Template talk:WIP

Expiration policy

(Moved from User talk:henke37)

WIPs don't expire. Please don't remove them. --AttackedbyGlitch 12:34, 3 June 2013 (EDT)

At the time I made those three reverts (which were to pages I was working on only; I'd rather keep them there), there was a misunderstanding and no general guideline. The general guideline now appears to be if you are not going to be working on the WIP page for some time, it's best not to have the tag and to just dump hacking notes on the Notes page. I can't go back and change edit summaries now, though, so whatever. Henke37's "more than a week" limit might be too short a time span to judge - Andlabs 12:38, 3 June 2013 (EDT)

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I think that there should be an expiration policy for this template. In an ideal world there wouldn't be a need for one, since authors would remember to remove the template when they are done. Too bad that this is reality where that seems to happen more often than not.

A reasonable policy would be 24 hours. But a more tolerant policy is a week. I'd rather error on the side of caution and wait the week. It's not like it's a big issue. --Henke37 13:14, 3 June 2013 (EDT)

How about actually asking the author first, especially if they're still active? That seems like a better idea than some random expiration period to me. One day is absolutely ridiculous, by the way, and I'm not fond of a week either. People have other commitments, you know. --Dragonsbrethren 17:23, 3 June 2013 (EDT)

Agreed. Some investigations go on for quite a bit, and can take ages before you get any decent info worth adding to the article. It's still a work in progress, which alerts people to the fact that someone is looking into it (even if they aren't searching 24/7), so that they don't. {Espyo^T} 15:00, 4 June 2013 (EDT)

I saw this during my break and wanted to comment. First off, "error on the side of caution"? You mean "err". Secondly, this template doesn't need an expiration. 404: User Not Found ^(talk) 21:49, 7 June 2013 (EDT)