Forum:How to:: protect all of a wiki

How may I protect an entire wiki such that only admins may edit/create? Thanks.

Chrisjj2


 * Wikia wikis are public and editable by anyone. Only in high spam/vandalism situations Staff may consider the option to protect an entire wiki, but as a temporal measure. --Ciencia Al Poder (talk) -WikiDex 19:46, May 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * First of all I agree with Ciencia Al Poder: you shouldn't, that's not how (and why) Wikis work (also read Protection).
 * What you could do (but normally shouldn't) is protect every page on your wiki. Normally, protection is for important/heavy traffic/often vandalized pages. In special cases you could protect the whole page with ProtectSite, but that's only for special cases. BramTalk/IGW 19:49, May 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * "What you could do (but normally shouldn't) is protect every page on your wiki." That won't prevent page creation. Chrisjj2


 * No, but again, you shouldn't. That's not where wikis are made for. BramTalk/IGW 20:28, May 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Your wikis perhaps, but I see nowhere wikia saying everyone must be like that. Chrisjj2
 * No, but anyway: Question: How may I protect an entire wiki such that only admins may edit/create? Answer: You can't.
 * Wikia doesn't host private wikis. You should be able to find that somewhere. If you like to fully control everything on your wiki, you have to monitor it yourself i.e. protect all pages and deleting all contributions of other users. Good luck! BramTalk/IGW 20:45, May 10, 2010 (UTC)


 * If an admin protects every page its like hes breaking the wiki. Think about it, wikis are cool because anyone can edit them. An uneditable wiki would not attract more users or be fun.-- 20:39, May 10, 2010 (UTC)