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Usage
editThis template is for articles actively undergoing a major edit. If the article instead is actively undergoing construction, please use {{Underconstruction}}.
The Inuse template message is placed at the top of a page you are actively editing for a short period of time. The tag is intended to inform people that someone is currently working on the article, thereby reducing edit conflicts. Please do not leave it in place for more than the few hours at most that should be necessary, as doing so may unnecessarily discourage others from contributing to the article. If it has been up for more than two hours since the last edit, it should be removed. Specifying periods of several days or longer for this template goes against the spirit of simply avoiding edit conflicts; please only use it for sessions where you are actively editing the article.
If you wish to indicate that an article is being rebuilt over a longer period of time consider the {{underconstruction}} template. That template encourages others to edit the article while indicating that it is a work in progress.
To use, just add {{inuse|time=~~~~~}} at the top of the article you want to work on. If you want to reserve it for a specific length of time and optionally, a message, use {{inuse|time (message)}}.
Please remember to remove the Inuse note as soon as you're finished editing.
Examples
edit{{inuse}}
 | This user page is actively undergoing a major edit for a little while. To help avoid edit conflicts, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. This message was added at 20:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC)category=no. This page was last edited at 16:50, 26 August 2011 (UTC) (13 years ago) – this estimate is cached, . Please remove this template if this page hasn't been edited for a significant time. If you are the editor who added this template, please be sure to remove it or replace it with {{Under construction}} between editing sessions. |
{{inuse|5 minutes}}
| | This user page is actively undergoing a major edit for 5 minutes. To help avoid edit conflicts, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. This message was added at 20:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC). This page was last edited at 16:50, 26 August 2011 (UTC) (13 years ago) – this estimate is cached, . Please remove this template if this page hasn't been edited for a significant time. If you are the editor who added this template, please be sure to remove it or replace it with {{Under construction}} between editing sessions. |
{{inuse|30 minutes to fix the information in the History section}}
| | This user page is actively undergoing a major edit for 30 minutes to fix the information in the History section. To help avoid edit conflicts, please do not edit this page while this message is displayed. This message was added at 20:49, 27 February 2009 (UTC). This page was last edited at 16:50, 26 August 2011 (UTC) (13 years ago) – this estimate is cached, . Please remove this template if this page hasn't been edited for a significant time. If you are the editor who added this template, please be sure to remove it or replace it with {{Under construction}} between editing sessions. |
See also
edit- {{Underconstruction}} for articles actively undergoing construction to list them in Category:Articles actively undergoing construction
- {{Hangon}} to contest a speedy deletion tag
- Wikipedia:Deletion of pages under construction, a essay urging not to list pages having Template:Underconstruction for deletion, unless they haven't been edited for a week or contain serious infractions.