Templates aren't protected by default =). If they are protected there is generally a good reason such as heavy usage, you can always put a comment on the talk page and tag it with {{EditProtected}} which will summon someone with sysop rights.
You can also setup a /Sandbox page with the proposed changes so the person that makes the changes can see the differences and make sure it works. On 8 October 2014 10:48, Jon Robson <jdlrob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The wiki way is not to ask and wait for someone else to act, but to act > > directly in good faith and communicate what you did and why so that if > > there is disagreement it can be resolved afterwards. > > Sadly I only have template edit rights on my staff account and I > really don't like using that account. In addition to this there are > hundreds of copies of the template I fix so this becomes a nightmare. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l