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==Instructions== | ==Instructions== | ||
===Users=== | ===Users=== | ||
If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected, please follow the following steps: | If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected or an edit to be made of a protected page, please follow the following steps: | ||
(1) If you are requesting unprotection, You need to explain why you need the page unprotected (Example: fix error in template). | (1) If you are requesting unprotection, You need to explain why you need the page unprotected (Example: fix error in template). | ||
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(2) If you are requesting protection, write the type of request with a brief reason for your request below your header. | (2) If you are requesting protection, write the type of request with a brief reason for your request below your header. | ||
(3) your signature(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). | (3) If you simply request a minor edit to be made to an edit-protected page without changing its protection status, state clearly what edit is to be made and the reason for it (if that isn't self-evident). | ||
(4) your signature(<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>). | |||
===Curator=== | ===Curator=== | ||
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=Current requests= | |||
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=Completed requests= | |||
==Template:Citation needed== | |||
I wish to categorize this template. Why was it even protected in the first place? __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]]) 17:21, 25 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
'''Done 11-25-15''' | |||
Two reasons | |||
#This template is used on multiple pages and is high risk for vandalism. | |||
#99 percent of new BoyWiki users don't have your expirance (or any expirance) editing and I don't want to spend all my time fixing fucked up templates. | |||
--[[User:Etenne|Etenne]] ([[User talk:Etenne|talk]]) 17:46, 25 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
:Well, then you had better up my permissions real quick. I'm getting tired of working inside a straightjacket. __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]]) 17:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
::Unfortunately there is only one mid-range permission I can upgrade you to and that is "Uploader" all others require consent from Bron and the BoyWiki council and [[BoyWiki:Keeper of the Wiki|Bron]] is currently on holiday. --[[User:Etenne|Etenne]] ([[User talk:Etenne|talk]]) 18:13, 25 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
:::In any case, we need to sort out the protection policy on this wiki. It isn't very well thought through, I can tell. And that hampers business. __[[User:Meco|meco]] ([[User talk:Meco|talk]]) 15:16, 28 November 2015 (UTC) | |||
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Latest revision as of 13:30, 1 April 2016
| How to request page protection/unprotection/edit of protected page |
Only Curators on BoyWiki have access to protect or unprotect a pages. Therefore, this procedure has been set up to allow regular users to request a change in the protection status.
Instructions
Users
If you would like to request a page to be protected or unprotected or an edit to be made of a protected page, please follow the following steps:
(1) If you are requesting unprotection, You need to explain why you need the page unprotected (Example: fix error in template).
(2) If you are requesting protection, write the type of request with a brief reason for your request below your header.
(3) If you simply request a minor edit to be made to an edit-protected page without changing its protection status, state clearly what edit is to be made and the reason for it (if that isn't self-evident).
(4) your signature(~~~~).
Curator
Review each item and mark either {{Done}} or {{Rejected}}. In the case of a rejection, provide a brief rationale (e.g. "Out of project scope"). Requests more than a month old should be archived to BoyWiki:Page protection/unprotection/Archives
Current requests
Completed requests
Template:Citation needed
I wish to categorize this template. Why was it even protected in the first place? __meco (talk) 17:21, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
Done 11-25-15
Two reasons
- This template is used on multiple pages and is high risk for vandalism.
- 99 percent of new BoyWiki users don't have your expirance (or any expirance) editing and I don't want to spend all my time fixing fucked up templates.
--Etenne (talk) 17:46, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
- Well, then you had better up my permissions real quick. I'm getting tired of working inside a straightjacket. __meco (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2015 (UTC)
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