User blog:Moonwatcher x Qibli/Guide to article Moderation

Content-Moderators, and Administrators can do the following:


 * Editing and moving fully protected pages
 * Deleting and undeleting pages and files
 * Editing and moving protected files
 * Rollbacking
 * Protecting and unprotecting pages
 * Patrolling pages if the community has the recent changes patrol feature enabled
 * Deleting and undeleting article and blog comments
 * Deleting, undeleting, editing, locking, and unlocking message wall threads

Below we'll go into what all of these things are, how to use them, and other things Content Moderators are expected to do.

Editing and moving fully protected pages/files
There's not much to this one other than the principle of it. Basically, once someone has been granted the User Rights content-moderator, or Administrator they are able to edit and move protected articles and Files. As well as, in the case of protected files, re-upload. They can do this in the same way a normal user might edit or move a not-protected page. You should, however, be careful when doing so. Generally, articles and Files are protected for a reason. A reason an article may be protected is that it provides rules and guidelines for the Wiki. A reason a File may be protected is that it is an image displayed everywhere on the Wiki, such as in the Top navigation. A list of all protected pages can be found at Special:ProtectedPages on any Wiki.

Protecting and unprotecting pages
First off; There are three types of protection. Another way articles can be protected is through Cascading protection. Which (MORE INFO HERE)
 * 1) Allow all users. This setting makes it so that anyone can edit the article, even logged-out users (unless the Wiki has anonymous contributing disabled). This is the general setting for most articles.
 * 2) Allow only autoconfirmed users. This is a 'semi-protection' of sorts, it allows users who have a Fandom account to edit the article. This is generally used when an article has been experiencing a lot of vandalism from logged-out users. (If a Wiki has disabled anonymous editing, then all articles are under this protection by default.)
 * 3) Allow only administrators. This section is a bit misleading as Content-Moderators can also edit pages under this protection. Articles under this protection are only editable by Content-Moderators and Administrators. Articles are generally protected to this level because they a) Provide Rulls and guidelines to the community, and b) Are constantly getting vandalized by logged-in users. NOTE: Normal articles may NOT be protected to this level, for any reason other than the above stated.

NOTE: Administrators can, if they wish, allow other usergroups, such as Thread Moderators, to edit fully protected articles. They may do so by Contacting Fandom Staff and asking them to allow this.

Another thing: Certain users with Global Rights, such as SOAP, Fandom Staff, Wiki Representatives, and Wiki Specialists can also edit and move fully protected articles and Files.