Template talk:Rewrite-expand

These templates are a bit big, aren't they? I'd say we remove the line which says:

Please remove this template once or when the article has been expanded.

It seems pretty useless to me. I'd rather have a more clear article layout, with less space taken up by the notifier templates. They could all be smoothed a bit and have less bright colors. - Cobold (talk · contribs) 15:41, 27 November 2007 (EST)

Go ahead. I used that Please... line on one template and it was copied over to all of them. Wa _T^C_@^Y 15:53, 27 November 2007 (EST)

image

could we put an image here? it looks boring without one. TheWho Loves Dots...

I'll point out that there are currently only two notice templates with images on them. Besides, adding an image just looks weird. GreenDisaster 18:47, 18 May 2012 (EDT)

New Template Design!

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Why

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This template is very confusing to work with. The reason needs a "reason=" in the summary, with the date it was added (which is also redundant to the page history) being prioritized over it. Worse yet, the reason isn't in a parenthesis like literally every other notice template here, potentially confusing editors. This template needs a rewrite, desperately. TheDarkStar 23:28, September 25, 2019 (EDT)

What would you suggest it looks like, then? 23:42, September 25, 2019 (EDT)

Why not, instead of "rewritten or expanded to...", it could be "rewritten or expanded. (Specifics:reason)" The parameters would be "tagged=day" and "*blank*", as is standard form for notice templates. Heck, why not even remove "tagged=" completely? It doesn't seem to serve any purpose on this template. TheDarkStar 23:46, September 25, 2019 (EDT)

Make an Expand template

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Lately I've been seeing pages with the rewrite-expand template that don't need rewriting, so I think that we should still keep the rewrite-expand template, but create a new one, used on articles that have enough information to not be a stub but need more information on certain subjects. It will look like this:

It has been requested that this article be expanded to include more information.

Proposer: DarkNight (talk)
Deadline: August 26, at 23:59 GMT

Support

1. DarkNight (talk) Per my proposal.

Oppose

1. Waluigi Time (talk) This just seems redundant to me.
2. Toadette the Achiever (talk) Per Waluigi Time.

Comments

Can someone fix the technical aspects of the expand template? I'm not really good with this.DarkNight 00:23, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

I remember this being proposed before. It's essentially the same thing as {{stub}}. 00:24, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

No, this template is for when an article has more information, but is missing some specifics. DarkNight 00:29, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

Yeah, that's what stub means. 00:30, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

You mean section stubs. DarkNight 00:32, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

Either one. Stub means there is information available, but no one has added it yet and the page needs expanded. Rewrite means the current information needs to be rewritten to be clearer. Rewrite-expand is a combination of both. The stub template doesn't have a parameter for a reason, however, as the template covers any missing information in general. 00:38, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

"Stub" isn't "missing some information," it's "missing way too much information to sustain itself." Doc von Schmeltwick (talk) 00:44, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

Doc is right. Let's say this template is for articles that need more information, but stubs are for articles/sections that are short, which is why this template needs to be created. DarkNight 00:47, August 13, 2020 (EDT)

short sections aren't a problem as long as they've got all the info they need. TheDarkStar 11:54, August 13, 2020 (EDT)