Help:Pending changes

Pending changes is a technical way to display to readers only edits that have been reviewed on a certain page, that is thus said to be pending changes protected.

What it means for a page to be pending changes protected
On a pending changes protected page, edits by unregistered (or new) users are not shown to readers until reviewed by a pending changes reviewer. This is thus a lesser form of protection than semi-protection.

When is a page pending changes protected
A page is pending changes protected by an administrator when it matches specific criteria set forth by the wiki's protection policy.

How to review pending edits
All pending edits appear at Special:PendingChanges, which provides the option to list only those from pending changes-protected pages (or actively deferred, if deferred changes is enabled), and can be reviewed by users with review permission.

How to enable this feature
The feature requires the flagged revisions extension, it can be enabled by setting  to true in local settings, and can be used alongside its deferral feature (enabled via  ).