Board Thread:New Features/@comment-24739709-20150929231108/@comment-1807002-20151119083351

35.11.22.134 wrote: best thing to do in this case is to


 * 1) not edit any of those as editing will reset the system and display the message once again. no idea why, staff is aware of said bug.

Yeah, I am pretty strict on my wiki (past gaming app wiki I admin'ed I had tons of vandals), all editing must require log in, the Main Page and Parent Infobox are locked, and Do not Edit Disclaimers are on all my Infobox Templates (and their respected templates they are linked to).
 * 1) always lock the most important templates, that way even if someone tries there is less risk. plus even if the system gets around that edit block, it doesn't automatically replace the infobox until someone approves. by locking, an admin would have to approve and thus solving your problem. policy, highly used images, important templates [especially small pieces that affect other important templates], home page templates should almost always be locked to prevent accidental changes that are not desired regardless of what staff thinks. a minor change to those minor templates can cause your main templates to randomly display improperly and cause not needed stress of searching the problem.

But I do worry in the future if I do happen to take a long time off and the admins I leave add new admins and think my reason for not updating was flawed or that I missed.

Also I tend to get outside help on my templates sometimes like Moviesign and I don't want to protect/unprotect or grant admin status/remove admin status whenever I run into template trouble with those pages. I will need to edit often when updates occur in this app game we had 2 in October already that required some Infobox updates.

Thank you for the suggestions and tips! I will definitely take into consideration :)