Help:Protected Pages

For an explanation of the uses of and policies for protected pages, please see Proteopedia:Policy. In brief:

• User:Eric Martz/Nucleosomes is a protected page. Only its author can edit it, but any logged-in user may copy its content into a publicly editable page, or into a personal protected page.
• Nucleosomes contains a copy of the content of the above protected page, plus other material. Any logged-in user can edit it.

How To Create A Protected PageHow To Create A Protected Page

Personal protected pages must be created "under" your User login name. For example, suppose you want to create a protected page titled Antibodies. If your name is John Doe, you must create this page at User:John_Doe/Antibodies. It will be automatically protected. (You don't need to use the protect tab, if it appears.)

1. In the search slot at the left, enter User:Your_Name/Your_Page_Title.
2. Click the Search button.
3. At the top of the search results page will be a red link to your proposed new page title. Click it.
4. Now you can enter content and save your new page.

How To Copy A Protected PageHow To Copy A Protected Page

1. Display the protected page (the source page), and click it its view source tab.
2. Click in the box containing the source text for the source page.
3. Block the portion that you wish to copy of the source text of the page (which can be the entire page if you wish).
4. Using the search slot at the left near the top of the page, find the page into which you wish to copy the protected content (the destination page). This can be an existing page, or a new page (see Help:Creating_A_New_Page).
5. Click the edit tab in the destination page.
6. Paste the copied source text into the correct position in the destination page.
7. Save the destination page. Voila!