Template:Delmon/doc

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This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages.
You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either , the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here.

Delmon (short for deletion monitor) is used to monitor articles that have been proposed or nominated for deletion. It shows at a glance:

Whether a particular page exists, and whether it is a redirect
- Pages which do not exist, or are redirects, are indicated with a small marker (■ or R respectively).
For pages that exist and are not redirects:
- Whether the page is tagged for AfD, proposed deletion, or speedy deletion
- Whether the page has been edited since being tagged for deletion
- Whether the page has an expired prod and may be deleted

Example use edit

{{Delmon}} called repeatedly to monitor several pages at a glance:

■■R■■■R■■R ■ Made up article 1^AfD • R ■■ Made up article 2^overdue • ■ Made up article 3^{recreated/untagged} • Made up article 4^(ed) • Made up article 5 • Made up article 6^{prev nom!}

Parameters edit

The template may be used with all parameters empty, useful for when article titles will be inserted later.

Typical:	`{{delmon \| <article> \| <timestamp of deletion tag> }}`
Full:	`{{delmon \| <article> \| <timestamp of deletion tag> \| nocheck \| linkfor=<value> }}`

Parameter	Value	Required?	Notes
1	page title	Optional	Article to be tracked (If no argument is given, template will show nothing rather than giving an error)
2	timestamp of deletion tag	Optional	Copy from the substituted deletion tag, or insert with {{subst:CURRENTTIMESTAMP}} (Allows recently tagged pages to be linked)
3	"nocheck"	Optional	Disables check of most recent page editor; must be third unnamed argument
linkfor	Number of days for which deleted or redirected pages are linked	Optional	Default is 60 days

Outputs edit

Output	Meaning
■	Page does not exist (links to page if tagged less than [linkfor] days ago)
R	Page is a redirect (links to page if tagged less than [linkfor] days ago)
[Page title] •	Page exists and is not a redirect
Tags for existing pages:
^AfD	Page has an AfD tag (links to latest AfD using {{LatestAfD}})
^{recreated/untagged}	No prod, AfD, or CSD tag is present on the page
^{prev nom!}	Page has been to AfD previously; prod cannot be used to delete it
^(ed)	Most recent page editor differs from that of the page where this template is deployed (links to article history) (disable with "nocheck")
^overdue	Page has been prod tagged for over seven days, and may be deleted

Logical flow edit

The template performs a branching series of conditional checks to determine page status, as shown in the adjacent flowchart:

If page does not exist:
- A "■" marker is shown
- If timestamp is valid and less than [linkfor] days old, the marker is linked to the page
If page is a redirect:
- An "R" marker is shown
- If timestamp is valid and less than [linkfor] days old, the marker is linked to the page
If page exists and is not a redirect:
- A link to the page is shown
- If no prod or CSD template is present:
  - If the page is tagged with an AfD template, ^AfD is shown, linked to the latest AfD
  - Otherwise, ^{recreated/untagged} is shown
- If the page is tagged with a prod or CSD template:
  - If page has been to AfD before, ^{prev nom!} is shown, indicating that proposed deletion is not allowed
  - Otherwise:
    - If the most recent editor differs from that of the page where this template is deployed, ^(ed) is shown ("nocheck" argument disables this)
    - If timestamp is valid and greater than 7 days old, or text indicating expired prod is present, ^overdue is shown