Wikipedia:Non-admin protection


 * This is a proposal for Non-admin protection, a way of ending edit wars without the intervention of a sysop. Very Verily 


 * The proposed method is based on the now deleted Template:Pseudoprotected.

Normally, edit wars can only be stopped when one user gives up or an administrator protects the page. Often two editors will simply revert back and forth until a neutral admin shows up to lock the page. This proposed alternative allows non-admin protection, a way for one of the disputant editors to voluntarily cease and put up a notice with a similar effect to protection. Such a tactic requires an agreement by others to not disturb the page until the issue is resolved. Failing that, "real" protection may be required.

To "pseudo-protect" a page, simply add the notice



to the top of the disputed article.

This will create the notice

 '''This page is presently the subject of an editing dispute. Please see the discussion page for details and avoid making edits related to this dispute until it is resolved.''' This notice is here because one party has agreed to voluntarily cease editing while disputes are being resolved. Below is one of the disputed versions. You may compare the other versions from the [ page history.]

Do not stick the template while reverting to "your" version of the page: as with normal protection, the point of pseudo protection is not to express support for any particular version of the page, but rather to let the reader know that there is a dispute between different versions and allow her to get an overview of the controversy by reviewing the talk page and article history.

Like normal protection, it is hoped that pseudo-protection will be temporary.

Related links

 * Truce