“ This is termed an edit war, and has a highly negative effect on community and collaboration. Should one occur on a page, it should be protected until the users resolve their dispute through discussion. ”

“ Special cases The main page should always be protected, because it is by far the most heavily viewed page on the project and provides the first impression to new users. Any visible changes to the main page should be discussed on its talk page. System messages: All pages in the MediaWiki namespace are protected from all but administrators by the software. These pages are deeply integrated into user interface, and much confusion would result from careless or malicious editing. Discussion archives: All archives of old discussion should be protected from edit. ”