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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 <tt>Special:LockDB</tt> by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]];
*Via <tt>Special:LockDB</tt> by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]];
*Setting the <tt>$wgReadOnly</tt> variable in [[LocalSettings.php]] to 'true' by a server administrator.
*Setting the <tt>$wgRead-only</tt> variable in [[LocalSettings.php]] to 'true' by a server administrator.


Usually, [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] with a locked database are only temporary; although occasionally an [[:Category:Goal abandoned|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:Goal abandoned|abandoned]] wiki will indefinitely lock its database to prevent other people from trying to adopt it, or [[:Category:Spammed|spam]] it.


;''See also
;''See also
*[[:Category: ReadOnly]] — an edit mode sub-category
*[[:Category: Read-only]] — an edit mode sub-category
{{Wiki status}}
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