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Locking articles submitted to challenges

User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Snake__Venom
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What functionality is missing? What is unsatisfying with the current situation?

When articles are submitted to any challenge, most recently SummerCamp, they are still able to be edited, even if this could potentially result in the article being disqualified.   The proposal is to implement a lock on all articles submitted to a challenge that stays in place from the moment the challenge ends and until the articles have been judged. The lock would prevent all edits from being performed, including changing categories from the "Articles & Categories" tab and deleting the article.

How does this feature request address the current situation?

It would prevent accidents from happening which in turn would reduce the amount of anxiety that has been on frequent display in the discord community:

What are other uses for this feature request?

Potentially this could be extended to allow users to lock articles from being edited or deleted unless unlocked with a password, lets say because they were proud of it or they just wanted to prevent accidents.
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74/300 Votes · +11070 points

Votes Cast

  • +10

    by Xras7
    on 2021-08-25 03:53

  • +100

    by RyderBailey
    on 2021-08-24 02:43

  • +300

    by J. I. Rogers
    on 2021-08-23 21:52

  • +300

    by ForgetfulRiver
    on 2021-08-23 00:09

  • +100

    by Tanai
    on 2021-08-21 15:49

  • +300

    by FenDawnchild
    on 2021-08-21 08:46

  • +200

    by EverRaven
    on 2021-08-20 16:21

  • +300

    by DarkTsuyoi
    on 2021-08-20 06:44

  • +10

    by OceanTourist
    on 2021-08-20 03:38

  • +100

    by moonflower-writing
    on 2021-08-19 12:59

  • +50

    by Mara Jaena
    on 2021-08-17 03:55

  • +300

    by SunlanceXIII
    on 2021-08-16 09:32

  • +100

    by CuttleSquish
    on 2021-08-16 00:20

  • +10

    by Tillerz
    on 2021-08-14 06:55
    If this is going to be a lock that is resettable by the user, then it will be really helpful. If you don't care about prizes and stuff and want to edit your article, you just unlock it again.

    What about just using the WIP toggle for that? Article is editable as long as it is WIP. The moment you unset WIP it gets "locked" in the way that if you try to edit it, it will ask you if you want to go to WIP to edit it...  

  • +300

    by ka_jan
    on 2021-08-13 22:32

  • +300

    by FirethornDragon
    on 2021-08-13 17:26

  • +100

    by Leggo
    on 2021-08-13 17:16

  • +10

    by marcuslau
    on 2021-08-13 13:22

  • +300

    by A Cute Dimensional Horror
    on 2021-08-12 20:29

  • +300

    by Pouaseuille
    on 2021-08-12 12:54

  • +50

    by AvalonArcana
    on 2021-08-12 02:28

  • +10

    by Scribe of Nekoti
    on 2021-08-12 02:10

  • +100

    by Damian the DM
    on 2021-08-12 00:56

  • +200

    by ReachingForStardust
    on 2021-08-12 00:52

  • +100

    by SiobhantheWriter
    on 2021-08-11 11:31
    I like the option to lock an article, I too struggled to not open the edit to grab CSS.

  • +300

    by CatRobi
    on 2021-08-11 09:22

  • +300

    by Kayne
    on 2021-08-10 07:02
    Yup. The general "lock article" would be a nice addition.

  • +50

    by nolantarik
    on 2021-08-10 00:18

  • +20

    by NESz
    on 2021-08-09 12:39

  • +200

    by Isaac Thompson
    on 2021-08-09 06:38

  • +300

    by Foxyowlet
    on 2021-08-09 04:18

  • +50

    by A.J.Ponder
    on 2021-08-08 12:09

  • +20

    by AvalonFaery
    on 2021-08-08 10:22

  • +200

    by Kaleidechse
    on 2021-08-08 07:58
    Sounds useful! Though instead of a complete lock, I would prefer the warning message that several others already suggested, including the option to edit the article anyway.

  • +50

    by kalvorp
    on 2021-08-08 05:39
    Love this and especially with the edition of toggling the lock. I mass edit sometimes and I've definitely been anxious about an unintentional/absent-minded mistaken click on one of the summer camp articles all week. Also had to let all my players know not to touch them, but they didn't necessarily know which articles were entries, and I also worried about accidentally clicking edit on one of my fiancee's articles.

