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Module:Protection banner

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

Usage

{{pp
| 1        = reason
| small    = yes/no
| action   = action
| expiry   = expiry
| 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 the reasons table.
small – If set to "yes", "y", "1", or "true", a padlock icon is generated instead of a full protection banner.
action – The protection action. Must be one of "edit" (for normal protection), "move" (for move-protection) or "autoreview" (for pending changes). The default value is "edit".
expiry – The expiry date of the protection. This can be a date (for temporary protection), or one of the strings "indef", "indefinite", "indefinitely", or "infinite" (for indefinite protection). If this is a date, it must be valid input to the second parameter of the #time parser function.
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 the "office" and "reset" reasons.
user – The username of the user to generate links for. As of July 2014, this only has an effect when the "usertalk" reason 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 of reason.
category – Categories are suppressed if this is set to "no", "n", "0", or "false".

Reasons

The following table contains the available reasons, plus the actions for which they are available.

Reason	Action	Description
blp	edit	For pages protected to promote compliance with the biographies of living persons policy
dispute	edit	For pages protected due to editing disputes
dmca	edit	For pages protected by the Wikimedia Foundation due to Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown requests
ecp	edit	For articles in topic areas authorized by ArbCom or meets the criteria for community use
mainpage	edit	For pages protected for being displayed on the Main 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 to sock puppetry
template	edit	For high-risk templates and Lua modules
usertalk	edit	For pages protected against disruptive edits by a particular user
vandalism	edit	For pages protected against vandalism
dispute	move	For pages protected against page moves due to disputes over the page title
vandalism	move	For pages protected against page-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|expiry=18 August 2026}}

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|expiry=11 September 2026}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Pp in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Pp

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

Template parameters
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) or "move" (for move-protection). The default value is "edit". Default edit Example edit	String	optional
expiry	`expiry`	Expiry date of the protection. This can be a date (for temporary protection), or one of the strings "indef", "indefinite", "indefinitely", or "infinite" (for indefinite protection). If this is a date, it must be valid input to the second parameter of the #time parser function. Example 20 December 2027	Date	suggested
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