It's mostly a time-delay thing.

I need help/advice for editing problems by Tigeress on 2014-04-27 07:32:00 UTC Reply

So... I wanted to claim a badfic from the Unclaimed Badfic thread, but I can't edit the thread. It says it is locked to prevent anonymous editing, but I have an accout/have edited my user page/can edit other articles (including the Claimed Badfic... The irony....) but it still says I cannot edit that specific page.
I even searched it up and the only thing I came up with was one post on the Board a little while ago, and it says you should be able to edit when you are logged in.
I made my account just a few days ago.
Is this normal?

Looking at the note attached... by Desdendelle on 2014-04-27 08:05:00 UTC Reply

(By the Marquis, no less!) ... reveals that the page locked for IPs and new users, so your user might be too new or might not have enough edits under its metaphorical belt.

It's mostly a time-delay thing. by Neshomeh on 2014-04-27 17:07:00 UTC Reply

The idea is to discourage trolls from creating accounts so they can trash pages that are locked to anonymous users. Most trolls want to cause trouble right now; they don't have the patience to wait around for their account to be old enough.

In this case, though, it's just that we don't need random outsiders adding slews of (for instance) Thomas the Tank Engine fanfic that nobody here cares about and will just sit around taking up space on the page.

It looks like it takes 4 days and 10 edits on non-protected pages for a new registered account to be autoconfirmed. (More info about this here.) So, just give it some more time, maybe work on your user page or something, and it'll be fine. {= )

~Neshomeh
Where is that? (nm) by Tigeress on 2014-04-27 17:03:00 UTC Reply