Wikipedia has implemented a new system to prevent malicious users from vandalizing the site. The new measures are being called ‘Cascading protection’ and work as follows:
If a page is protected using the feature, any pages included in it will also be protected for as long as they remain included in it. This protection should take effect instantly and automatically even if templates are included dynamically by a mechanism such as that used by the Main Page. Administrators can enable cascading protection by means of a checkbox on the usual protection form.
Wikipedia’s main page (among other pages) has long been a target of vandalism and hopefully this will put an end to that.
Originally posted on January 19, 2007 @ 9:04 am