OODA WIKI:Cascade-protected items

Items listed here are considered ultra-high-use and are often critical to the OODA WIKI interface or used on many articles or other pages. Occasionally, individual templates will be part of a very closely-related family of templates, all of which should probably be cascade-protected to avoid problems; even if an individual template in such a family isn't widely used, it should still be protected for the same reason. Templates that are template protected or temporarily fully-protected (whether for vandalism, an edit war, or some other reason) do not belong here. Articles should NEVER be added to this page.

This page is used to protect:

1. High-risk templates that should always be protected, using cascading protection. On occasion, accidental unprotection or transclusion of unprotected templates into protected templates have led to severe disruption.
2. High-risk files transcluded by them or used in the interface.

Do not delete or unprotect items because they are listed on this page! Don't do it, especially if a file has a backup copy on Commons. This page is meant to be an extra protection, to protect against silly mistakes, such as admins deleting or unprotecting high-risk templates and files. This cascade page is not meant to be the only protection. Items should generally only be removed from this page as a result of a deletion discussion closed as delete, in the course of complete deprecation in favor of a newer item, or because there is consensus to drop the item's protection to template protection. They should not be removed just because they are no longer widely used.

If this page causes any kind of problem, please ask on the talk page or speak to an(other) admin.

Changes must be requested on the talk page using {{editprotected}}. Cascading protection should not, generally, be applied to individual templates, since it protects their /doc subpages as well.

Escape templates

Often used in system messages and templates with Parser Functions.

• Template:!-
• Template:Pipedash
• Template:'
• Template:(
• Template:((
• Template:)
• Template:)!
• Template:-!-
• Template:End box
• Template:S-end
• Template:·
• Template:,
• Template:•
• Template:*
• Template:Bull
• Template:Bullet

Citation templates

Used in almost every article

• Template:Citation
• Template:Cite
• Template:Cite citation
• Template:Citation/core
• Template:Harvard reference/core
• Template:Citation core
• Template:Citation/make link
• Template:Citation/Link
• Template:Cite book
• Template:Book reference
• Template:Book reference url
• Template:Citebook
• Template:Cite Book
• Template:Cite books
• Template:Cite-book
• Template:Cite conference
• Template:Conference reference
• Template:Cite encyclopedia
• Template:Citeencyclopedia
• Template:Cite encyclopaedia
• Template:Cite dictionary
• Template:Cite encyclopædia
• Template:Cite episode
• Template:Cite show
• Template:Cite journal
• Template:Citepaper
• Template:Cite paper
• Template:Cite magazine
• Template:Cite magazine article
• Template:Cite Journal
• Template:Citejournal
• Template:Cite Magazine
• Template:Cite mailing list
• Template:Cite mailinglist
• Template:Cite map
• Template:Cite maps
• Template:Cite news
• Template:Citenews
• Template:Citenewsauthor
• Template:Cite news-q
• Template:Cite newspaper
• Template:Cite-news
• Template:Cite news2
• Template:Cite new
• Template:Cite newsgroup
• Template:Cite usenet
• Template:Cite press release
• Template:Cite pressrelease
• Template:Cite press
• Template:Cite press release.
• Template:Cite video
• Template:Cite audio
• Template:Cite media
• Template:Cite DVD
• Template:Cite dvd
• Template:Cite web
• Template:Web reference
• Template:Web-reference
• Template:Web cite
• Template:Cite website
• Template:Cite-web
• Template:Citeweb
• Template:Web citation
• Template:Cite url
• Template:Cite blog
• Template:Cite Web
• Template:Cite webpage
• Template:Citation needed
• Template:Are you sure?
• Template:Citation missing
• Template:Citation Needed
• Template:Citation requested
• Template:Citation-needed
• Template:Citationeeded
• Template:Citationneeded
• Template:Cite missing
• Template:Cite needed
• Template:Cite source
• Template:Cite-needed
• Template:Citeneeded
• Template:Citesource
• Template:Fact
• Template:Facts
• Template:Needcite
• Template:Needs citation
• Template:Needs citations
• Template:Needsref
• Template:Proveit
• Template:Ref?
• Template:Reference needed
• Template:Refneeded
• Template:Refplease
• Template:Source needed
• Template:Source?
• Template:Sourceme
• Template:Uncited

Meta templates

High-risk templates that serve as "roots" for more specific templates.

