Template talk:Edit semi-protected/Archive 3

Edit request from Meetpatel4u, 6 November 2010
Robert e lee was a general for the northern army

Meetpatel4u (talk) 21:49, 6 November 2010 (UTC)
 * You've haven't said what you want done to the page. I n k a 888  23:31, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

Marking the template as done
Previously, the template said to not link back to the template, but instead to put "tlf" in front of the template.   to     Now the article says to add an unnamed parameter which says "done"      Unfortunately, a recent edit broke this and dumped multiple "done" templates back into the edit requested category. I think the template should say to just change the template request into a link to the template or something, so that any further changes to the template won't again accidentally dump multiple pages back into the requested edit category. We don't need to compile a list of every page that has ever had a semi-protected edit request, which is basically what's happening by keeping an active template with a "done" parameter. Banaticus (talk) 21:13, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * LOL! I noticed the same thing you did just now. Attempting to fix in the sandbox and testcase Subpages, but Unfortunately, I have to leave for work now, and will not be able to fix. – Ajltalk 21:37, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry, we are still discussing this over at Template talk:Edit protected. It was me that suggested using yes instead of just "done". But I didn't realise that "done" was already in use for the past 3 days. So I've made it so that either will work for now and when we have decided the best option, I'll go round and clean up. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 21:39, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
 * I noticed a lot (10-20) showed up in the edit requested category and I manually template linked the ones that I came across. Don't know if all of the "|done" cases got taken care of, since MSGJ re-edited the template. – Ajltalk 05:33, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

Implement Change?
I would suggest implementing another change so that we can set the  param to "notdone" or "notnow" or "not a request" or something similar. It would be useful for requests like this and this. If this has already been discussed, forgive me. – Ajltalk 06:44, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes, that might be a good idea. May I suggest that we discuss it on Template talk:Edit protected to keep all the discussion in one place. In fact I'd like to merge these two templates some day. &mdash; Martin (MSGJ · talk) 08:52, 30 March 2011 (UTC)
 * Moving conversation there now. – Ajltalk 08:55, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 20 October 2012‎
​ Request to include the legend of The Grim Family Werewolf with permission of the direct decendents of the Grim family members mentioned in the legend. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.136.115 (talk) 13:52, 20 October 2012‎

Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. A boat  that can float!   (watch me float!)  15:08, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

If i want to change the career statistics of Lourdes Dominguez Lino from this (Bogotá, Colombia) to this (Copa Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia), how can i do it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.216.232.145 (talk) 20:59, 8 June 2013‎
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template . Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. This is most probably Talk:Lourdes Domínguez Lino. -- Red rose64 (talk) 23:59, 8 June 2013 (UTC)

Module:Edit request
I've almost finished writing Module:Edit request, which would replace this template. It is designed to assign categories based on the actual protection status of a page. If you are interested in discussing this, there is a thread at Template talk:Edit protected in which you are invited to take part. — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 13:20, 17 November 2013 (UTC)

Modification request
It seems when using the "Submit an edit request" button (example: ), does not generate a new section header, which ends up being added to the last section on the talk page hosting the request. It seems to me it would be an almost "no brainer" to have a new section header generated when the request is posted. Mlpearc ( open channel ) 19:43, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * It seems you're talking about Template:Submit an edit request. It looks like the section title got lost in the recent edit that converted it from a link into a button. Anomie⚔ 20:12, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you :) .  Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 20:33, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Have the old section headers, i.e.  been used again? I can't tell from . -- Red rose64 (talk) 20:37, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No, I didn't think to check what the old headers were. [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=585043666&oldid=585032974 This edit] puts back the " on " bit. Feel free to edit it further if you want the headers to be " Edit request on  " rather than e.g. " Semi-protected edit request on  ". Anomie⚔ 21:47, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I think that's fine, . The main thing was to get the datestamp back, otherwise you end up with lots of identical section headers on a talk page with much edit-protected traffic. -- Red rose64 (talk) 22:55, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Thank you all :)  Mlpearc  ( open channel ) 23:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
 * , do you know where edit summaries are coming from? It's clearly a duplicate of the one immediately above. -- Red rose64 (talk) 16:48, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
 * No idea. Maybe GoingBatty or Acornboy can tell us? Anomie⚔ 16:53, 8 December 2013 (UTC)
 * - Are you referring to the section headers "Edit requested"? If so, I typed mine manually.  GoingBatty (talk) 17:25, 8 December 2013 (UTC)

