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The padlock does not indicate that an article is important, but that it has been protected due to frequent vandalism. See Pizza for an "important" article that is not protected, and see Faggot for a fairly unimportant article that is, for obvious reasons, protected. Full protection is rare - articles which draw a lot of vandalism are usually semi-protected, meaning that in order to edit the page, users must be logged in (see Wikipedia:Why create an account?), and sometimes auto-confirmed (meaning they have had an account for at least 4 days). This level of protection has been found to be very good at keeping vandalism out, while letting constructive editing take place - in other words, protection has no effect on what direction an article moves in, it merely saves work for vandal fighters.

Regarding articles with different points of view - that is something we specifically try to avoid on Wikipedia. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a collection of opinions, and all articles should present a neutral point of view, meaning that all relevant facts are presented without judgment, the article represents a worldwide view, and in cases where evidence is conflicting, the point of view best supported by evidence is given prominence (though significant conflicts are discussed). Because of this policy, content forking, or having two articles that treat the same topic from different points of view, is expressly forbidden. When editors disagree on content, these disputes are worked out on talk pages, not in the articles themselves. — Swpbtalk.edits 20:42, 23 March 2008 (UTC)