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. It is intended to stop others from editing the page when you are working on it to prevent edit conflicts. If you will not be constantly updating the page in a short period of time, or if you will take longer than 6 hours to complete the job, you should not use this template. In the first case, use Template:Incomplete instead; in the second case, you might want to take a break anyways, right?

You may also use the shortcut {{WIP}}.

Syntax

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

Only timenow is required. You may use timenow=~~~~~ to leave the time of posting, and poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} to signify the poster.

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

Or, you can use the shorthand {{subst:Work in progress/auto}} instead, which automatically fills in timenow and poster.

Syntax: {{subst:Work in progress/auto}}
{{subst:Work in progress/auto |user= |time= |until= |reason= }}

Detailed Syntax

Argument	Explanation	Type	Default
user	The user performing the edits.	string; the name of a user	{{{REVISIONUSER}}}, i.e. the user adding this notice
time	The time you estimate it will take to finish the job.	string	none
until	The time you estimate when your job will be finished.	string	none
reason	Any note you wish to leave within the notice.	string	none
timenow	The time you posted the notice. Nonexistent in {{subst:Work in progress/auto}}.	string	Required field. ~~~~~ recommended. ~~~~~ (i.e. timestamp of time of posting) if {{subst:Work in progress/auto}} used.
poster	The user posting the notice. Nonexistent in {{subst:Work in progress/auto}}.	string; name of a user	none; The user posting the notice if {{subst:Work in progress/auto}} used.

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.

If you want to make clear who left the notice, you may add |poster={{subst:REVISIONUSER}} to the arguments.

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 15:27, 20 May 2023 (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 15:27, 20 May 2023 (UTC).

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

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

It is courteous to not block out more than 6 hours of time.

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 15:27, 20 May 2023 (UTC).

Combination

You may combine any arguments above except time and until. Again, use the expanded syntax and fill in any required field.