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In addition to locking "code pages", we also sometimes —but reasonably rarely —lock down policy pages or help pages, too. These sorts of pages tend to get rather quickly locked if vandals attack such a page repeatedly within a short span of time. After all, we want people to be able to depend upon our help pages and policy pages —like this one —being in good, readable shape. | In addition to locking "code pages", we also sometimes —but reasonably rarely —lock down policy pages or help pages, too. These sorts of pages tend to get rather quickly locked if vandals attack such a page repeatedly within a short span of time. After all, we want people to be able to depend upon our help pages and policy pages —like this one —being in good, readable shape. | ||
The rarest type of locking happens when there's a [[ | The rarest type of locking happens when there's a [[T:NO WARS#Edit wars|edit war]] on a regular page. That is, two or more users might continually overwrite each other's contributions because they strongly believe the ''other'' person is wrong. In such cases we will temporarily lock a page to help both sides cool down. | ||
Finally, we also occasionally lock pages about stories that have not been released yet. You can read more about that case at [[Tardis:spoiler policy|our spoiler policy page]]. | Finally, we also occasionally lock pages about stories that have not been released yet. You can read more about that case at [[Tardis:spoiler policy|our spoiler policy page]]. | ||
