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A protected page is a page where normal users are prevented from editing and/or moving at all. Only a user with sysop permissions can edit or move a protected page. Likewise only sysop users can protect a page in the first place, or unprotect the page to lift the restriction.
Pages may be protected because they have been repeatedly targeted with vandalism or moved to bad titles, or where it is believed that vandalism or page moves would have a unusually severe impact. It is why a wiki's main page is usually protected; it is too tempting a target for vandalism.
Semi-protected pages can only be moved or edited by registered and logged in users. This is usually a temporary measure intended to protect a page from excessive spamming or vandalism by anonymous users.
Page protection limits collaboration on the wiki content, and should be avoided where possible.
For sysop information see Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages