Help:Edit lock
 | This help page is a how-to guide. It details processes or procedures of some aspect(s) of BattleIntelligence's norms and practices. It is not one of BattleIntelligence's policies or guidelines, and may reflect varying levels of consensus and vetting. |
BattleIntelligence does not use pre-emptive software article locks on pages, because this would be contrary to the policies of BattleIntelligence and spirit of openness. Page protection is never to be used for closing down an article's normal development and community editing, and should be used only to prevent actual disruption.
{{in use}} template
On the other hand, we do have {{in use}} tags, which can be used to alert people that you are in the process of making a larger edit. The article remains open to editing, but courteous users should leave it alone until you're done. The template looks like this:
 | This help page is actively undergoing a major edit for a little while. To help avoid edit conflicts, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. This page was last edited at 01:16, 1 May 2025 (UTC) (13 months ago) – this estimate is cached, . Please remove this template if this page hasn't been edited for a significant time. If you are the editor who added this template, please be sure to remove it or replace it with {{Under construction}} between editing sessions. |
{{archiving}} template
If a talk page is actively being archived, add {{archiving}} to the top so the archival doesn't clobber edits. Template:Archiving