Andreas Braumann wrote:

> Andreas Braumann wrote:
>
>> Emmanuel Blot wrote:
>>
>>
>> Actually, a message on top of the edit window stating "User blah is 
>> editing the page right now" would be enough, then the user can decide 
>> to call him/postpone his edit/whatever.
>
>
> Replying to myself as there was no response yet on this idea. What do 
> you think about it? Just providing informational means that somebody 
> is right now editing the file.
>
Hum, what are you supposed to do if you see this warning?
Post-pone your editing? Until when?
This is reminiscent of reserved checkouts from old version control system...

I think the wiki idea is more like ''anyone can write at any time''.

I would prefer to have my update failing rather than having to hurry up
finishing my edits for not blocking others.

Of course, when the edit fails, it should provide a better way to retry
than what it does now: the new changes should be merged in,
with conflict markers as needed.

Isn't there a ticket for that already?

-- Christian