Template:Claim: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:14, 22 April 2025

Description

This template is to be used by users to claim a page and/or section for editing, informing other users to collaborate with them before making changes to that page and/or section by providing a link to that page's discussion page.

Usage

If you use this template, please create that page's discussion page, if it has not already been created.

User Claim When `user=` is passed, the user is added to the notice.
You Type	You Get
{{claim \|user=USERNAME }}	× {{{text}}}
User Claim, with Date When `date=` is passed, the date of the claim is added.
You Type	You Get
{{claim \|user=USERNAME \|date=YEAR-MONTH-DAY }}	× {{{text}}}

Articles Using Template

Nigel Hawkes (transclusion) (← links | edit)

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 <includeonly>{{notice
-|b=This page or section was claimed by [[User:{{{user|}}}|{{{user|}}}]]
+|b=This page or section was claimed by [[User:{{{user|}}}|{{{user|}}}]].
-   {{#if:{{{date|}}}| in {{#time:F Y|{{{date}}}}}}}
+   {{#if:{{{date|}}}| in {{#time:F Y|{{{date}}}}}.}}
 |1=Please [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|collaborate]] with them before making changes.
 |color=#FFFACD
@@ Line 7: / Line 7: @@
 }}</includeonly><noinclude>
 == Description ==
-This template is to be used to claim a page or section for editing.
+This template is to be used by users to claim a page and/or section for editing, informing other users to collaborate with them before making changes to that page and/or section by providing a link to that page's discussion page.
 == Usage ==
+If you use this template, please create that page's discussion page, if it has not already been created.
 {| style="width: 100%; text-align: left; margin: auto;" class="wikitable"
 |-
-! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <span style="font-size: 115%;">Example: Tag Only</span><br><span style="font-weight: normal;">[Brief Explanation here]</span>
+! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <span style="font-size: 115%;">User Claim</span><br><span style="font-weight: normal;">When <code>user=</code> is passed, the user is added to the notice.</span>
 |-
 ! width=25%|You Type
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 | style="background-color: white;" |{{notice|width=87%|color=#FFFACD |b=This page or section was claimed by[[User:TheRoman|TheRoman]].|Please [[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|collaborate]] with them before making changes.}}
 |-
-! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <span style="font-size: 115%;">Example: Tag Only</span><br><span style="font-weight: normal;">[Brief Explanation here]</span>
+! colspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | <span style="font-size: 115%;">User Claim, with Date</span><br><span style="font-weight: normal;">When <code>date=</code> is passed, the date of the claim is added.</span>
 |-
 ! width=25%|You Type
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-{{claim|user=TheRoman|date=2025-4-21}}
 == Articles Using Template ==