Editing Main Page featured article protection/re-write (section)

===Semi-protection===
[[Wikipedia:Semi-protection policy|Semi-protection]] prevents all unregistered or recently registered users from editing a page. The Main Page featured article is rarely semi-protected. However, it is recognised that there are some extreme circumstances when semi-protection can be introduced for a limited amount of time. These are, for example, when a range of dynamic IP addresses are being used to vandalise the featured article page in quick succession; where personal information or potentially distressing content is being repeatedly placed onto the article; or where a few minutes of protection are needed to remove harmful vandalism from a page.

Admins may prefer to try other methods of dealing with vandalism first, such as blocking problematic accounts and IPs.