Category:Wikipedia protected templates

This category contains templates which have been fully or template protected. This is usually done to prevent vandalism to templates that are used on a large number of pages, or on very visible pages such as the Main Page (so-called "high-risk templates"), as vandalism to such templates would be very noticeable. Full protection prevents a page from being edited except by administrators. Template protection also allows editing by template editor.

Note: The protection icon is automatically added by the recommended documentation template.

For a large notice, add to the template. This should only be done if the page is in fact protected – adding the template does not in itself protect the page. Be careful to place this inside  tags, so that articles that transclude the template shouldn't get added to this category as well.

To view a complete list of protected pages, go to Special:ProtectedPages.