Wikipedia talk:Edit lock

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so, i added {{intranslation}} cuz i sometimes translate articles back and forth from the greek wikipedia... hope anybody doesn't mind Project2501a 02:03, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This should be automatic

This should really be an automatic feature of the software, not a template. (Not that it should show a big notice at the top of a page, but that it should show a big notice when you go to edit a page that is in use.) Other wikis already have this, like MoinMoin wiki. Here's my proposal (Bug 2438):

When someone presses edit, a flag should be flipped so that if someone else presses edit they get a simple notice at the top of the page that it MAY be in use and when the edit button was pressed. This will not prevent anyone from editing, it will just suggest that they wait a bit. Exactly like an inuse template, but automatic.

When Person A presses "Edit", the flag is flipped. If Person B then presses "Edit" they will see "Another user may be editing this page. The Edit button was pressed at 15:23, May 30, 2005. You might want to wait a few minutes to avoid edit conflicts." Every time Person A presses "Show preview", the message will be updated and the timer will be reset. (Refreshing Person B's screen at this point will show "Another user may be editing this page. The Show preview button was last pressed at 15:26, May 30, 2005." instead.) If Person A never saves their page, the notice will disappear when the timer runs out. The timer runs out after x minutes since the last button press by Person A.

It should not indicate a potential conflict if you are editing two different sections.

Vote on the feature request if you like it, or leave comments. — Omegatron 19:23, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Inuse

I have nominated Template:Inuse for deletion, people watching this page might want to contribute to the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 May 28. --W.marsh 22:46, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

In the discussion at the TFD linked above, it was suggested that adding a bit of text to this page might help reduce overuse of this template. So, does anyone have any objections to adding "Please remember to remove the template when you are finished with your editing session, and not to leave it in place for more than a few hours." to the "{{Inuse}} template" section? --Robth^Talk 00:40, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, because everything you want to add is already there. Have you read the page with care? It specifies an acceptable time period of 30 - 180 minutes, specifies "if you do use such a "lock" please be responsive to any inquiries about the lock" and the template itself has the following sentence "If this article has not been edited recently, please remove this template". Not enough? I assure you that in the presence of multiple edits, merging source code isn't as easy and quick as merging article text, thus this template is IMHO particularly useful when making delicate changes to template code. I'm not "new" to team working and I'm used to both CVS and ClearCase, but given that we don't have such tools here I think this template is a simple, honest enough, palliative —Gennaro Prota^•Talk 11:27, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

The theory was that since the template is still being left in place for much too long fairly frequently, we might want to strengthen the language; but, if you think it's fine as is, I'm not terribly attached to the change. --Robth^Talk 13:08, 29 May 2006 (UTC)