Editing Incubator escapee wiki:Protection policy (section)

=== Extended confirmed protection<span class="anchor" id="30/500"></span><span class="anchor" id="extended"></span><span class="anchor" id="Arbitration 30/500 protection"></span><!--former tags allow section referencing while accommodating section name changes. DO NOT REMOVE IT.--> ===
{{see also|Wikipedia:Rough guide to extended confirmed protection}}
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Extended confirmed protection, previously known as 30/500 protection, allows edits only by editors with the [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Extendedconfirmed|extended confirmed]] user access level, administrators, and [[WP:BOT|bots]]. Extended confirmed is automatically granted to users one edit after their account has existed for at least 30 days and has made at least 500 edits.<ref>For accounts meeting the 30-day requirement, the permission is added on the edit following the 500th (i.e., the 501st edit). For accounts meeting the edit count requirement before the 30-day requirement, the permission is granted on the edit following the account reaching 30 days in age.</ref>

==== As escalation from semi-protection ====
Where semi-protection has proven to be ineffective, administrators may use extended confirmed protection to combat disruption (such as [[WP:VD|vandalism]], abusive [[WP:SOCK|sockpuppetry]], [[WP:WAR|edit wars]], etc.) on any topic.<ref>[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy]].</ref> Extended confirmed protection should not be used as a preemptive measure against disruption that has not yet occurred, nor should it be used to privilege extended confirmed users over unregistered/new users in valid content disputes (except as general sanction enforcement; see below).<ref name="ECPRFC2">[[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Extended confirmed protection policy 2]].</ref>

==== Contentious topics ====
When necessary to prevent disruption in [[WP:CTOP|designated contentious topic areas]], administrators are authorized to make protections at any level. (This is distinct from the extended confirmed restriction below.) Some [[Wikipedia:General_sanctions#Community-authorised_discretionary_sanctions|community-authorized discretionary sanctions]] grant similar authorizations.

==== Extended confirmed restriction ====
Some topic areas are under Arbitration Committee [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures#Extended confirmed restriction|extended confirmed restriction]] as a general sanction.<ref>The extended confirmed restriction was previously known as the "500/30 rule" which differed slightly.</ref> When such a restriction is in effect in a topic area, only extended-confirmed users may make edits related to the topic area. Enforcement of the restriction on articles primarily in the topic area is preferably done with extended confirmed protection, but it is not required (other enforcement methods are outlined in the policy). As always, review the policy before enforcing it.

Community general sanctions, applying a similar extended confirmed restriction, have also been authorized by the community.

[[Wikipedia:General sanctions|General sanctions]] has a list of the active general sanctions that incorporate the extended confirmed restriction.

==== Other cases ====
[[WP:HRT|High-risk templates]] can be extended-confirmed protected at administrator discretion when template protection would be too restrictive and semi-protection would be ineffective to stop widespread disruption.<ref>[[Special:Diff/1042239556#Should we use ECP on templates?|Should we use ECP on templates?]] discussion at the village pump.</ref>

Extended confirmed protection can be applied at the discretion of an administrator when creation-protecting a page.<ref name="ECPRFC2"/>

==== Logging and edit requests ====
A bot maintains a report of [[User:MusikBot/ECPMonitor/Report|pages recently put under extended confirmed protection]].<ref>{{slink|Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive365#Revisiting § Pages recently put under extended-confirmed protection}}</ref> Any protection made as arbitration enforcement must be logged at [[Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log]]. Community-authorized discretionary sanctions must be logged on a page specific to the topic area. A full list of the {{User:MusikBot/ECPMonitor/Total}} pages under extended confirmed protection can be found <span class="plainlinks">[{{fullurl:Special:ProtectedPages|level=extendedconfirmed}} here]</span>.

Users can request edits to an extended confirmed-protected page by proposing them on its talk page, using the {{Tlx|Edit extended-protected}} template if necessary to gain attention.