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'''Category:Locked''' — items in this '''Locked''' [[Special:Categories|category]] are [[wiki]]s that have had their database locked. A locked database cannot handle new technical actions | <div style=float:right>{{PopulateCategory}}</div> | ||
'''Category:Locked''' — items in this '''Locked''' [[Special:Categories|category]] are [[wiki]]s that have had their database locked. A locked database cannot handle new technical actions; including logging in, nor creating new accounts, nor [[edit]]ing. | |||
On [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, their database can be locked in the following ways: | On [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, their database can be locked in the following ways: | ||
*Via [[Special:LockDB]] by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]]; | *Via [[Special:LockDB]] by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]]; | ||
*Setting the ''$wgReadOnly'' variable in <tt>LocalSettings.php</tt> to 'true' by a server administrator. | *Setting the ''$wgReadOnly'' variable in <tt>[[LocalSettings.php]]</tt> to 'true' by a server administrator. | ||
Usually, wikis with a locked database are only temporary, although occasionally an [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|abandoned]] wiki will indefinitely lock its database to prevent other people from trying to adopt it, or [[:Category:Spammed|spam]] it. | Usually, [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] with a locked database are only temporary, although occasionally an [[:Category:GoalAbandoned|abandoned]] wiki will indefinitely lock its database to prevent other people from trying to adopt it, or [[:Category:Spammed|spam]] it. | ||
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