WikiQueer:Edit lock

WikiQueer does not use software article locks on pages, because some feel that this would be contrary to the policy and spirit of openness. Page protection is never to be used for closing down an article's normal development and community editing.

inuse template
On the other hand we do have inuse 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:

You can also specify a certain period of time as well as describe what part of the articles you are working on using. Note that specifying periods of several days is not acceptable, since it's impossible for one active edit session to last that long.

intranslation template
Also,. It's the same as, but it's used when an article is in the process of being translated from another WikiQueer into the English one. Again, it should only be used while you are actively working on the article: leaving it up when you aren't may discourage others from 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: