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JMQwilleran Let's Hop to It! Since: Nov, 2011 Relationship Status: Singularity
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#1: Mar 29th 2012 at 2:37:45 PM

I had put in a cut request for a trivia page that had been blanked and it was denied apparently because we don't cut such pages due to the fact that cutting creates an automatic lock. I suggested that there ought to be an option to choose not to lock if the page is only being cut for maintenance, and it was suggested that I bring it up here. So that's my wish. It just seems a bit of an inconvnience to have pages showing up on indexes or dropdowns that are blank.

FinalStarman from Clinton, Massachusetts Since: Nov, 2011
#2: Mar 29th 2012 at 3:23:50 PM

I know what you mean about the trivia page. It stinks to have a thick-bordered button lead to nothing. Maybe blank subpages can automatically have their top-of-the-page buttons removed or have the outlines thinned?

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movie007 Since: Jan, 2001
#3: Mar 29th 2012 at 9:18:18 PM

I'm in favour of the idea, as well.

Ekuran Since: Feb, 2010 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
#5: Mar 30th 2012 at 8:20:42 AM

Here here.

Ay.

Agreed.

Yes.

etc...

Stratadrake Dragon Writer Since: Oct, 2009
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#6: Mar 30th 2012 at 8:39:53 AM

Agree. The cut form should have a checkbox indicating whether the condemned page should also be locked. And as most cuts wind up with a page lock anyway, it can even be pre-checked by default.

An Ear Worm is like a Rickroll: It is never going to give you up.
SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#7: Mar 30th 2012 at 2:35:35 PM

Also agree. This system goes way over its purpose.

Also, I think that the autolocker should be disabled altogether for pages in the /Sandbox/ namespace. It's only an annoyance there.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
VmKid Since: Sep, 2009
#8: Mar 30th 2012 at 2:53:37 PM

Perhaps another idea could be for a cutmaster to be given the choice to change whether or not for a page to be autolocked. For example, if a request for a Maintenance Cut is accidentally sent with the box checked, the cutmaster can override it. Another example is when a page that's particularly problematic is requested, but no lock is requested, the cutmaster can choose to lock the page anyway.

edited 30th Mar '12 2:53:56 PM by VmKid

SeptimusHeap from Switzerland (Edited uphill both ways) Relationship Status: Mu
#9: Feb 12th 2016 at 2:27:53 AM

Autolocker is gone, so closing this as moot.

"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
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