Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Protection policy (section)

==== When to apply pending changes protection ====
Pending changes can be used to protect articles against:
* Persistent vandalism
* Violations of the [[Wikipedia:biographies of living persons|biographies of living persons]] policy
* [[WP:CV|Copyright violations]]

Pending changes protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against violations that have not yet occurred. Like semi-protection, pending changes protection should '''never''' be used in genuine content disputes, where there is a risk of placing a particular group of editors (unregistered users) at a disadvantage. Semi-protection is generally a better option for articles with a high edit rate as well as articles affected by issues difficult for [[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes|pending changes reviewers]] to detect, such as non-obvious vandalism, plausible-sounding misinformation, and hard-to-detect copyright violations.

In addition, administrators may apply temporary pending changes protection on pages that are subject to significant but temporary vandalism or disruption (for example, due to media attention) when blocking individual users is not a feasible option. As with other forms of protection, the time frame of the protection should be proportional to the problem. Indefinite PC protection should be used only in cases of severe long-term disruption.

Removal of pending changes protection can be requested to any administrator, or at [[Wikipedia:RFUP|requests for unprotection]].

{{anchor|Reviewing}}The reviewing process is described in detail at [[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes]].