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Pending changes allows reviewers to check edits before they go live to the general public. Consensus during discussions leading up to the eventual roll-out of pending changes level 1 (only affecting edits by IP and new users) was that to avoid problems, pending changes should be limited to the following:
- Blatant vandalism
- BLP violations
- Copyright violations
- Relatively low-profile pages
These restrictions are all based on potentially negative effects that were identified during discussions and trials, including feedback from foreign Wikipedians who have worked with sighted revisions. Proper use of PC will avoid creating the following side effects.