Template:Pp

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This is a general template for producingprotection banners andpadlock icons. It can be used with any protection reason, any protection action, and any protection level.

Usage

{{pp
| 1 =reason
| small =yes
| action =action
| date =protection date
| user =username
| section =talk page section name
| category =no
}}

Parameters

All parameters are optional:

• |1=– The reason that the page was protected. If set, this must be one of the values listed in thereasons table.
• |small=– If set toyes,y,1,ortrue,a padlock icon is generated instead of a full protection banner.
• |action=– The protection action. Must be one ofedit(for normal protection),move(for move-protection) orautoreview(for pending changes). The default value isedit.
• |date=– The protection date. This must be valid input to the second parameter of the#time parser function.This argument only has an effect for theofficeandresetreasons.
• |user=– The username of the user to generate links for. As of July 2014, this only has an effect when theusertalkreason is specified.
• |section=– The section name of the protected page's talk page where discussion is taking place. This works for most, but not all, values ofreason.
• |category=– Categories are suppressed if this is set tono,n,0,orfalse.

Reasons

The following table contains the available reasons, plus the actions for which they are available. Reasons are used to customize the banner text, to place articles in more specific hidden categories such asCategory:Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism,and sometimes to change the icon of the banner (e.g. office actions).

Reason	Action	Description
blp	edit	For pages protected to promote compliance with thebiographies of living personspolicy
dispute	edit	For pages protected due to editing disputes
dmca	edit	For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation due toDigital Millennium Copyright Acttakedown requests
ecp	edit	For articles in topic areas authorized byArbComor meets the criteria for community use
mainpage	edit	For pages protected for being displayed on theMain Page
office	edit	For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation
reset	edit	For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation and "reset" to a bare-bones version
sock	edit	For pages protected due tosock puppetry
template	edit	Forhigh-risktemplates and Lua modules
usertalk	edit	For pages protected against disruptive edits by a particular user
vandalism	edit	For pages protected againstvandalism
dispute	move	For pages protected against page moves due to disputes over the page title
vandalism	move	For pages protected againstpage-move vandalism

Syntax examples

Padlock icons

Padlock icon for a page protected due to vandalism:

{{pp|vandalism|small=yes}}

Padlock icon for a page temporarily protected due to editing disputes:

{{pp|dispute|small=yes}}

Banners

Banner for a page protected due to sockpuppetry, with a link to a talk page discussion:

{{pp|sock|section=Sockpuppetry concerns}}

Banner for a page temporarily move-protected due to page-move vandalism:

{{pp|vandalism|action=move}}

Visibility

This template will hide itself (not display a padlock icon) if it is used on a page that is not currently protected.User:MusikBot IImay also automatically remove the template wikicode from pages that are not currently protected.

TemplateData

This is theTemplateDatafor this template used byTemplateWizard,VisualEditorand other tools.See a monthly parameter usage reportforTemplate:Ppin articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Pp

Produces banners to describe why a page is protected and padlock icons

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Reason	1	Reason for protection, may be one of: blp, dispute, dmca, mainpage, office, reset, sock, template, usertalk, vandalism Example blp	String	suggested
small	small	Specifies whether the small format is used. If set to "yes", "y", "1", or "true", a padlock icon is generated instead of a full protection banner. Default no Example yes	Boolean	suggested
action	action	Protection action. Must be one of "edit" (for normal protection), "move" (for move-protection) or "autoreview" (for pending changes). The default value is "edit". Default edit Example edit	String	optional
date	date	Protection date. This must be valid input to the second parameter of the #time parser function. This argument only has an effect for the "office" and "reset" reasons.	Date	optional
user	user	Username of the user to generate links for. This only has an effect when the "usertalk" reason is specified.	User	optional
section	section	Section name of the protected page's talk page where discussion is taking place. This works for most, but not all, values of reason.	String	optional
category	category	Categories are suppressed if this is set to "no", "n", "0", or "false".	Boolean	optional

See also

The abovedocumentationistranscludedfromTemplate:Pp/doc.(edit|history)
Editors can experiment in this template'ssandbox(edit|diff)andtestcases(edit)pages.
Add categories to the/docsubpage.Subpages of this template.