FamilySearch Wiki:Page Protection Policy

Purpose of Protecting a Wiki Page
This policy describes the valid reasons for protecting or unprotecting a page in the FamilySearch Research Wiki. Protection is the restriction of editing of an individual Wiki page. It can only be done by those with moderator privileges and administrators.

Protecting Wiki pages, including templates is for the purpose of keeping other contributors from editing a Wiki page. Reasons for protecting a page:
 * Repeated vandalism
 * Pages that should not be modified for copyright or legal reasons
 * Pages that are very frequently transcluded
 * Wiki Administration pages and Policy Wiki pages
 * Main pages of the Wiki, such as Main Page
 * Templates which are used on an extremely large number of pages
 * Pages that are normally reserved for editing by certain FamilySearch departments, such as those for Historical Record Collections
 * During an edit war, the page has been reverted three or more times. Use dispute resolution to resolve a problem
 * Articles that have been deleted but are repeatedly recreated
 * User Pages:
 * A contributor is confirmed as deceased (for the User page, only)
 * A contributor is retiring as an editor