Author: ui2t5v002
Description:
When someone presses edit, a flag should be flipped so that if someone else
presses edit they get a simple notice at the top of the page that it MAY be in
use and when the edit button was pressed. This will not prevent anyone from
editing, it will just suggest that they wait a bit. Exactly like an inuse
template, but automatic.
When Person A presses "Edit", the flag is flipped. If Person B then presses
"Edit" they will see "Another user may be editing this page. The Edit button was
pressed at 15:23, May 30, 2005. You might want to wait a few minutes to avoid
edit conflicts." Every time Person A presses "Show preview", the message will be
updated and the timer will be reset. (Refreshing Person B's screen at this
point will show "Another user may be editing this page. The Show preview button
was last pressed at 15:26, May 30, 2005." instead.) If Person A never saves
their page, the notice will disappear when the timer runs out. The timer runs
out after x minutes since the last button press by Person A.
It should not indicate a potential conflict if you are editing two different
sections.
I noticed this is already done on moinmoinwiki.
See above URL for more discussion.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28technical%29&oldid=15484838#Avoiding_edit_conflicts