Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-5075791-20130919132023/@comment-1986314-20130919133623

That depends on how problematic the involved parties who were warring are. Generally, when a page has to be locked, it's kept on indefinite as a "current-time precaution" to deal with the users who were stirring up trouble. There's no telling if the users will continue to war, but admittedly, conflicts tend to be resolved easier than usual, and infinite locking is thus pointless.

I would suggest that at maximum, a page be locked for Administration-use for 3 days only. This should give enough time to sort out the issues at hand.