Category:Semi-protected from banned users

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This category is used for administration of the Wikipedia project, and is not part of the encyclopedia. It contains pages which are not articles, or lists articles by status, rather than content.

This category contains pages which have been semi-protected to prevent one or more banned users from editing them. This is usually done when said users continue to edit using other accounts, a practise known as sockpuppetry, or edit anonymously from a dynamic or shared IP address, which cannot be blocked for long periods without affecting other users. Semi-protection prevents a page from being edited by anonymous or newly registered users.

To add a page to this category, use {{pp-semi-sock}}. This should only be done if the page is in fact protected – adding the template does not in itself protect the page.