Template talk:Inprogress
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[edit] Point being?
What is the point of this template? Aren't all articles "a work in progress"? 84.48.58.93 09:37, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Yes. When is a wiki ever not “in progress”?--152.78.61.60 12:31, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
The one possible use I can think of is for cases like this where an AfD ends with a "merge" result, but the target article does not yet exist. While the target article is being built-up, it may look like deletion-worthy material itself, so a template like this could help to point out that it does have a purpose. --Icarus (Hi!) 00:58, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
- I think this template is useful for the very early stages of article development when the article may be quite long but not yet meet all the WP criteria, may not be adequately wikified, etc. Once the article gets to a reasonable state, the template should be removed, because of course every article is "in progress". CMummert · talk 14:35, 27 January 2007 (UTC)
- To that end, I think the template should say:
