Help:Edit lock

This page is about templates used while an article is undergoing a major edit. For locked accounts, see meta:Global locks.

Not to be confused with BattleIntelligence:Protection policy.

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:

{{archiving}} template

If a talk page is actively being archived, add {{archiving}} to the top so the archival doesn't clobber edits. Template:Archiving