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These are proposed revisions of the current protected page policy, coming in response to much faster edit activity having a bearing on the effectiveness of the current policy with respect to sorting out issue disputes.
Stevertigo's proposal: calls for the initiation of a formal scheme of degrees for different types of page protections, and of self-selecting or assigning standard formal roles for involved participants, based on a quick vote. Amendment:To use the term "moderation" to refer to a formal process of article-specific dispute mediation. The means by which a moderation edit happens is a subsection of thethe protected page policy, which provides for moderators to edit the page, under a proposed {{moderationedit}} header. Add above tag, or see Template:moderationedit for header text.
Pir's alternative proposal: calls for a system of steps to occur after a page is protected each time, beginning with a list of the participants in the conflict, and an outline of the views of each. Wikipedians must mediate to find a compromise; failure to reach said compromise within a week, the listed editors are banned from editing the article in question for a standard time.