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Items in the '''Locked''' category are wikis that have had their database locked. A locked database cannot handle new technical actions, including logging in and creating new accounts. A database can be locked in the following ways:
'''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.


* Via [[Special:LockDB]] by a wiki founder or owner
On [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, their database can be locked in the following ways:
* Setting the ''$wgReadOnly'' variable in LocalSettings.php to "true" by a server administrator
*Via [[Special:LockDB]] by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]];
*Setting the ''$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 abandoned wiki will indefinitely lock its database to prevent other people from trying to adopt it.
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.
 
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