Thread:Sannse/@comment-30567431-20180324201903/@comment-8-20180328212542

Hi Karen,

Some wikis do use a "in progress" template, but it's pretty rare. Generally people just do their edit, then move on to the next. The chances of two people editing the same page at the same time aren't high - although they do happen.

If they do, it's easy to talk to each other and work out what's best for the article - or the person affected by the edit conflict can just merge the two versions ("edit conflict" doesn't mean "edit fight", it's just a standard way to say that the two edits were done at the same time, so the edits conflicted with each other, not the people).

I think the key is to concentrate on making each article better with each edit. You can make "teams" to do mass updates, or everyone could simply pitch in and make the changes anywhere they see it hasn't been done yet.

As always, it needs a nice big portion of "assume good faith" and good, careful, communication.