Template:Work in progress/doc

This Template allows you to notify others that you will be working on a page for a extended amount of time.

You may use the shorthand, {{subst:Work in progress/auto}}, which automatically fill in all required informations (assuming you are doing the edits and it takes about 4 hours or less to do them);

or, you may use the standard template, filling in information as required.

Syntax

{{Work in progress
|user=
|time=
|until=
|reason=
|timenow=
|poster=
}}

only timenow and poster are required arguments. You may use ~~~~~ and {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}; therefore the syntax becomes

{{Work in progress
|user=
|time=
|until=
|reason=
|timenow=~~~~~
|poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
}}

User

user specifies which user is performing the edits. The default is the user posing this notice (i.e. you); but if you are posting this for someone else, you may change this argument to their username.

Duration

You may specify how long you will be working by using either the time or the until argument.

Use time to specify how long you will be working:

{{Work in progress
|user=Example
|time= 1 hour
|timenow=~~~~~
|poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
}}

Gives

This page is a Work In Progress This page, Template:Work in progress/doc, is being worked on by Example for about 1 hour. Editing now might cause edit conflicts. In the worst case, both you and the other user might lose their edits. We strongly recommend you to wait about 1 hour. If you have any suggestions, please post it at the aforementioned user's talk page. If it has well passed 1 hour, you may remove this notice and proceed with your edits. This notice was posted by 公的驱逐舰 on 03:10, 10 March 2019 (CDT). The last edit was on 08:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC).

use until to specify when you will stop working:

{{Work in progress
|user=Example
|until=May 4, 2019
|timenow=~~~~~
|poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
}}

Gives

This page is a Work In Progress This page, Template:Work in progress/doc, is being worked on by Example until May 4, 2019. Editing now might cause edit conflicts. In the worst case, both you and the other user might lose their edits. We strongly recommend you to wait until May 4, 2019. If you have any suggestions, please post it at the aforementioned user's talk page. If it has well passed May 4, 2019, you may remove this notice and proceed with your edits. This notice was posted by 公的驱逐舰 on 03:10, 10 March 2019 (CDT). The last edit was on 08:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC).

The two may not be used together, and time will override until.

If no arguements are provide regarding the duration, the template guesses 4 hours should be enough.

Notes

You may leave notes as to what you will be working on and why you are blocking out this time, etc. by using reason.

{{Work in progress
|user=Example
|reason=Will be expanding definitions
|timenow=~~~~~
|poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
}}

Gives

This page is a Work In Progress This page, Template:Work in progress/doc, is being worked on by Example for about 4 hours. Editing now might cause edit conflicts. In the worst case, both you and the other user might lose their edits. We strongly recommend you to wait a little while. The user noted: "Will be expanding definitions". If you have any suggestions, please post it at the aforementioned user's talk page. If it has well passed 4 hours, you may remove this notice and proceed with your edits. This notice was posted by 公的驱逐舰 on 03:10, 10 March 2019 (CDT). The last edit was on 08:10, 10 March 2019 (UTC).