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'''Category:Locked''' — items in this '''Locked''' [[Special:Categories|category]] are [[wiki]] | '''Category: Locked''' — items in this '''Locked''' [[Special:Categories|category]] here on [[WikiIndex]] are [[wiki]] sites that have had their wiki [[:Category:Database|database]] locked. A locked database cannot process 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 | *Via <tt>Special:LockDB</tt> by a wiki [[founder]] or [[owner]]; | ||
*Setting the <tt>$wgReadOnly</tt> variable in [[LocalSettings.php]] to 'true' by a server administrator. | *Setting the <tt>$wgReadOnly</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: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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