On 15/08/06, BSeigel(a)weatrust.com <BSeigel(a)weatrust.com> wrote:
"WARNING: This page has been locked so that only
users with sysop
privileges can edit it. Be sure you are following the protected page
guidelines."
That warning means "you're editing a protected page, so be careful" -
you aren't being prevented from editing, just advised against doing
anything drastic.
It's used, e.g. on Wikipedia, to tell administrators not to edit
protected pages during content wars, etc.
Also, I would like to prevent registration of new
users, and block those
not logged in from editing pages.
Take a look at
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:$wgGroupPermissions
Rob Church