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Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages

Tim Starling — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:59:04 GMT

Tim Starling: not all wikis are public

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'''Protecting and unprotecting pages''' is very straightforward, but these operations require [[Help:Sysops and permissions|sysop permissions]].

You can designate a page as a [[Help:Protected pages|protected page]] by clicking the 'Protect page' tab, and supplying a comment (a brief textual description of why you are protecting the page)

There are several reasons why a particular page might be protected. On public wikis, a protected page is usually one which has been repeatedly targeted with vandalism, or where it is believed that any vandalism would have a unusually severe impact. On corporate wikis, a page may be protected when the content has been frozen via an approval process. However there are also many good reasons for ''not'' protecting pages. As a sysop you must make this choice, and wield your power responsibly.

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Help:Protected pages

Tim Starling — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:54:31 GMT

Tim Starling: not all wikis are public

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A '''protected page''' is a page where normal users are prevented from editing at all. Only a user with [[Help:Sysops and permissions|sysop permissions]] can edit a protected page. Likewise only sysop users can protect a page in the first place, or unprotect the page to lift the restriction.

There are several reasons why a particular page might be protected:
* On public wikis, pages may be protected because they have been repeatedly targeted with vandalism, or where it is believed that vandalism would have a unusually severe impact.
* On corporate wikis, pages may be protected when they contain statements which have been approved by management, and policy dictates that those statements can't be changed without following a certain approval process.

Page protection limits collaboration on the wiki content, and should be avoided where possible.

For sysop information see [[Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages]]

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Help:Managing files

Tim Starling — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 03:37:52 GMT

Tim Starling: respect the intranet perspective

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If file uploads are enabled, you can upload certain types of files to the wiki. This is particularly useful for uploading images, which you want to place on an article, but you can also upload other types of file.

==Upload a file==
# Prepare the file for upload. Make sure the file is exactly as you want it.
# In the [[Help:Navigation#Sidebar|sidebar]], under '''toolbox''', click "Upload file"
# Next to the '''Source filename''', click '''Browse''' to locate the file on your computer.
# Change the '''Destination filename''' to something descriptive, if necessary.
# Fill in the '''Summary''', if necessary.
# Click the '''Upload file''' button.

If it is a large file, you may need to wait several seconds for the upload to complete.

== Using Images and Image Description Pages ==

After you've uploaded a file, you can use it in an article, with some special wiki syntax to create the link. See [[Help:Images]].

Your file gets its very own 'Image Description Page' within the wiki (even if it isn't an image). You should edit this page to provide more information about the file. For example, many public wiki projects are quite sensitive to copyright issues, and so you should explain where you got the file from, and what its copyright status is, on the description page. Any other useful descriptive notes could also be added there.

== Listing files in the wiki ==

There are a number of Special Pages to help you view and manage files which have been uploaded. Go to 'Special Pages' (in the toolbox on the left) and then see...

* [[Special:Newimages|Gallery of new images]] - If you just uploaded one, you will see it here.
* [[Special:Imagelist|File list]] shows all of the files
* [[Special:Unusedimages|Unused images]] helps you track down files which might not be needed.

See [[Help:Special pages]] for details of the other information available here.

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