Wikipedia Padlocks

This is a gallery displaying the padlocks that are or were used on to represent various protection types that Wikipedia has, several of which are also found on Fandom. Note that only the first six protection types listed are also found on Fandom, though there are some equivalents to some of the protection types not found on Fandom.

In addition to the padlocks that are or were used on Wikipedia to represent various protection types that Wikipedia has, there are also some additional padlocks found on Wikimedia that aren't or weren't known to be used to represent any protection types on Wikipedia, but are still featured on this page for interest.

Gallery

 * Protection Type Padlocks

Trivia

 * While Fandom doesn't have a type, sometime during 2015 or 2016, unregistered users lost the ability to edit templates on Fandom, so that can be compared to the template protection type found on Wikipedia.
 * While Fandom doesn't have a type, MediaWiki pages cannot be edited by non-administrators, regardless whether they have been manually protected or not.
 * As of August 2015, only Fandom Utilities can edit all system messages, since all the messages now need to be whitelisted in order for Administrators to edit them. Volunteer Spam Task Force members were able to edit all system messages, prior to the usergroup's retirement.
 * Fandom Helpers regained the ability to edit all system messages as of November 2016. From their respective introductions in May and July 2019, until their respective retirements in July 2021, Wiki Representatives and Wiki Specialists have been able to edit all MediaWiki messages. Since their introduction in July 2020, Spam Obliteration and Prevention members have been able to edit all MediaWiki messages. Fandom Staff eventually regained the ability to edit all system messages in October 2020, following this wiki's migration to Fandom's United Community Platform. Since their introductions in July 2021, Wiki Representatives and Wiki Specialists have been able to edit all MediaWiki messages.