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Wikibooks administrators have the ability to "protect" pages such that editing of those pages is restricted. This ability is only to be used in limited circumstances, as described in this policy.
This ability is used semi-permanently in some cases:
This ability is also intended to be used temporarily in some cases:
Admins should not protect pages when they have been involved in the edit war in question (either by actively editing the page or by holding strong opinions about the content). Administrative tools are not editor privileges - administrators act as servants to the user community at large. If you are an admin, and you want a page in an edit war in which you are somehow involved to be protected, you should contact another admin and ask them to protect the page for you.
In general, pages should not be left protected for very long, and discussion pages should be left open. Indefinite page protection should almost never be used.
Administrators can also edit MediaWiki:Titleblacklist, which can block uploads, edits, page move, and page creation matching regex entries.
Administrators should be cautious in editing semi-permanently protected pages, and do so in accordance with consensus and any specific guidelines on the subject. In many cases it is appropriate for an administrator to first raise the issue on the relevant talk page, as any other user would have to do.
In cases of temporary page protection, administrators should refrain from editing pages while they are protected. They should not continue editing content while people with different points of view who are not admins are unable to do so. There are, however, a few times when it may be appropriate to edit such a page:
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Project-wide principles | What is Wikibooks? · What is Wikijunior? · Making decisions · Copyrights · Administration · Global rights policy |
Book standards | Naming · Neutral point of view · Annotated texts · Featured books |
Behavioral policies | Be civil · No personal attacks · Using bots · Protecting pages · Blocking users* |
Behavioral guidelines | Please do not bite the newcomers · Assume good faith* · Etiquette* · Sockpuppets* |
Content guidelines | Deletion · Media · Profanity · Strategy guides · User pages* · Ownership* |
Editing guidelines | Be bold · Contributing* · Style manual* |
*Pending approval. Discuss on talk pages or in proposals reading room. |