Template talk:Undated

message: I removed named arguments because they create a lot of unnecessary wikicode when the template is subst'd (example) and they are not used in any template trasclusions (I checked all 88 transclusions existing at the moment). This change is similar to this: Template_talk:UnsignedIP#Ugly_substing. Also removed outdated template documentation on this talk page ∴ Alex Smotrov 16:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: No named args

message: Well, I certainly did not expect this template to suddenly become protected...  Well, then please move all the documentation back into Template:Undated/doc (simply overwriting that page outdated content) and then transclude /doc on the template page  ∴ Alex Smotrov 20:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: --ST47Talk·Desk 21:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Doc on a separate subpage 

message: Unsigned comments alright, but undated comments should be legitimate. First, Wikimedia supports them itself with the three-tilde macro, second, they expose more working hour habits than is necessary to any purpose and nice to privacy. You can always look up a date from the history - having it readily available in the document only makes it easier for automatic harvesting. Please be respectful of contributor's choices in this case. Disable this template. --lynX —Preceding undated comment added 12:29, 16 October 2007.
:This template merely reflects the WP:SIG guideline and is no more an issue of privacy than is the page history, since it reflects the exact same information.  Remember, nobody has to include the datestamp, as WP:SIG is a guideline, and you can always ignore it.  If you would like to no longer have datestamping in signatures as a guideline, however, please discuss it over at the signatures guideline or at the village pump. --slakr\ talk / 13:12, 21 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: User:Slakr is totally right. I'd also like to add that dating makes following long conversations where multiple users interject at earlier points in the thread much, much easier. Also User:SymlynX's argument against dating of "You can always look up a date from the history" is a nonsensical argument. By that same argument, why have signatures at all, since by analogy "you can always look up a comment from the history"? The reason is that looking through page history, especially through long page histories, is extremely inconvenient. —Lowellian (reply) 04:58, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Please remove this template 

message: :
Documentation is being updated. Please remove 

Undated from this page and replace it with


Please add this to the single parameter,
<font color="red"><u>an unspecified datestamp</u></font>
and remove the <includeonly> tags. 209.244.43.122 (talk) 01:47, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done, though at first glance I might expect the UTC time if the datestamp isn't provided. Gimmetrow 02:41, 16 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improving documentation and template 

message: Is the "must be" requirement for "subst:" correct?  Normally, date related templates should be substituted, but in this case the date is a fixed parameter. Or is there another issue here?--Farry (talk) 10:19, 14 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed that doesn't seem right. What is the rationale for required substitution? —Lowellian (reply) 17:51, 11 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Must be substituted? 

message: Hi. The template generates text beginning

which (I think) is syntactically incorrect. It appears to be creating strange effects when used by Sinebot. Sorry I can't be more help - this isn't my area of expertise. --Stfg (talk) 16:20, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  generates incorrect ''span'' syntax 

message: The full stop after the date prevents MiszaBot II from archiving comments tagged with this template. Unless anyone objects, I will edit this, hopefully allowing the archiving to work. --xensyriaT 14:14, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree, I'd noticed before threads skipped by one or another of the MiszaBots, didn't occur to me that it was the dot. --Redrose64 (talk) 14:57, 24 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Archiving problems 

message: Please add :Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted - not knowing it should be, I just transcluded a whole bunch of unsigned templates, and it would be nice if the bots knew to substitute it. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 17:11, 31 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Category:Wikipedia templates to be automatically substituted 

message: Add a space after the em dash, because my edit request on the Unsigned template was reverted. JsfasdF252 (talk) 23:32, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: , and /doc page updated. Thank you very much! P.I. Ellsworth  ed. put'r there 02:58, 16 November 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 15 November 2020 

message: Please update per Template:Undated/sandbox (diff, testing). This will supply "(UTC)" if it is not provided, and if already provided, it will not give extra "(UTC)", similar to the workings of . Helpful if someone just copies over the timestamp from page history, where "(UTC)" is not shown. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 13:48, 28 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Would require updating Template:Undated/doc#Examples if/when request accepted. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 13:55, 28 September 2022 (UTC)

text: . Please update the template documentation as necessary. P.I. Ellsworth , ed. put'r there 12:12, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks, updated the documentation. —CX Zoom[he/him] (let's talk • {C•X}) 17:46, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: my pleasure! Paine  19:26, 29 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 28 September 2022