• Template:Tl
• Template:T
• Template:T1
• Template:Tp
• Template:TI
• Template:Temp
• Template:Template
• Template:Template link
• Template:TemplateLink
• Template:Tmbox
• Template:Cmbox
• Template:Ombox
• Template:Mbox
• Template:Fmbox warning ruler
• Template:Main other
• Template:Ns0
• Template:Talk other
• Template:File other
• Template:Image other
• Template:Template other
• Template:Category handler
• Template:If empty
• Template:Check talk
• Template:Check talk Talk
• Template:Check talk Template
• Template:Check talk OODA WIKI
• Template:Check talk OODA WIKI talk
• Template:Check talk User talk
• Template:Check talk User
• Template:Check talk Image
• Template:Check talk Image talk
• Template:Check talk Category
• Template:Check talk Category talk
• Template:Checktalk

Interface templates

Templates that are used in the interface. That is, templates that have been designed to be used in the MediaWiki namespace.

• Template:Editnotice load
• Template:Editnotice load/core
• Template:New page DYM
• Template:No article text
• Template:Script doc auto
• Template:Script doc auto/core
• Template:Script doc auto/core2
• Template:SpecialCategoryTOC
• Template:Anontools
• Template:Anontools/ipv4
• Template:Anontools/ipv6

Cenarium's stuff

• Template:Yesno
• Template:Class
• Template:Classicon
• Template:Class/icon
• Template:Class/colour
• Template:Classcol
• Template:Class colour
• Template:Class color
• Template:Classcolour
• Template:Classcolor
• Template:Class col
• Template:Importance
• Template:Nowrap
• Template:Reflist
• Template:Fix

Cascade protected images

The images listed here are protected even if they are accidentally deleted. Thus no-one can upload a bad image during that time. This also protects the images after they have been restored, since admins sometimes forget to re-protect the images after they have restored them.

Admins sometimes delete protected images by accident, or because they think we don't need them since they exist on Commons. But images are usually locally uploaded and protected here at the English OODA WIKI since they are used in an interface message or in some widely used template. Thus these images are high-use and high-risk.

