Template:Protection table

Interaction of Wikipedia user groups and page protection levels
	Unregistered or Newly registered	Auto-confirmed, Confirmed	Extended confirmed	Pending changes reviewer	Admin	Appropriate for (See also: Wikipedia:Protection policy)
No protection	Normal editing (can edit; changes go live immediately) "Go live" means the changes become visible to readers who are not logged in to Wikipedia. In all cases throughout this table, changes are immediately visible to readers who are logged in.					The vast majority of pages

Pending changes level 1 protection	can edit; changes go live after reviewer acceptance	can edit; changes go live immediately (unless previous pending changes remain to be accepted)		Normal editing;^{[nοte 1]} can accept pending changes		Infrequently edited articles with high levels of vandalism or BLP violations from unregistered and new users
Semi-protection	cannot edit	Normal editing				Articles with high levels of vandalism or edit warring from unregistered and new users; some highly visible templates & modules
Extended confirmed protection	cannot edit		Normal editing	can edit only if also Extended confirmed	Normal editing	Specific topic areas authorized by the Arbitration Committee or subject to persistent disruption that semi-protection has failed to stop

Pending changes level 2 protection	can edit; changes go live after reviewer acceptance			Normal editing;^{[nοte 1]} can accept pending changes		No consensus for use on the English Wikipedia (per WP:PCRFC)
Pending changes L2 w/ Semi-prot.	cannot edit	can edit; changes go live after reviewer acceptance		Normal editing;^{[nοte 1]} can accept pending changes

Template prot.	cannot edit (unless Template editor, in which case Normal editing)				Normal editing	High-risk templates & modules
Full protection	cannot edit				Normal editing	Articles with persistent vandalism or edit warring from (auto)confirmed accounts; critical templates & modules
^ ^a ^b When an Administrator or Pending Changes Reviewer edits an article that has pending changes awaiting review, they are prompted to review the pending changes before saving their edit.

[reviewing-1] When an Administrator or Pending Changes Reviewer edits an article that has pending changes awaiting review, they are prompted to review the pending changes before saving their edit.

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