFPP|bloc}}
Unprotected	{{RFPP|u}}	{{RFPP|unpr}}
Not unprotected	{{RFPP|nu}}	{{RFPP|noun}}
Already unprotected	{{RFPP|au}}	{{RFPP|isun}}
Already protected	{{RFPP|ap}}	{{RFPP|ispr}}
Already done	{{RFPP|ad}}	{{RFPP|isdo}}
Question:	{{RFPP|q}}	{{RFPP|ques}}
Note:	{{RFPP|n}}	{{RFPP|note}}

If the page has been protected (the s, p or m option) with an expiration, then a second optional parameter that accepts the duration can be specified. For example, {{RFPP|p|1 week}} produces:

Fully protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected.

Notes

{{RFPP|full|1 week|<reason>}}

Fully protected for a period of 1 week. After 1 week the page will be automatically unprotected. <reason>

{{RFPP|isun|<reason>}}

Already unprotected, <reason>

This template supports "indefinite" in the duration field where applicable. "indef" and "infinite" are synonyms.

{{RFPP|semi|indefinite|<reason>}}

Semi-protected indefinitely. <reason>

[edit] Protection templates

Protection templates v • d • e
	{{pp-meta}}	Full	Semi
	Dispute:	{{pp-dispute}}	N/A
	Vandalism:	{{pp-vandalism}}	{{pp-semi-vandalism}}
	High visibility templates:	{{pp-template}}	{{pp-semi-template}}
	User talk of blocked user:	{{pp-usertalk}}	{{pp-semi-usertalk}}
	Spambot target:	N/A	{{pp-semi-spambot}}
	Sockpuppetry:	N/A	{{pp-semi-sock}}
	Long-term:	N/A	{{pp-semi-indef}}
	Generic (other protection):	{{pp-protected}}	{{pp-semi-protected}}
	Scrutiny of the Office:	{{pp-office}}	{{reset}}
	Move protection (disputes):	{{pp-move}}
	Move protection (vandalism):	{{pp-move-vandalism}}
	Create protection:	{{pp-create}}
	Talk page info:	{{Permprot}}	{{Temprot}}