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== Uncommon protections ==
=== Cascading protection<span class="anchor" id="cascade"></span><!--former tag allows section referencing while accommodating section name changes. DO NOT REMOVE IT.--> ===
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Cascading protection fully protects a page, and extends that full protection ''automatically'' to any page that is [[Help:Transclusion|transcluded]] onto the protected page, whether directly or indirectly. This includes templates, images and other media that are hosted on the English Wikipedia. Files stored on Commons are ''not'' protected by any other wiki's cascading protection and, if they are to be protected, must be either temporarily uploaded to the English Wikipedia or explicitly protected at Commons (whether manually or through cascading protection there). When operational, [[c:User:KrinkleBot|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. (This is particularly relevant to [[Template:In the news]], for which upcoming images are not queued at [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Tomorrow]].) Cascading protection:
*Should be used only to prevent [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandalism]] when placed on particularly visible pages, such as the main page.
*Is available only for fully protected pages; it is disabled for lower levels of protection as it represents a workflow flaw. See [[#Cascading semi-protection|below]] as well as [[Phabricator:T10796|this bug ticket]] for more information.
*Is not instantaneous; it can be several hours before it takes effect. See [[Phabricator:T20483]] for more information.
*Should generally not be applied directly to templates or [[WP:LUA|modules]], as it will not protect transclusions inside {{tag|includeonly|o}} tags or transclusions that depend on template parameters, but ''will'' protect the [[Wikipedia:Template documentation|documentation subpage]]. {{Xref|See {{slink||Protection of templates}} below}}, for alternatives.

The list of cascading-protected pages can be found at [[Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items]]. Requests to add or remove cascading protection on a page should be made at [[Wikipedia talk:Cascade-protected items]] as an [[Wikipedia:Edit requests|edit request]].

=== Operational pages ===
Operational pages principally used by software, including bots and user scripts, may be protected based on the type of use, content, and other considerations. This includes configuration pages, data pages, log pages, status pages, and other pages specific to the operation of software. However, personal CSS, personal JavaScript, and personal JSON are [[#Permanent protection|automatically protected]] and should not be protected for this reason.

=== Permanent protection<span class="anchor" id="perm"></span><span class="anchor" id="indef"></span><span class="anchor" id="interface"></span><span class="anchor" id="Interface protection"></span><!--former tag allows section referencing while accommodating section name changes. DO NOT REMOVE IT.--> ===
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Administrators cannot change or remove the protection for some areas on Wikipedia, which are permanently protected by the [[MediaWiki]] software:
*Edits to the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]], which defines parts of the site interface, are restricted to administrators and [[WP:IADMIN|interface administrators]].
**Edits to system-wide CSS and JavaScript pages such as [[MediaWiki:common.js]] are further restricted to [[WP:IADMIN|interface administrators]].
*Edits to personal CSS and JavaScript pages such as [[User:Example/monobook.css]] and [[User:Example/vector-2022.js]] are restricted to the associated user and [[WP:IADMIN|interface administrators]]. Interface administrators may edit these pages, for example, to remove a user script that has been used inappropriately. Administrators may delete (but not edit or restore) these pages.
*Edits to personal JSON pages such as [[User:Example/data.json]] are restricted to the associated user and administrators.

Such protection is called permanent or indefinite protection, and interface protection in the case of CSS and JavaScript pages.

=== Office actions<span class="anchor" id="office"></span><!--former tag allows section referencing while accommodating section name changes. DO NOT REMOVE IT.--> ===
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As outlined in {{section link|Foundation:Policy:Office actions|Use of advanced rights by Foundation staff}}, pages can be protected by [[Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] staff in response to issues such as copyright infringement or libel. '''Such actions override community consensus'''. Administrators should '''not''' edit or unprotect such pages without permission from Wikimedia Foundation staff.<ref>Unlike with [[WP:SUPERPROTECT]], admins ''technically'' can still edit or unprotect these pages, however, they should not do so without permission.</ref>