Protection request
Hello,

I'm requesting protection for the article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel There have been too many edits on this article by unregistered users who vandalize and do not source their edits. Biblical articles have countless of edits just because they are biblical, and many people feel different about the information provided on Wikipedia. Please take this request into consideration for the sake of public information by blocking unregistered users from editing this important figure. — Thank you — Jerm729 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:29, 15 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Please make protection requests at WP:RFPP, as stated on this notice. -- Red rose64 (talk) 19:31, 15 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 December 2013
Please change X to Y because some informations on semi- protected pages are not true.

Gaga germanotta (talk) 09:25, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

I want to edit semi protected pages because some informations on semi- protected pages are not true.

Gaga germanotta (talk) 09:26, 17 December 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: You'll be able to edit semi-protected pages after your account has been registered for four days, and after you have made 10 edits. Before then, you need to use the code  the talk pages of the articles that you would like to edit, not here. Requests made here will probably be ignored. Hope this helps, but if you have any more questions you can try the help desk. Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 10:20, 17 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Until then, you should also read Verifiability. One of the reasons that pages might be semi-protected is that people unfamiliar with Wikipedia will come along and change information that is "not true" without providing reliable sources supporting the change. Anomie⚔ 11:59, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 10 March 2014
Shadowstreak00712946208364 (talk) 22:37, 10 March 2014 (UTC) The devil's triangle is another anomaly exactly on the other side of the world off the coast of japan.
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template . If possible, please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. If you cannot edit the article's talk page, you can instead make your request at Requests for page protection. Cannolis (talk) 22:45, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 July 2014
Hi, You’ve protected the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksiy_Oliynyk?null but last changes are not true (Oleksiy Oliynyk is not Russian, he is completely Ukrainian).

Please, change the nationality of Oleksiy Oliynyk -- to only Ukrainian, prooflinks see below.

Explanation of vandalism from Russian readers of Wikipedia: As you know, Ukraine has a war against Russa by now. And Russa makes efforts to attack Ukraine not only with its army, but in informational area as well, transforming everything Ukrainian into Russian or at least partly Russian.

Prooflinks

1) Oleksiy Oliynyk is Ukrainian citizen. Currently he is not Russian citizen. Prooflink: http://forum.mixfight.ru/showthread.php?t=3359&page=431; Translation from Russian, quote: Alexey Oleinik: "I have residence permit in Russia, waiting for citizenship ..."

2) Oleksiy Oliynykhas has completely Ukrainian origin. Prooflink: http://www.penza-press.ru/lenta-novostey/57626-1 Translation from Russian, quote: Alexey Oleinik: "I am Ukrainian, I was born in this country, lived there for 30 years. I have my parents, my brothers, my sisters, my friends, my teammates, my disciples there. My grandfathers were born and lived there". Original text: "— Я сам украинец, родился в этой стране, прожил там 30 лет. У меня там — родители, братья, сестры, масса друзей, одноклубников, мои ученики.Там родились и жили мои деды и прадеды."

Ukr Sektor (talk) 14:34, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

❌ as it says at the top ''' This page is not for proposing or discussing edits to protected pages. '''

Please make your request on the relevant talk page, but you must take a more neutral point of view and obtain some reliable, independent, sources. The interview you are quoting is over 3 months old - if was waiting for citizenship then, he may have it by now, so this is not acceptable. - Arjayay (talk) 15:08, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

1) How about the difference between citizenship and nationality? Citizenship may change, but nationality is one for a lifetime. For example, I have the citizenship of another country, but I have always been Ukrainian and I will be Ukrainian.

2) You quoted on citizenship and did not pay attention to Oleynik's interview, where he clearly says that he is Ukrainian. Please, comment why you did not pay attention to the Oleynik's words that he is Ukrainian?

