[hide]After looking around in Rock Springs, I noticed that several Street segments are locked at an L3. I assume this was the work of a territorial editor or perhaps an attempt to prevent vandalism. In either case, does Wyoming follow the standard for lock levels?[/hide]
New Locking Standard (20 Dec 2015)
Street - 1
PS - 2
RR - 2
mH - 2
MH - 3
Ramp - 4
Fw - 4
From what I have seen, most of Wyoming kind of follows, but there are a lot of exceptions around.
We will stick with the Waze standard for now. Lots of segments need updating though. 
What is your standard going to be?
Fwy=5
Ramps=?
MH=4
mH=3
PS=2
St=1
Is this going to be it?
Ramps should be 4. Forgot to include. Will edit my original post.
Here’s the link from the Wyoming Wiki. The picture is pretty.
I agree that there must be standards, but some of these locks are ridiculous. Many times they prevent somebody who actually lives in the area and can confirm data from making timely changes. Like fixing something like this: https://www.waze.com/editor/?env=usa&lon=-104.79422&lat=41.14610&layers=2981&zoom=5&segments=500905302
That being said, I’ve begun locking some of my edits because of lower level editors changing information I have entered and confirmed to be correct.
Double-edged sword.
The locks are in place to prevent lower ranking editors from making unneeded changes and also to prevent damage to the map. Wyoming is a big state with very few dedicated editors. It would not be difficult for an outsider or a new editor to begin editing without my knowledge. As you said yourself, you have already begun locking segments to prevent this sort of thing.
Many states use a similar locking standard. The Wyoming policy is based on the country standard. As I have said numerous times, I will make myself available to you or any editor who needs an unlock. That is what I am here for. The means of communication to reach me are plentiful. I encourage you to get with me directly if you have any concerns.
And the segment PL you listed was a FWY segment I drew to get the attention of a new editor not responding to chat. It is gone now. 
I definitely understand the need and the reason for the locks. Gets a bit tedious though to have to request unlocks for entire roads/areas, especially now that we can add speed limits to all of the roads.
That being said, I didn’t mean to sound ungrateful for the help you’ve given so far - I do appreciate it!
If you were to suggest a lock policy, what would it be? I’m open to suggestions
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If I remember correctly, most of the Wyoming editors are fairly inexperienced, and there aren’t many of us. I think it’s appropriate to have no segments locked higher than L4 since our state manager (@TheChrisK) is only at L4. He has been responsive to unlock requests, but I have no idea how he finds so much time to dedicate to Waze. I think it would be good if more segments were accessible to lower level editors, perhaps mH at L2 and MH at L3. It would be nice if being a resident of a state allowed you to edit a segment at 1 level below its lock (so an L3 segment in Wyoming could be edited by an L2 Wyoming resident, based on home address in Waze).
I’ll just throw this out there. What do you all think of this as a new lock standard?
Obviously with the provision that some roads can be locked higher in certain situations.
This would be subject to RC approval as well.