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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.
This is a list of resources available that list pages that are protected, semi-protected or move protected. 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 ...
This category contains pages which have been protected from page moves indefinitely. Use {{ Pp-move-indef }} to add pages to this category. This should only be done if the page is in fact protected – adding the template does not in itself protect the page.
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 ...
Only administrators and office staff are able to activate page protection. For example, the Main Page of Wikipedia has permanent protection because of its high visibility, and many of the pages linked from it may also be protected. Note that the purpose of page protection is for protection against vandalism, and not for censorship reasons.
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.
The oldest pages, listed at the top, are checked regularly and unprotected if appropriate. Indefinitely protected pages, such as maintenance templates, are listed at Wikipedia:List of indefinitely protected pages. Long-term semi-protected pages were before listed here, but have now been moved to Wikipedia:List of protected pages/Long-term ...