  • +50

    by stonebandit
    on 2021-08-08 03:02

  • +100

    by traitorValkyrie
    on 2021-08-07 22:59

  • +50

    by Evanarix
    on 2021-08-07 18:30

  • +50

    by MelodyRelody
    on 2021-08-07 17:14

  • +300

    by A Uncontrollable Orc
    on 2021-08-07 16:24
    Good idea, with the caveat that there should be a button or option to toggle the lock off for people that know what they're doing and why and want to do whatever.   As an added bonus for judging, pressing the button could automatically dis-enroll the article from the challenge.

  • +200

    by amelianite
    on 2021-08-07 05:14

  • +20

    by Xoilicec
    on 2021-08-07 02:37

  • +200

    by picathartes
    on 2021-08-07 02:33

  • +300

    by esongbird24601
    on 2021-08-07 00:03
    I agree with Hanhula that a toggle option for this would be helpful. Or even a warning that appears at the top of an article, or an intermediate page or notification that reminds people 'This article was submitted for challenge. Are you sure you want to continue?'.

  • +50

    by james.a.b
    on 2021-08-06 22:57

  • +300

    by Amancham
    on 2021-08-06 18:28
    Locking the articles after the competition ends, sounds like a great idea. Preferrably only a soft-locking, though. Some people might not care too much about the competition and still want to work on and improve their article. It should still be possible, to unlock if you choose to do so. But otherwise ... Yes, please.

  • +100

    by cedes
    on 2021-08-06 16:58

  • +50

    by Brogdahl
    on 2021-08-06 15:40

  • -20

    by Kendalatrix
    on 2021-08-06 15:33

  • +100

    by Hanhula
    on 2021-08-06 11:26
    I want this, but with an optional bypass for those wanting to be excluded from judging.

  • -50

    by Lenosallose
    on 2021-08-06 07:45

  • +300

    by Drake Ragon
    on 2021-08-06 05:47
    Yes please - nearly opened one of mine because I wanted to copy the bb code from it D:

  • +300

    by Jacob-W
    on 2021-08-06 05:16
    Yes, but the lock should go on from the moment the competition ends, not from the moment the submit button is pushed. This lock can have the shape of a pup-up message "are you sure you want to edit, this article is submitted for X" click yes and you can do what you want, or return and be thankfull for the reminder.

  • -300

    by Scalenex
    on 2021-08-06 05:04

  • +300

    by TheSolitaryGamer
    on 2021-08-06 03:31
    An option to let you lock articles would be nice, whether it's for competitions or such.

  • +10

    by JaxValentine
    on 2021-08-06 02:34

  • -200

    by Shadow Malachi
    on 2021-08-06 01:46
    I dont like the idea of a article being locked automatically once they are submitted for a challeges. Some people make a place holder entry and then work on it later on when they have more time and locking them out and preventing them from finishing the article after they submitted so they would not forget too. I have to disapprove of this.

  • +10

    by AntimatterNuke
    on 2021-08-06 00:58
    I think a general "lock article" feature (not just for competitions) would be pretty useful.

  • +100

    by Graylion
    on 2021-08-06 00:19
    As long as this lock is user option I think this is great. I like some users do not write for the prizes. I write the Summer Camp articles for the players, for the world, to improve and for the badges. And enjoy continuing to refine my Summer Camp articles.

  • +20

    by DMFW
    on 2021-08-05 23:27

  • +300

    by Michael Chandra
    on 2021-08-05 22:20

  • +300

    by Wordigirl
    on 2021-08-05 22:03
    Great idea! Thanks for suggesting! God bless you.

  • +50

    by CryoNymph
    on 2021-08-05 20:39

  • +10

    by A Adorable Mimic
    on 2021-08-05 18:53

  • +20

    by Careen Ligh
    on 2021-08-05 18:53

  • +300

    by MoonRaven
    on 2021-08-05 18:51

  • +300

    by Endrise
    on 2021-08-05 18:50

  • +10

    by Lyraine Alei
    on 2021-08-05 18:50
    I would love for this, but I believe that when it was brought up in the past, it was said that there were more technical stuff than when locking the top ten articles of challenge tier entries.

  • +300

    by Sh4d0wPh03n1x
    on 2021-08-05 18:50

  • +300

    by Soutti
    on 2021-08-05 18:49

  • +300

    by BasicDragon
    on 2021-08-05 18:48

  • +200

    by TheDoctor292
    on 2021-08-05 18:45

  • +300

    by Voxol Tetra
    on 2021-08-05 18:45

  • +300

    by Mochimanoban
    on 2021-08-05 18:45

  • +300

    by Snake__Venom
    on 2021-08-05 18:41

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