Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-31924693-20140509094043/@comment-375369-20140530143352

I think locking user pages so no one but the owner and admins isn't a good idea. However a feature to block anon edits on the user namespace could be a better idea. I don't now why OP suggest the idea for the user_talk namespace though, given its purpose locking that, even to anons, goes against any talk namespace's purpose (unless you are talking archives).

Iynque wrote: I think we should make Wikia even more open. We should be allowed to "suggest edits" even on protected pages and content like forum posts. Basically, you get to edit the content like normal, but the admin/original-poster gets to approve, modify, or decline your suggested edits.

There is actually a feature similar to that on Wikipedia, it is called pending changes. It is its own protection option and has a new user group, "reviewers".

Basically, at level 1 (equivalent to semi-protection), anons and new users edits are saved but aren't added until a reviewer or admin approves them. Wikipedia is still working out what exactly level two does, but it is currently equivalent to full protection and can only be edited by reviewers and admins, with edits from anons and all other users being saved until they are reviewed.