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openEditor with grammar problems
(That subject again...) lalunaticscribe has rather serious problems with English grammar, as well as formatting, Example Indentation in Trope Lists, and Zero Context Examples. I've sent notifiers for grammar, ZCEs, indentation, and lack of indexing, but there are enough problems there that more might be required.
openNew Page
I am trying to start a New Works Page, but its not allowing me to start editing. Can someone fix that?
openFinal Destination 2 YMMV locked Film
Yesterday, I've come across Final Destination 2 YMMV page to make some contribution upon entering the Edit Page, though I canceled my edit to fix/add more comment and the whole page locked for no reason.
Edited by rouwardopenPage locked + error
I was contributing to the Fanfic folder on the Uriah Gambit page but I couldn't save it because a No Real Life Examples error popped up. When I exited the edit page and tried entering it again, it's locked.
open Page lock
Another spurious page lock, for a newly-created page: Tangled: The Series S02E02 "The Return of Quaid". Can a mod please unlock this? Thanks.
open Locked Stuff
Screwed By The Network.Live-Action TV is yet another randomly locked page.
Edited by OldLadyNightManopen Another locked page
Characters.Five Nights At Freddys First Generation has now also been locked.
open Locked Page
I just created a page and saved it and when i went back to continue editing it it was locked. The page in question is Thunderbirds Are Go Under Pressure recap
open Locked Page?
Bi The Way isn't letting me edit for some reason. I've tried to save my edit but it wouldn't let me.
openThree questions.
1. Why have pages been randomly locking?
2. I wanted to add an image, but it wasn't under the "more" tab anymore.
3. On the tips page, it says that just because acronyms exist doesn't mean that everyone knows them, so spell them out. Does that mean I have to write, for example, "National Aeronautics and Space Administration" instead of NASA every time?
open Another Locked Page Live Action TV
The page for Pose has been edit-locked. Can someone unlock it, please?
open Spurious lock
AwesomeMusic.Gorillaz has been locked, and frankly its formatting has been turned into a complete mess by Brundercracker's last several edits. Could we get an unlock and perhaps a revert to my own edit of 28 June?
open Page Locked or Something
Kick The Son Of A Bitch isn't letting me edit, and keeps popping up with the error warning of 'No Real Life examples'. My edit is definitely not Real Life, and I can't figure out why it's doing this. Could somebody take a look? Thanks.
open Spurious lock: Icewind Dale characters page Videogame
Backed out instead of cancelling while editing Icewind Dale. Going to have to remember to stop doing that.
open Dueling Trigger Finger Character Page
The Character Page for the fic Dueling Trigger Finger appears to be edit-locked for some reason. May someone please unlock it? Thanks in advance.
On pages with a noreallife tag, I'm unable to add any examples whatsoever, not just real-life ones. I tried to tweak the Total Drama examples on Big Bad Wannabe, and it prevented me from doing so. I only managed to fix the examples by deleting the tag, but now I can't add the tag back in without the edit being stopped.
Edited by N8han11