Wikipedia:Edit lock
Wikipedia does not use pre-emptive software article locks on pages, because this would be contrary to the policies of Wikipedia and spirit of openness. Page protection is never to be used for closing down an article's normal development and community editing, and should be used only to prevent actual disruption.
{{in use }} template
On the other hand, we do have {{in use }} tags, which can be used to alert people that you are in the process of making a larger edit. The article remains open to editing, but courteous users should leave it alone until you're done. The template looks like this:
{{Under construction }} template
If you are actively editing this article or section, you can replace this template with
{{in use|5 minutes}}.
This page was last edited by Rodrigo (talk | contribs) 18 days ago. (Updatetimer){{intranslation }} template
Also, {{intranslation }}. It's the same as {{inuse }}, but it's used when an article is in the process of being translated from another Wikipedia into the English one. Again, it should only be used while you are improving the article.
It also adds Category:Articles in translation as a category in the article, which of course gets removed once the notice is removed, too.
{{archiving }} template
If a talk page is actively being archived, add {{archiving }} to the top so the archival doesn't clobber edits.
This page was last edited at 02:49, 21 November 2025 (UTC) (18 days ago) by Rodrigo. This template is just a polite request, and should be removed if left in place for an extended period of time.