3) Please, pay attention that there are a lot evidences that Oleinik is Ukrainian, but there is no evidence that he is Russian (except the overwhelming desire of Russians readers to make him Russian). I specified clear evidences of his Ukrainian nationaliti, including his own words about himself that he is Ukrainian. Please, specify the evidence that Oleinik is Russian. It is necessary so that to have an objective information, free of subjective approach. Thank you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukr Sektor (talk • contribs) 15:43, 18 July 2014 (UTC)


 * You're on the wrong page. This page is for discussing improvements to the edit semi-protected template, not for debating the nationality of Eastern Europeans. You need to make your request at Talk:Oleksiy Oliynyk. Best — Mr. Stradivarius  ♪ talk ♪ 15:47, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 August 2014
Well I would like to add a picture for this artist just a simple request i grew up listening to this artist... I hope you allow me please and thank you Unorthodox626 (talk) 01:45, 2 August 2014 (UTC)


 * ❌ You have made your request in the wrong place. This is not the page for an artist (and you did not identify the artist, so I cannot direct you to the proper page).  Dwpaul   Talk   02:00, 2 August 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 September 2014
I just want to add the official name of the country from "Canada" to "The Dominion of Canada".

Jacobsnell (talk) 10:20, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

❌ as it clearly says at the top of this page "This page is not for proposing or discussing edits to protected pages. To request or propose a change to a page that you are not able to edit, place a message on its talk page." - Arjayay (talk) 10:26, 22 September 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2014
Please Update Her picture, for aesthetic purposes and for her reputation for her and Lucille Ball's legacy. Here is the link.

http://www.allisonott.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/marilyn-monroe-rare-photos-50.jpeg

173.220.16.50 (talk) 20:58, 21 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template . Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. -- Red rose64 (talk) 21:56, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Too many misplaced edit requests
Due to the number of misplaced edit requests here, I've created Template:Editnotices/Protection/Template:Edit semi-protected to suppress the normal message when someone tries to edit the template. If any non-admins want to improve the wording or revert this change, feel free to contact me or to use edit protected (the latter will likely get a more timely response). Anomie⚔ 12:45, 25 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 January 2015
Vnekkala (talk) 18:03, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

the pirate bay started working now..
 * Not a request to edit the template. Squinge (talk) 18:19, 19 January 2015 (UTC)

Why locked?
Maybe was an example.184.98.114.65 (talk) 01:09, 21 July 2012 (UTC)


 * This is probably locked due to vandalism, only admins, template editors and members of the wikimedia foundation can edit it. CodingGamerHD (talk) 09:44, 20 June 2015 (UTC)
 * You're responding to a post from three years ago. We do not know if 184.98.114.65 was asking about Template:Edit semi-protected specifically, or about some article which happened to be semi-protected at that time. If you check some of the other threads on this page, such as immediately below, you'll see that people often mistake the purpose of this page. -- Red rose64 (talk) 10:00, 20 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 July 2015
61.0.85.11 (talk) 06:42, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Copypaste of an entire article removed

As it says at the top of this page This page is not for proposing or discussing edits to protected pages.

If you wish to make a request, please do so on the talk page of the relevant article

However as it clearly states in the instructions to submit an edit request:- "Please don't copy the entire article into the request. If you copy the entire article into the request, you'll break navigation on the talk page, and another editor may remove your entire request." This is not a "spot the difference competition" If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 08:16, 2 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 15 October 2015
the varna status is upper dominant peaseant caste

122.179.92.77 (talk) 23:29, 15 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the template . Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. --Stabila711 (talk) 01:38, 16 October 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protect this talk page?
Given that this page is almost never used for what it is supposed to be used for, maybe we should semi-protect it? I'm only half joking.--Aervanath (talk) 15:01, 17 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Looking at the past few misplaced anon requests, they seem to be coming in from Template:Edit semi-protected/doc. I copied the template's protection notice to that subtemplate, let's see if that has an effect. Anomie⚔ 12:36, 19 October 2015 (UTC)

Improve usage documentation semantics
Please replace the usage section with the following snippet:

2001:2003:54FA:D2:0:0:0:1 (talk) 00:19, 18 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done jd22292 (Jalen D. Folf) (talk) 00:37, 18 July 2017 (UTC)

CfD nomination of Category:Non-talk pages requesting an edit to a protected page
Category:Non-talk pages requesting an edit to a protected page has been nominated for renamingto Category:Non-talk pages with an edit request template. You are encouraged to join the discussion on the Categories for discussion page. cymru.lass (talk • contribs) 14:42, 5 November 2018 (UTC)

