Template talk:Work in progress

When exactly DO you add this to a page? --Alphasoldier 00:57, 17 April 2010 (UTC)
 * When you're busy making a page. Derp.--Quatroking - Garble Garble! 12:44, 17 April 2010 (UTC)

Removal message
Recently someone (Fadyblok240, see their edits). Added a message to remove the template if the page wasn't edited some time ago. I reverted that because I would like to discuss it first. I to that because this template indicates when a page needs improving on many aspects, covering update it, rewrite it, espand it, and many other actions, and adding that make the template unnecesary for pages that really need improving. There are templates like Update that sometimes can be used instead of this one, but this is more general, and as I said it covers many aspects of improving an article. Also you could use In use instead of this one to specify that the page is being updated on that moment. Thejoaqui777 (talk) 04:53, 30 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I wanted to add the removal message because the template is transcluded on pages that have not received an edit in months, if not years, cluttering Category:Work in progress with inactive articles. There are other templates such as stub, empty section, expand section, and missing information that indicate that an article or section needs expansion. Fadyblok240 (talk) 02:00, 15 December 2020 (UTC)
 * I understand, but we have that category to check which article we can update first. They can't be all updated by only one or two people, that's why they stay like that. However, what we can do is to update gradually thing by thing. That's the only way to make everythimg updated, at least for a while. Thejoaqui777 (talk) 13:42, 15 December 2020 (UTC)

Template icon
I propose a change: Changing the current iron pickaxe to one of these:



What do you think? Should we change it? Thejoaqui777 (talk) 17:06, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I think we should make multiple versions of the work in progress template. One with the pickaxe, one with the compass, one with the clock, one with the gear, and one with the stonecutter.--ShaughnPlays14 (talk) 17:42, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Remember that the clock (maybe the compass) is already used, for example, Delete when. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 18:13, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * How about the gear but in 2D? Gear (item).gif – Unavailablehoax (talk) 22:35, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I like that 2D gear one better than the iron pickaxe, the compass, clock, stonecutter, and 3D gear. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 22:43, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I'll change it. Now it should use the 2D gear. Thejoaqui777 (talk) 00:14, 9 February 2021 (UTC)
 * I like the 2d gear.--ShaughnPlays14 (talk) 14:20, 9 February 2021 (UTC)

Template on user sub-pages?
Are people allowed to use this on user sub-pages, I see some people using it on sub-pages of theirs? --GK1H (P/T/C) 17:27, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * They may, but categorization should be disabled for user pages. Fadyblok240 (talk) 18:51, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * How do you disable categorization?--ShaughnPlays14 (talk) 19:20, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Use wip rather than wip, adding the nocat parameter prevents categorization. Blockofnetherite Talk Contributions 19:34, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * The nocat parameter is not needed since I have modified the template to prevent categorization of User and User talk pages. Fadyblok240 (talk) 19:38, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * How did you do that?--ShaughnPlays14 (talk) 19:45, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Detects the namespace, only adding the category if it is blank or an article. ( {{#if: {{NAMESPACE}} )  Nixinova   T   C   21:31, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It checks the namespace, alright (using { {NAMESPACE}}), but the category will be added for almost any namespace, except for User (talk) pages, which are namespaces number 2 and 3. Fadyblok240 (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2021 (UTC)