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Pages should ideally only be protected as a last resort to stop an [[edit war]] or chronic [[vandal]]ism, or to prevent vandalism of high-visibility (such as the [[Wiki main page|main page]]) and / or high-importance pages (such as policy pages), or those which seem to be repeated targets of [[spam]]. If semi-protection (ie, level b) will suffice to stop the edit war or vandalism, then it should be used. Protection duration should only be indefinite for high-visibility or high-importance pages. | Pages should ideally only be protected as a last resort to stop an [[edit war]] or chronic [[vandal]]ism, or to prevent vandalism of high-visibility (such as the [[Wiki main page|main page]]) and / or high-importance pages (such as policy pages), or those which seem to be repeated targets of [[spam]]. If semi-protection (ie, level b) will suffice to stop the edit war or vandalism, then it should be used. Protection duration should only be indefinite for high-visibility or high-importance pages. | ||
It also generally recommended to protect certain very specific pages which may not necessarily be subjected to spamming or vandalism. Typically, [[:Category:Infobox | It also generally recommended to protect certain very specific pages which may not necessarily be subjected to spamming or vandalism. Typically, [[:Category:Infobox template|infobox templates]] (along with any cascading templates they rely on) which are used on substancial numbers of pages on the wiki ''should'' be protected; as any changes to them (irrespective of those edits being necessary, good faith 'good' edits, or bad edits such as spam or vandalism) can place a huge loading on the server holding the wiki database. | ||
Even more caution, by means of the most strongest protection, should be applied to all templates which use [[WikiIndex:WikiIndex:Structured data|semantic data]] on wikis which also use the [[:Category:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]] (SMW) plugin extensions; as unlike general wiki sites not using semantic data, whereby any undesirable edits can be [[revert]]ed without leaving any lasting damage to the wiki (save for the fresh increased server load), on semantic data wiki, any change to semantic data properties will be permanent, and in some instances can severely damage semantic data output. | Even more caution, by means of the most strongest protection, should be applied to all templates which use [[WikiIndex:WikiIndex:Structured data|semantic data]] on wikis which also use the [[:Category:Semantic MediaWiki|Semantic MediaWiki]] (SMW) plugin extensions; as unlike general wiki sites not using semantic data, whereby any undesirable edits can be [[revert]]ed without leaving any lasting damage to the wiki (save for the fresh increased server load), on semantic data wiki, any change to semantic data properties will be permanent, and in some instances can severely damage semantic data output. | ||