Template:Edit protected/making a request

Before asking an Administrator to make an edit to a protected page, please consider the following points:


 * 1) Is Administrator intervention necessary? Please do not use this template to request edits to pages which are only semi-protected. Edit suggestions from IP-only editors (i.e., anonymous) and new editors should be made on the talk page as normal, but any autoconfirmed user may make the change if it is sensible; Administrator intervention is not required (the  template can be used to flag these requests). If the full protection on a page is of short duration, or is about to expire, consider waiting a few extra hours for the opportunity to make the edit yourself.  However, Administrators will not usually deny edit-protected requests purely on this basis.
 * 2) Is the request controversial? Administrators can only respond to requests which are either uncontroversial improvements (correcting typos or grammar, formatting references, etc., in pages; or improving reliability or efficiency of template code), or are already supported by a consensus of editors, usually on the protected page's talkpage. Please do not add the  template merely to attract attention to the change, as it clutters up this category with unactionable requests. If consensus is required for the change, and you would like the request to be actioned sooner, please indicate a clear consensus rather than requiring the Administrator to read reams of discussion.
 * 3) Is the request specific? Any edit-protected request must be accompanied by a detailed and specific description of what changes need to be made. For edits to protected templates, clearly indicate which lines of code need to be changed, or (ideally) provide a link or diff to a sandbox which contains the entire code of the template, with the required, tested changes.  The Administrator can then simply replace the code in the live template with the code from the sandbox. For non-template pages, clearly indicate which sections or phrases should be replaced, and what they should be replaced with.
 * 4) Is the request sensible? Edits to protected templates, except when they are trivial, must be tested in a sandbox first to make sure that they do not cause problems or corrupted output. For edits to non-template pages, it is sensible to perform basic tidying such as ensuring all references are properly formatted, and that the section still flows correctly after the text is changed.

Administrators may decline to make any edit, and are especially likely to reject edits that are controversial, violate policy, or do not have evidence of consensus. Admin Tools Wiki:Administrator requests provides a launch point to a forum for discussing significant or controversial edits to protected pages.