This warning is shown to a user editing a
protected page (which the user will only be able to do with appropriate permissions). This interface message or skin may also be documented on MediaWiki.org or translatewiki.net. The page forms part of the MediaWiki interface, and can only be edited by administrators and interface editors. To request a change to the page, add {{ edit fully-protected}} to this page, followed by a description of your request. Consider announcing discussions you add here at Wikipedia:Village pump (technical) to bring more people to the discussion. |
Proposal: something like this:
WARNING: This page has been locked so that only users with sysop privileges can edit it. Be sure you are following the <a href='/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy'>protected page guidelines</a>, and specifically that you are not involved with this page and are making only very minor changes such as linking NPOV disputes if this page is temporarily protected.
Is this too long? -- Pakaran 03:27, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
Since this warning can look rather close to the warning about 'This page is in excess of 30KB', I think making it stand out more (e.g. putting it in some nice red text :-) might be a good idea. Any thoughts? — Kate Turner | Talk 17:22, 2004 Sep 14 (UTC)
At the moment, this page is also served on semi-protected pages. This is confusing! Either the software needs to put up a different page, or this page needs to mention s-p. William M. Connolley 13:41, 21 January 2006 (UTC).
I'm seeing a drastic reduction in editing on George W. Bush which is semi-protected, and I wonder if it's because the wording doesn't make it plain that, if the user can see the notice, he is allowed to edit it.
So here's my wording:
-- Tony Sidaway| Talk 04:45, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
Frankly, I find the current warning message aweful. I much prefer this one:
WARNING: This page has been protected so that only administrators can edit it. Be sure you are following the protected page guidelines. |
Comments? Ingoolemo talk 22:20, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Could someone change the display to that similar to the warning on the aforementioned page? ~ Magnus animum ∵ ∫ φ γ 21:14, 10 May 2007 (UTC)
Would anyone object to me adding a div box to the this message (like below), for consistency?
-- MZMcBride 20:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
I have proposed a change to the format of this box in this AN/I thread. Bovlb ( talk) 04:30, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
A discussion to standardise the styles for boxes of this kind has been started at Template talk:Fmbox#New type?.
-- David Göthberg ( talk) 12:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC)
I was just thinking that at the end where it says "..can make edits" sounds kinda weird and redundant; and that it should follow the same format as the semi-protected warning and end with "... only those with administrative rights can edit it." Thanks, — Tommy 2010 21:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Instead of an {{ edit COI}}, I'm just pinging Legoktm and asking him to take a look at this. :P
{{#switch:{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}}
|sysop = This page has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative rights]] can make edits. Admins are advised to check the current version of the [[Project:Protection policy|protection policy]] before making an edit.
|templateeditor = This {{#switch:{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}|10=template|828=module|#default=page <!-- shouldn't happen, but IAR and all that -->}} has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative]] and [[WP:TPE|template-editor]] rights can make edits. Template editors are advised to consult [[WP:TPE#Wise template editing|the "wise template editing" section]] of WP:TPE before making potentially controversial changes.
}}
Or something like that. Thoughts?
See magic word demonstration at Wikipedia:Sandbox/Template editor thing.
— PinkAmpers & (Je vous invite à me parler) 16:49, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
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Change:
<div id="protectedpagewarning"> <strong>WARNING:</strong> {{#switch:{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}} |sysop = This page has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative rights]] can make edits. Admins are advised to check the current version of the [[Project:Protection policy|protection policy]] before making an edit. |templateeditor = This {{#switch:{{NAMESPACENUMBER}}|10=template|828=module|#default=page <!-- shouldn't happen, but IAR and all that -->}} has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative]] and [[WP:TPE|template-editor]] rights can make edits. Template editors are advised to consult [[WP:TPE#Wise template editing|the "wise template editing" section]] of WP:TPE before making potentially controversial changes. }} {{fmbox warning ruler}} </div>
To:
<div id="protectedpagewarning"> <strong>WARNING:</strong> {{#switch:{{PROTECTIONLEVEL:edit}} |templateeditor = This page has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative]] or [[WP:TPE|template-editor]] rights can make edits. Template editors are advised to consult [[WP:TPE#Wise template editing|the "wise template editing" section]] of WP:TPE before making potentially controversial changes. |#default = This page has been protected so that only users with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative rights]] can make edits. Admins are advised to check the current version of the [[Project:Protection policy|protection policy]] before making an edit. }} {{fmbox warning ruler}} </div>
This removes some complexity (no need to refer to templates or modules specifically, "page" is good for everything), and it also handles any future case where PROTECTIONLEVEL might not be sysop or templateeditor, by replacing sysop with #default. Also, changes "administrative and template-editor rights" to "administrative or template-editor rights". Jackmcbarn ( talk) 19:32, 18 October 2013 (UTC)
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Please replace the [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative
with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators_and_bureaucrats|administrative
in both places where that occurs because the section name at
WP:UAL has changed.
--
L235 (
t /
c /
ping in reply) 21:53, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
[[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators.2C bureaucrats and stewards|administrative
with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators_and_bureaucrats_and_stewards|administrative
, however the section name is "Administrators and bureaucrats", so could you replace it with [[Wikipedia:User access levels#Administrators_and_bureaucrats|administrative
in both places? Thanks, --
L235 (
t /
c /
ping in reply) 23:10, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
How come " extended confirmed" protection is covered under this warning? Should it be covered under MediaWiki:Semiprotectedpagewarning? It seems like extended protection is more similar to semi-protection than it is to admin or template editor protection. epicgenius @ 15:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC) ( talk) 15:35, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
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Per
the change at the protection policy page, [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Arbitration 30/500 protection]]
should be changed to [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection]]
.
Mz7 (
talk) 03:20, 21 May 2016 (UTC)