diff --git a/Page.php b/Page.php
index c1d47b3afc..d1baffbadd 100644
--- a/Page.php
+++ b/Page.php
@@ -68,6 +68,24 @@ public function get_text_from(string $title, WikipediaBot $api) : bool {
        report_warning("Could not even get the page title.");  // @codeCoverageIgnore
        return FALSE;                                          // @codeCoverageIgnore
     }
+    
+    if (isset($details->protection) && !empty($details->protection)) {
+       $the_protections = (array) $details->protection;
+       foreach ($the_protections as $protects) {
+         if (isset($protects->type) && (string) $protects->type === "edit" && isset($protects->level)) {
+           $the_level = (string) $protects->level;
+           if (in_array($the_level, ["autoconfirmed", "extendedconfirmed"])) {
+             ;  // We are good
+           } elseif (in_array($the_level, ["sysop", "templateeditor"])) {
+             report_warning("Page is protected.");
+             return FALSE;
+           } else {
+             report_minor_error("Unexpected protection status: " . $the_level);
+           }
+         }
+       }
+    }
+
     $this->title = (string) $details->title;
     $this->lastrevid = (int) $details->lastrevid ;
 
@@ -568,12 +586,6 @@ protected function announce_page() : void {
   }
   
   protected function allow_bots() : bool {
-    if (preg_match('~\{\{pp-full\}\}~i', $this->text)) { // NO ONE can edit this page
-      return FALSE;
-    }
-    if (preg_match('~\{\{pp *(?:|\|.+)\}\}~i', $this->text)) { // Only admins can edit this page
-      return FALSE;
-    }
     // from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Bots
     $bot_username = '(?:Citation|DOI)[ _]bot';
     if (preg_match('~\{\{(nobots|bots\|allow=none|bots\|deny=all|bots\|optout=all|bots\|deny=.*?'.$bot_username.'.*?)\}\}~iS',$this->text)) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/PageTest.php b/tests/phpunit/PageTest.php
index 48883d6ee3..f2dc7a2dd2 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/PageTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/PageTest.php
@@ -183,16 +183,6 @@ public function testNobots2() : void {
       $this->assertSame(FALSE, $page->write($api, "Testing bot write function"));
    });
   }
-   
-  public function testNobots3() : void {
-     $this->requires_secrets(function() : void {
-      $api = new WikipediaBot();
-      $text = '{{cite thesis|url=https://mathscinet.ams.org/mathscinet-getitem?mr=1234}}{{pp-full}}';
-      $page = $this->process_page($text);
-      $this->assertSame($text, $page->parsed_text());
-      $this->assertSame(FALSE, $page->write($api, "Testing bot write function"));
-   });
-  }
  
   public function testEmptyPage() : void {
       foreach (['', '  ', " \n ", '  move along, nothing to see here ', '  move along, nothing to see here {{}} ', ' }}}}{{{{ ', '{{{{}}', '{{{{    }}', '{{{{}}}}}}}}'] as $text) {