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diff --git a/doc/plugins/lockedit/discussion.mdwn b/doc/plugins/lockedit/discussion.mdwn
index b058b2b07f0e14dc19cdd4993db88938f8c2b6c0..8a08edaadfd4041680701ce8f2a87ed787bc4d5f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/plugins/lockedit/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/doc/plugins/lockedit/discussion.mdwn
@@ -1,21 +1,8 @@
-This plugin not only locks pages but ensures too a user is logged in. This seems to me redundant with signedit. I propose :
+This plugin not only locks pages but ensures too a user is logged in. This
+seems to me redundant with signedit. I propose [removing the if block that
+calls needsignin ].

 
 

-    sub canedit ($$) {
-       my $page=shift;
-       my $cgi=shift;
-       my $session=shift;
-    
-       my $user=$session->param("name");
-       return undef if defined $user && IkiWiki::is_admin($user);
-    
-       if (defined $config{locked_pages} && length $config{locked_pages} &&
-           pagespec_match($page, $config{locked_pages},
-                   user => $session->param("name"),
-                   ip => $ENV{REMOTE_ADDR},
-           )) {
-               return sprintf(gettext("%s is locked and cannot be edited"),
-                       htmllink("", "", $page, noimageinline => 1));
-       }
-    
-       return undef;
-    }
+> That was added because the most typical reason for being unable to edit a
+> page is that you are not logged in. And without the jump to logging the
+> user in, there is no way for the user to log in, without navigating away
+> from the page they were trying to edit. --[[Joey]]