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See also Wikipedia:High-risk templates and Category:Wikipedia protected templates. The following templates are indefinitely protected or semi-protected because a large number of pages directly or indirectly depend on them. These templates should only be edited when absolutely necessary.
To request that a page be protected or unprotected, see Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. Special:ProtectedPages - automatic list Also see Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages - indefinitely or permanently protected pages, specifically maintenance templates and high-exposure Wikipedia pages
To add a page to this category, use {} or one of the more specific full-protection templates. This should only be done if the page is indeed protected; adding the template does not in itself protect the page. For a dynamic and sortable list of all protected pages, see Special:ProtectedPages.
When operational, KrinkleBot cascade-protects Commons files transcluded at Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow, Wikipedia:Main Page/Commons media protection and Main Page. As the bot's response time varies, media should not be transcluded on the main page (or its constituent templates) until after it has been protected.
Full protection prevents a page from being edited except by administrators. For semi-protected pages, which cannot be edited by anonymous and newly registered users, see Category:Wikipedia semi-protected pages. To add a page to this category, use {{pp-protected}}. This should only be done if the page is in fact protected – adding the template ...
Some Wikipedia pages are protected from editing to prevent vandalism. This protection status is usually shown as a padlock at the top right of the protected page. Its varying colours depend on the level of protection, which include: Full protection; Semi-protection; Creation protection; Move protection; Upload protection; Extended-confirmed ...
Protected pages are categorized into subcategories of Category:Wikipedia protected pages, depending on the level of (and reason for) protection. For a dynamic and sortable list of all protected pages (including redirects), see Special:ProtectedPages .
In the meantime, please feel free to discuss the changes you want to make on the talk page of the page in question. However a few types of pages are protected indefinitely: The Main page and all pages and images included onto it, via cascading protection; Pages in the MediaWiki namespace, which contain system messages and text for the user ...