Wikiversity talk:Page protection templates

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Wouldn't it be easier to have someone place it in a subpage of there user page, and make it a rule that people can't edit other peple user pages?--Rayc 01:45, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

I think it's limited in that sometimes you want other people to be able to edit, but only certain people (those specifically involved in the research project in question, perhaps). Also, this wont solve the "deference" issue; someone who's developing a project may feel very frustrated if someone else comes along and completely reshapes the project without their consent. Also, I don't like the wording on the "Scholarly Ethics" template, and don't think it should be required as is, at least. The Jade Knight 01:50, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

THat could be page protection template #2; it designates a specific group of allowed editors. --JWSchmidt 01:53, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

Interesting. I think we need to keep in mind the protection templates (as I perceive them) are about configuration management and control. I.E. Allowing learning users to find material acccurately labeled as to trustworthiness and accuracy. I think the review process is ultimately going to require multiple documented reviewers to have any useful meaning but this looks like a good start to begin evolving a better process. The forking and tailoring draft process is related as it is intended to allow disputing groups to separate and evolve separate materials either with different content or orientation or pedagogical style etc. Mirwin 19:41, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Surely the central concept of a wiki is that anybody can edit any page. By hosting your content at Wikiversity you are effectively making an agreement to let other people edit this content. I think that this rule should only be rescinded in exceptional circumstances. I suggest that contributors who feel they need personal control over the content of pages should consider hosting these pages outside Wikiversity and put links to them on the relevant Wikiversity page. Mystictim 13:59, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Sometimes when a person is engaged in an intellectual exploration their work is fragile and needs protection from others. You can call this "exceptional circumstances" but it is very real and needs to be respected in an environment that is supporting learners. The idea that "anybody can edit any page" is a concept like "perfect circle"; it should be ignored whenever it conflicts with actual human needs. --JWSchmidt 14:28, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wrong page?

Shouldn't we be dealing with the issue and practice of page protection at Wikiversity:Page protection, and leave this page for listing/explaining the templates that we can use for that purpose? Cormaggio ^talk 20:01, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikiversity:Page protection templates is not really supposed to involve custodians.....it is a way for people to restrict who can edit a page "on the honor system", in other words, the custodian tools for page protection do not have to be used....you just put up a template and ask people to not edit a particular page indiscriminately. --JWSchmidt 22:28, 25 June 2007 (UTC)