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"sudo" is a unix command to request elevated permission levels to execute an action. This is used to analogously refer to the need of administrator-level permissions to edit a page
Shortcuts are wikilinked on community pages, talk pages, and edit summaries, but not in mainspace articles. Transclusions in mainspace are common and do not need to be "fixed".
When appropriate, protection levels are automatically sensed, described and categorized.