Tardis:Protection policy

Some of the pages on the TARDIS Index File - Doctor Who Wiki have been protected by Admins to restrict editing or movement of the page.

These levels of protection fall into three categories:

Semi-protection
Semi-protection disables editing by anonymous (IP) editors and registered users who are not logged in.

Pages that are semi-protected will be tagged with this template Template:Semi-protect.

Only registered (logged in) users may edit these pages.

Full protection
Full protection prevents all users (except admins) from editing an article or page.

Pages that are fully protected will be tagged with this template Template:Full protect.

Creation protection
Creation protection protects a page that has either previously been deleted or has been identified as a target for vandalism or page recreation. The level of protection applied may be either semi-protection or full protection.

Why does X page have protection on it?
Certain pages may be semi-protected to prevent vandalism or unhelpful content being added to the page.

Pages may also be semi-protected to maintain the consistent quality of a page. This usually applies to pages that attract a high number of rumours. Semi-protection ensures that random rumours are not added without proper citation.

Full protection of pages is applied to many base-level elements of the wiki to prevent modification of aspects that are integral to the smooth running of the wiki. Full protection is also added so some articles and article titles to prevent their creation or editing (this applies usually to yet to be broadcast or released stories). Full protection may also be applied to disputed articles in order to resolve edit wars.

Editing information on protected pages
If you wish to add information to a protected article but are prevented from doing so, you may add a request to the talk page of the article. If the information is valid, another user who is not prevented from editing the page may add the information for you. However, the information will be reviewed to be in keeping with our various policies, and therefore we cannot guarantee that all requested information will be added.