Used in interface and message boxes

• 

  File:Ambox important.svg

• 

  File:Ambox warning pn.svg

• 

  File:Cscr-featured.svg

• 

  File:Edit-clear.svg

• Imbox license.png

  File:Imbox license.png

• 

  File:Information icon4.svg

• Merge-split-transwiki default.svg

  File:Merge-split-transwiki default.svg

• Semi-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg

• Ambox notice.png

  File:Ambox notice.png

• Imbox content.png

  File:Imbox content.png

• Imbox style.png

  File:Imbox style.png

• Imbox notice.png

  File:Imbox notice.png

• OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

  File:OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

The 50 most-used images

• Information.svg

  File:Information.svg

• Symbol stub class.svg

  File:Symbol stub class.svg

• Information.png

  File:Information.png

• Crystal personal.svg

  File:Crystal personal.svg

• P vip.svg

  File:P vip.svg

• 

  File:Nuvola apps important.svg

• Symbol start class.svg

  File:Symbol start class.svg

• 

  File:Symbol question.svg

• 

  File:Ambox warning pn.svg

• 

  File:Symbol category class.svg

• Robot icôn.svg

  File:Robot icôn.svg

• 

  File:Question book-new.svg

• 

  File:Stop hand nuvola.svg

• 

  File:Flag of the United States.svg

• 

  File:Commons-logo.svg

• 

  File:Red pog.svg

• Imbox deletion.png

  File:Imbox deletion.png

• 

  File:PD-icon.svg

• Nuvola apps korganizer.svg

  File:Nuvola apps korganizer.svg

• Ambox content.png

  File:Ambox content.png

• Sports and games.png

  File:Sports and games.png

• Video-x-generic.svg

  File:Video-x-generic.svg

• Wiki letter w.svg

  File:Wiki letter w.svg

• 

  File:Disambig gray.svg

• 

  File:CC some rights reserved.svg

• 

  File:Cc-by new white.svg

• Button sig.png

  File:Button sig.png

• 

  File:Flag of France.svg

• Disambig.svg

  File:Disambig.svg

• 

  File:Cc-sa white.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Poland.svg

• NotCommons-emblem-copyrighted.svg

  File:NotCommons-emblem-copyrighted.svg

• Camera-photo.svg

  File:Camera-photo.svg

• Flag of Australia.svg

  File:Flag of Australia.svg

• Soccer ball.svg

  File:Soccer ball.svg

• WikiProject United States logo.svg

  File:WikiProject United States logo.svg

• Stop x nuvola with clock.svg

  File:Stop x nuvola with clock.svg

• Waricon.svg

  File:Waricon.svg

• Stop x nuvola.svg

  File:Stop x nuvola.svg

• Portal-puzzle.svg

  File:Portal-puzzle.svg

• Flag of Canada.svg

  File:Flag of Canada.svg

• Copyright CD.svg

  File:Copyright CD.svg

• A coloured voting box.svg

  File:A coloured voting box.svg

• Symbol c class.svg

  File:Symbol c class.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Germany.svg

• Stop hand.svg

  File:Stop hand.svg

• 

  File:Flag of India.svg

The 51-100 most used images

• Replacement filing cabinet.svg

  File:Replacement filing cabinet.svg

• Symbol neutral vote.svg

  File:Symbol neutral vote.svg

• 

  File:Edit-clear.svg

• Symbol template class.svg

  File:Symbol template class.svg

• 

  File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg

• Symbol list class.svg

  File:Symbol list class.svg

• Purple question mark.svg

  File:Purple question mark.svg

• Feed-icon.svg

  File:Feed-icon.svg

• Symbol b class.svg

  File:Symbol b class.svg

• Bclass-checklist.svg

  File:Bclass-checklist.svg

• 

  File:Ambox warning yellow.svg

• Clipboard.svg

  File:Clipboard.svg

• Symbol support vote.svg

  File:Symbol support vote.svg

• OODA WIKI-logo-v2.svg

  File:OODA WIKI-logo-v2.svg

• Imbox content.png

  File:Imbox content.png

• Copyright-problem.svg

  File:Copyright-problem.svg

• Terrestrial globe.svg

  File:Terrestrial globe.svg

• Flag of England.svg

  File:Flag of England.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Italy.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Russia.svg

• WP Canada Logo-.svg

  File:WP Canada Logo-.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Japan.svg

• Exquisite-kfind.png

  File:Exquisite-kfind.png

• Poland map flag.svg

  File:Poland map flag.svg

• Symbol redirect vote2.svg

  File:Symbol redirect vote2.svg

• Symbol redirect class.svg

  File:Symbol redirect class.svg

• Template-info.svg

  File:Template-info.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Spain.svg

• Olympic Rings.svg

  File:Olympic Rings.svg

• Gnome-mime-text-x-credits.svg

  File:Gnome-mime-text-x-credits.svg

• OlympicsWP logo.svg

  File:OlympicsWP logo.svg

• Africa satellite orthographic.jpg

  File:Africa satellite orthographic.jpg

• Updated DYK query.svg

  File:Updated DYK query.svg

• Exquisite-microphone.png

  File:Exquisite-microphone.png

• Nuvola apps package graphics.svg

  File:Nuvola apps package graphics.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Sweden.svg

