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Usage
This template is used for articles about living persons which are semi-protected or fully protected, either temporarily or indefinitely, due to excessive violations of the biographies of living persons policy.
When used for semi-protection this template categorizes articles into Category:Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected biographies of living people or Category:Wikipedia temporarily semi-protected biographies of living people if an expiry date is set. When used for full protection this template categorizes articles into Category:Wikipedia indefinitely protected biographies of living people or Category:Wikipedia temporarily protected biographies of living people if an expiry date is set. For talk pages that are semi-protected, use {{pp-vandalism}}.
This template will not be visible on pages that are not protected. Adding this template to an article does not protect it. Protection can only be applied by administrators, and can be requested at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection.