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It also generally recommended to protect certain very specific pages which may not necessarily be subjected to spamming or vandalism. Typically, [[:Category:Infobox templates|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. | It also generally recommended to protect certain very specific pages which may not necessarily be subjected to spamming or vandalism. Typically, [[:Category:Infobox templates|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: | 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. | ||
Finally, all users of the wiki, including [[IP editor]]s, can check the protection status of any wiki page, simply by clicking on the 'edit' tab (or 'view source' tab) at the top of each page (or any of the section heading <nowiki>[edit]</nowiki> areas); the protection status, if any, will be shown in a banner with a thin blue border at the top of the page. | Finally, all users of the wiki, including [[IP editor]]s, can check the protection status of any wiki page, simply by clicking on the 'edit' tab (or 'view source' tab) at the top of each page (or any of the section heading <nowiki>[edit]</nowiki> areas); the protection status, if any, will be shown in a banner with a thin blue border at the top of the page. | ||