Wikipedia:Protection policy: Difference between revisions

Extended confirmed protection, previously known as 30/500 protection, allows edits only by editors with the [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Extendedconfirmed|extended confirmed]] user access level, administrators, and [[WP:BOT|bots]]. Extended confirmed is automatically granted to users on the edit following the account meeting the criteria of being at least 30 days old and having 500 edits.<ref>For accounts meeting the 30-day requirement, the permission is added on the edit following the 500th (i.e., the 501st edit). For accounts meeting the edit count requirement before the 30-day requirement, the permission is granted on the edit following the account reaching 30 days in age.</ref>

 

Where semi-protection has proven to be ineffective, administrators may use extended confirmed protection to combat disruption (such as [[WP:VD|vandalism]], abusive [[WP:SOCK|sockpuppetry]], [[WP:WAR|edit wars]], etc.) on any topic.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy]].</ref> Extended confirmed protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against disruption that has not yet occurred, nor should it be used to privilege extended confirmed users over unregistered/new users in valid content disputes (except as general sanction enforcement; see below).<ref name="ECPRFC2">[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy 2]].</ref>