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This template is used to mark pages or sections that are undergoing large edits, and prevent people from making edits as potential edit conflicts can start and lead to general confusion or edit warring, due to their attempts to improve the page trying to do a good faith act. When the process of editing stops, do the following:
- If there is no need to edit more, just remove the template.
- If there is need to edit more, but don't have time or need people who knows more about it, replace it with
{{work in progress}}/{{wip}}. - If there is the page is short when stop editing, replace it with
{{stub}}.
Usage
{{in use|1|section=Optional section|nocat=Optional category remover}}
- The
1parameter adds a note to the template. - The
sectionparameter sets the template to a section mode. - The
nocatparameter prevents that the pages using this template to be added to Category:Pages actively undergoing a major edit.
See also
- Related templates
{{update}}for pages that need to be updated due to outdated information.{{orphan}}for pages that need links to it.{{work in progress}}/{{wip}}for pages that need to be edited and improve their contents.
- Other templates
{{cleanup}}for pages that need to be rewritten, not because the information is incorrect, but when the text is confusing.{{improve lead}}for pages that need a better lead section.{{missing information}}for pages that miss or don't have enough information.{{empty section}}for sections that are empty.{{info needed section}}for sections that need more information.
{{rewrite}}for pages that need to be rewritten.{{stub}}for very short pages.{{stub section}}/{{expand section}}for sections that need to be expanded due to them being stubs.