[WikiEN-l] Proposal: limited extension of semi-protection policy

[Jimmy Wales]

maru dubshinki wrote:
> I have to disagree with you here. Wikipedia is famous as the
> Encyclopedia "anyone can edit". If a random anon sees a page and tries
> to edit it, and cannot (while the main page still proclaims how
> everyone can edit), they are going to be dreadfully confused- lord
> knows enough are confused by the basic idea without adding on a second
> level of possible confusion. Perhaps two templates: the scary one for
> temporary semiprotection, and another, more discreet one for the more
> permanent ones?

I would support something like that, or better yet, perhaps having the
default for semi-protection be that the 'edit this page' tab is still
there and active, but when you click it and you can't edit, you get a
nice explanation there that yes, anyone can edit, but that for this
particular page, you can't edit it at this moment.  In this way, we only
bother telling people who are interested in editing, without having a
strange message for people who only want to read.

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