Template talk:Talk

Is this really needed?

I guess... if people want to answer talk pages and easily find talk pages to answer. And yes.. it is ironic. 00:15, 11 March 2007 (EST)

Heh.

Guess that answers that. 00:19, 11 March 2007 (EST)

Split template?
Lately, I've been seeing this template being used on talk page proposals. I feel we should split this template or simply create a new template for talk page proposals. We need to distinguish between talk pages with unresolved questions and talk page proposals since both are very different.-- 19:36, 28 January 2010 (EST)
 * Agreed.


 * I've whipped up a prototype template:

This talk page section contains an unresolved talk page proposal. Please try to help and resolve the issue by voting or leaving a comment.


 * It is pretty similar to, but I replaced the question mark with a X mark and changed the background.-- 20:08, 28 January 2010 (EST)


 * The X and red backround doesn't really fit with what the template is about.

The X and the red background was supposed to signify that the proposal has not passed yet. I'll just tweak it like so...

This talk page section contains an unresolved talk page proposal. Please try to help and resolve the issue by voting or leaving a comment.

We don't need to be real picky about this as long as the template is created and used before any more talk page proposals are created. We can always make it look better later.-- 20:23, 28 January 2010 (EST)

All right.

Revamp the usage of this template
I believe that Template:Talk is currently not living up to the potential it is capable of. It may have been put to good use years back, but nowadays Category:Unresolved talk pages seems to get overlooked. This results in greatly delayed responses, and it is even reaching the point where talk page questions are so old and outdated that it just doesn't seem right to respond to them, which has caused the category to build up over time. Our Help:Communication page has a How do I get the attention of other users?|section that describes, where it states "If you have asked a question about a specific article or content and require an answer, you can place  above your question. The talk page itself will then appear in Category:Unresolved talk pages, and other users will be able to reach it from there." This outdated section is no longer of any help to users, as even fairly new and recent questions get thrown in amongst the ridiculously old ones and is not noticed by other users. So, I ask what can be done with this template and category? Shall it just remain as it is, with the category slowly growing and the near-useless template still being encouraged as reliable by the help page, or should we consider an alternative? Ideas anyone?


 * The forum discussion for the above issue can be found here.

02:09, 14 August 2012 (EDT)

Figure Out what to do with this
So I've been confused on when I'm supposed to put this template. For example, I'm going to ask why is Bill Gates in the Category: Historical Figures, which is a subcategory of Category: Deceased People. Unfortunately, I don't know when to put it, when I first ask it, or when someone has answered and still don't know why. (Ehich is why thus is a proposal, and not an open discussion.)

Proposer: Deadline: September 2, 2020, 23:59 GMT Date Withdrawn: August 18, 8:42 GMT

Put it when you add a topic

 * 1) Per my proposal, although we can limit it, for questions with obvious answers.

Comments
This... really didn't need to be a proposal. You're not really proposing any changes, to me this seems like you're just asking for clarification on what the template is for. By the way, the template page already does explain how to use it - "This template is to be used to bring attention to any questions that need resolving on an article's talk page" - using your example, it should be placed once you ask the question and not removed until the question is answered, or in other cases, once a consensus has been reached. -- 19:33, August 18, 2020 (EDT)