Edit summary
Wouldn't it be beneficial to have the "remove request" action, provide an option to provide an edit summary, so you can state the reason for the removal. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 00:09, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * As far as I know, the red "Remove request" button is provided by User:Jackmcbarn/editProtectedHelper.js. In any event, I never click it if the request is empty or clearly an error. I just click the edit section link, Cmd-A to select all, delete everything, hit tab, put "rm empty" in the edit summary, and hit Return. It takes three seconds. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:32, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your input, but my query has not been answered. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 01:00, 28 February 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe that your query is on the wrong page, and that the right page for your suggestion is User talk:Jackmcbarn/editProtectedHelper. Rather than edit war over the "answered" parameter, however, I will wait for another editor to check my response and process this request. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:22, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Not done:
 * Template:Edit semi-protected doesn't include the text "remove request"
 * User:FlightTime/common.js does include
 * and that js includes the lines


 * Nothing to do here. Cabayi (talk) 09:50, 28 February 2020 (UTC)

Can we make this template... shorter?
It's so long I don't think the average editor reads it. Feels like the template forgets the target audience: non-Wikipedians, most of whom want to submit a short edit request and aren't motivated to read a ton of words to do it. Some of the info here is repeated (here or in the preload) or unnecessary I think. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 05:26, 20 September 2020 (UTC)
 * eg see sandbox. Nothing is lost on 99.99% of readers. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 05:34, 20 September 2020 (UTC)

Is this template necessary?
Please correct me if I am wrong, but isn't this template for use by new editors who are unable to edit semi-protected articles? I think it would be better for them to propose a change on the talk page or AN. It's not as if they won't be able to edit the article after making a few edits. The overwhelming majority of semi-edit requests I have seen are requests to change the political position of Nazism from right-wing to left-wing. TFD (talk) 13:32, 23 November 2020 (UTC)

HTML id="editsemiprotected"
I am making a user script, and I was having trouble mass targeting this template's HTML elements in JQuery because it uses  instead of a class. This leads to problems when there are multiple unanswered edit requests on the same page. is only intended to target one element at a time. Would somebody be willing to adjust the code to add a  to unanswered edit requests? The code that needs to be changed is Module:Protected edit request/active, around line 562. We should probably leave  for backwards compatibility, and just add the class I mentioned. Thanks. – Novem Linguae (talk) 22:00, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Template documentation/instruction needs to be clearer(!!)
The use instructions in this template documentation are very imprecise, and they do are unhelpful to a user that's never used it before; which might be one of the major reasons that so many edit requests by newbies are unparsable, and are responded to with boilerplate "Not done" responses.

Specifically:


 * Place [this template] on the talk page - Where on the talk page, and how? Do we start a new section and put the template in the subject? In the body, with a blank subject? Do we edit the last thread and add the template to the bottom? This should be made clear in the documentation.
 * Next, where is the text describing the request placed? Below the template? NEXT to the template? INSIDE the template, following a pipe | symbol?

Forgive me if I'm simply dumb, and all of this actually is made clear in these instructions...Please keep in mind, all bye editors that have been editing since the dawn of time, that if editing had been as nuanced and difficult back then as it is now, and if the environment were as hostile to n00bies as it is now, the chances of you still being here would be a lot lower. Thanks 2600:1702:4960:1DE0:14D5:5FC9:8C5F:AB3A (talk) 08:17, 5 November 2021 (UTC)

Remove unnecessary space
Current: }} ~

Proposed: }}&amp;nbsp;~

The space before the four tildes should be removed and replaced with "&amp;nbsp;" as it produces an unnecessary box and disrupts the formatting of the signature whenever someone doesn't enter text above the line, which is done by a LOT of new editors. ɴᴋᴏɴ21 ❯❯❯  talk  03:25, 17 November 2021 (UTC)

Requested idea :P
Can we add to the increase/decrease responses, the protecting Admin into the response? Something like: "Not done: requests for decreases to the page protection level should be directed to the protecting admin  or to Requests for page protection"... It seems unlikely for most requested edits, the user (probably newbie), doesn't know how to lookup the protecting Admin. - FlightTime  ( open channel ) 18:56, 30 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I think you may be looking for a change to User:Jackmcbarn/editProtectedHelper.js, the helper script that displays edit requests in a modified form. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:00, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you, You're correct, I didn't realize. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 00:07, 1 December 2021 (UTC)