MediaWiki talk:Protectedpagewarning

message: 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)
replies: text: I'm not sure all that is necessary. I've added a link to the policy, and really should know they shouldn't be editing a protected page. There seem to be more issues with sysops protecting pages they are involved with rather than editing them after they protected anyway. Angela. 03:31, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed.  It was just a thought.  I think the number one thing to keep in mind is just not to do anything that might have the appearance of protecting a page in order to force an opinion on the community.  -- Pakaran 03:32, 8 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposal

message: 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)
replies: text: What is your point exactly? -Splash - tk 22:26, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ugh, no. — xaosflux Talk 02:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed improvement 

message: Would anyone object to me adding a div box to the this message (like below), for consistency?
WARNING:  This page has been protected so that only administrators can edit it. Ensure that you are following the protected page guidelines.
--MZMcBride 20:02, 18 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Div? 

message: 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)
thread_title:  Standardised styles 

message: 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, —Tommy2010 21:48, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  wording 

message: Instead of an , I'm just pinging  and asking him to take a look at this. :P

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)
replies: text: , thanks. Legoktm (talk) 16:53, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Update for template editors 

message: 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)
replies: text: Done — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 03:51, 19 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request on 18 October 2013 

message: Please replace the  with  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)
replies: text: — xaosflux Talk 23:28, 24 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  Hi xaosflux, you replaced  with , however the section name is "Administrators and bureaucrats", so could you replace it with  in both places? Thanks, --L235 (t / c / ping in reply) 23:10, 25 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text:  — xaosflux Talk 00:11, 26 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 24 February 2015 

message: 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)
replies: text: It should be under semi instead of this. This will require something along the lines of phab:T126607#2183805 to be completed by a dev. — JJMC89 (T·C) 16:09, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

text: This is being worked on. — JJMC89 (T·C) 17:46, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks for the update on the Phabricator task. epicgenius @ 20:20, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The software now uses MediaWiki:Semiprotectedpagewarning for extendedconfirmed (qqx example) so I have added a check to that message. MediaWiki:Protectedpagewarning now has unnecessary code for extendedconfirmed but new software features sometimes regress so let's keep it for the moment. PrimeHunter (talk) 12:36, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Question 

message: 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)
replies: text: , thanks. Nakon 03:35, 21 May 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected edit request on 21 May 2016