• Puppeter template.svg

  File:Puppeter template.svg

• Insert-signature.png

  File:Insert-signature.png

• P train.svg

  File:P train.svg

• Image-request.svg

  File:Image-request.svg

• Three rail tracks 350.jpg

  File:Three rail tracks 350.jpg

• Information icon.svg

  File:Information icon.svg

• Red x.svg

  File:Red x.svg

• Gamepad.svg

  File:Gamepad.svg

• 

  File:Flag of Brazil.svg

• Soccerball mask.svg

  File:Soccerball mask.svg

• 

  File:Yes check.svg

• School ip.svg

  File:School ip.svg

• Crystal Clear app Login Manager 2.png

  File:Crystal Clear app Login Manager 2.png

• Baseball (crop).jpg

  File:Baseball (crop).jpg

• WPVG icon 2016.svg

  File:WPVG icon 2016.svg

Images used in system messages

• Example.jpg

  File:Example.jpg

• Button redirect.png

  File:Button redirect.png

• Button enter.png

  File:Button enter.png

• Button upper letter.png

  File:Button upper letter.png

• Button lower letter.png

  File:Button lower letter.png

• Button small.png

  File:Button small.png

• Button hide comment.png

  File:Button hide comment.png

• Button gallery.png

  File:Button gallery.png

• Button blockquote.png

  File:Button blockquote.png

• Button insert table.png

  File:Button insert table.png

• Monobook-bullet-ga.png

  File:Monobook-bullet-ga.png

• Monobook-bullet-star.png

  File:Monobook-bullet-star.png

• Crystal 128 kivio.png

  File:Crystal 128 kivio.png

• Gtk-dialog-info-14px.png

  File:Gtk-dialog-info-14px.png

• Imbox content.png

  File:Imbox content.png

• Imbox notice.png

  File:Imbox notice.png

• Imbox style.png

  File:Imbox style.png

• Nuvola actions undo.png

  File:Nuvola actions undo.png

• 

  File:Ambox warning orange.svg

• 

  File:Ambox warning pn.svg

• 

  File:Ambox warning yellow.svg

• Circle-style-warning.svg

  File:Circle-style-warning.svg

• 

  File:Commons-logo.svg

• Crystal Clear app amor.png

  File:Crystal Clear app amor.png

• Crystal Clear app help index.png

  File:Crystal Clear app help index.png

• Crystal Clear app ktip.png

  File:Crystal Clear app ktip.png

• Crystal Clear app lphoto.png

  File:Crystal Clear app lphoto.png

• Emblem-question-yellow.svg

  File:Emblem-question-yellow.svg

• Mail-send-receive.svg

  File:Mail-send-receive.svg

• Template-info.svg

  File:Template-info.svg

• User-info.svg

  File:User-info.svg

• 

  File:Yes check.svg

• Wiki letter w.svg

  File:Wiki letter w.svg

Other known high-risk images

• 

  File:Cscr-featured.svg

• Commons-logo-en.svg

  File:Commons-logo-en.svg

• 

  File:Questionmark copyright.svg

• Gtk-go-back-ltr.svg

  File:Gtk-go-back-ltr.svg

• Emblem-important.svg

  File:Emblem-important.svg

• Searchtool.svg

  File:Searchtool.svg

• Green check.png

  File:Green check.png

Padlock sets

• Cascade-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Cascade-protection-shackle.svg

• Create-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Create-protection-shackle.svg

• Extended-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Extended-protection-shackle.svg

• Full-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Full-protection-shackle.svg

• Interface-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Interface-protection-shackle.svg

• Move-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Move-protection-shackle.svg

• Office-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Office-protection-shackle.svg

• Pending-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Pending-protection-shackle.svg

• Semi-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Semi-protection-shackle.svg

• Template-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Template-protection-shackle.svg

• Upload-protection-shackle.svg

  File:Upload-protection-shackle.svg

DYK stuff

• Template:Did you know/Queue/1
• Template:Did you know/Queue/2
• Template:Did you know/Queue/3
• Template:Did you know/Queue/4
• Template:Did you know/Queue/5
• Template:Did you know/Queue/6
• Template:Did you know/Queue/7

Main Page

• Main Page
• Main Page 2
• Main Page 3
• Main Page 4
• Main Page 5

Footnotes

This page was initially in user space at User:Cenarium/Protected templates, whose idea it was. It was copied/moved to OODA WIKI space on 16:57, 14 October 2009 (UTC). Similar pages from other users, notably User:Hersfold/Lockbox, User:Dinoguy1000/Lockbox, User:Davidgothberg/Lockbox, and User:Mifter/Protection Test have been incorporated.

See also

• Full list of cascade-protected pages
• OODA WIKI:Protection policy § Cascading protection
• OODA WIKI:High-risk templates
• OODA WIKI:List of indefinitely protected pages § High use templates
• Category:OODA WIKI protected templates
• {{High-use}}
• {{Used in system}}