Can you lock cross-reference or text anchor characters.

Hi,
I am trying to set up a document which multiple people can edit and the cross-referencing has been a great tool for some things. However, I am scared that many of the references will get broken as these other people edit the text.
My Question: Is there any way to lock hidden characters like these so that they don't get accidently deleted? I would like to know if this can be done for text anchors too!
If this can't be done, please let me know!!!!

As far as I know, the answer would be no. If text is editable, any anchors or markers contained in the text are able to be deleted.

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