Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment 2014

Pending changes discussions

WP:PC2014

Summary of closing statement (See also Dank's closing statement and Closure draft by jc37): There is no consensus yet to implement PC2. That said, there is consensus for proposals 1 and 2 and 7 to be used as criteria, but only if PC2 is implemented in the future. This RfC neither encourages nor prevents an immediate follow-up RfC to continue working out consensus toward the implementation of PC2, nor does it prevent further discussion concerning any and all criteria for usage. - Dank (push to talk) 18:46, 14 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is an archived record of a request for comment. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The previous RfC regarding PC2 closed with the following result: There is only a consensus for implementation if and only if an rfc concerning criteria for its use gains community-wide consensus first. I think it's now time to have an RfC over what the criteria for PC2 should be.

Pending changes is a feature that requires an administrator or reviewer to accept some changes to pages before they "go live" (become visible to IP users). It has two levels, referred to as PC1 and PC2. A page configured to use PC1 requires that edits made by new or anonymous users be reviewed, while autoconfirmed users' edits are automatically accepted. A page configured to use PC2 requires that edits made by any users other than administrators or reviewers must be reviewed. The following chart further explains these details:

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Interaction of Wikipedia user groups and page protection levels
	Unregistered or newly registered	Confirmed or autoconfirmed	Extended confirmed	Template editor	Admin	Interface admin	Appropriate for (See also: Wikipedia:Protection policy)
No protection	Normal editing						The vast majority of pages. This is the default protection level.
Pending changes	All users can edit Edits by unregistered or new editors (and any subsequent edits by anyone) are hidden from readers who are not logged in, until reviewed by a pending changes reviewer or admin. Logged-in editors see all edits, whether accepted or not.						Infrequently edited pages with high levels of vandalism, BLP violations, edit-warring, or other disruption from unregistered and new users.
Semi	Cannot edit	Normal editing					Pages that have been persistently vandalized by anonymous and registered users. Some highly visible templates and modules.
Extended confirmed	Cannot edit		Normal editing*				Specific topic areas authorized by ArbCom, pages where semi-protection has failed, or high-risk templates where template protection would be too restrictive.
Template	Cannot edit			Normal editing			High-risk or very-frequently used templates and modules. Some high-risk pages outside of template space.
Full	Cannot edit				Normal editing		Pages with persistent disruption from extended confirmed accounts. Critical templates and modules.
Interface	Cannot edit					Normal editing	Scripts, stylesheets, and similar objects central to operation of the site or that are in other editors' user spaces.
* In order to edit through extended confirmed protection, a template editor must also be extended confirmed, but in practice this is almost always the case. Other modes of protection: Create protection Move protection Upload protection Office protection Cascade protection view talk edit

Consensus already exists permitting PC1 to be used in situations listed at Wikipedia:Protection policy#When to apply pending changes protection. At this time, consensus to allow use of PC2 has been achieved^{[dubious – discuss]}, but it requires that criteria for its use exist, which is what this RfC aims to establish. Jackmcbarn (talk) 23:24, 8 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]