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# What should we do with answered edit requests? We clearly don't want them changing. Should I try implementing [http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Module:Sandbox/Jackmcbarn/PolymorphicEditProtected my polymorphic solution] here?
There's probably other questions that need answered too. Thoughts? [[User:Jackmcbarn|Jackmcbarn]] ([[User talk:Jackmcbarn|talk]]) 22:24, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
: My two yen:
:# It would be best to keep the template at the protection level it was originally detected as, so that requests still make sense if the protection level changes. I'm not sure if this is technically possible without making users subst the template though.
:# I'd say put them in an error category rather than put them in the {{tl|request edit}} category. COI edit requests tend to stick around for a long time without being answered, and most often the editor just forgot to fill in the page name in the template. For example, if someone makes a protected edit request for {{tl|cite web}}, they are redirected to [[Help talk:Citation Style 1]], and [[Help:Citation Style 1]] isn't protected. We want this kind of mistake to be flagged for fixing rather than buried in the wrong queue. Also, we might see similar kinds of mistakes where the redirect's subject page ''is'' protected, which could prove problematic. It won't be so bad if the original page is semi-protected and the target's subject page is template-protected or fully protected, as those queues tend to be dealt with fairly quickly. But if the request is for a fully protected or template-protected page and is detected as a request for a semi-protected page, the error might not be noticed for a while. Not sure if there's anything we can do about that, short of updating the preload text code in MediaWiki to take a "page" parameter.
:# I'd prefer keeping things simple here. How about just using the same code for all answered edit requests? We could maybe make a special "answered edit request" icon, and think of some text that would work with all protection levels. We should probably also structure the code so that answered requests don't detect the protection level, as that will make the template calls relatively cheap. Some pages have a lot of answered edit requests - see [[Talk:List of social networking websites/Archive 7]], for example.
: That's it for now, but I'll let you know if I think of anything else. — '''''[[User:Mr. Stradivarius|<span style="color: #194D00; font-family: Palatino, Times, serif">Mr. Stradivarius</span>]]''''' <sup>[[User talk:Mr. Stradivarius|♪ talk ♪]]</sup> 23:48, 30 January 2014 (UTC)
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