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[edit] Unanswered questions

Lots questions on a discussion page, which have been answered? If the open question is more visible it is more annoying therefore "bloggers" might actually read other open posts and answer them. --Squidonius (talk) 01:25, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Unanswered questions in talk pages

This discussion moved here from the talk page of David Göthberg:
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Hi, I saw you are in several template discussion pages so I think you might be a good person to ask. In the discussion pages I find often good queries or advice that people have ignored as other people just posted something and it is hard to tell notice that it has been answered (I am not sure if this is more predominant in the articles I edit (molecular biology) as it is said that doctors and scientist never listen...). So I though that a tag requestion an answer might be a good idea and gave it a try, as it is visible and prompts someone to read it and answer. I do not think it can be overly abused like the dreaded cleanup template, but instead it may actually be a bit annoying to type. What do I do about this proposal: Do I use it on my posts with a subtitle "this is a prototype, please comment on it in its talk page" or is there some supreme commitee approval process? Thanks --Squidonius (talk) 01:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

1: This might actually be a good idea. People are currently misusing the {{editprotected}} message box when they want attention to a discussion. But that message box is only meant for getting an admin to come and edit a protected article. So a new message box seems needed.
2: No, you do not need any formal permission. This is a wiki, be bold and go ahead and do it and time will tell what people think of your idea. So simply start using the template and/or "advertise" it at some places. (I'll tell you more about where to "advertise" when we have ironed out the kinks in this one.) Or when in doubt discuss it at some talk pages first. However we have guidelines about how message boxes should look.
3: I assume you mean this tag should be put at the top of a question or discussion section on a talk page, just like the one I placed above this section, right? Your current version uses the article message box (ambox) design. That one is only for message boxes in articles. For talk pages we should use the brown talk page message box design. I can help you to code it up in the brown style if you like. So on what kind of pages should this message be used? (In what "namespace".) Article pages, or talk pages?
--David Göthberg (talk) 03:08, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Yes, I intended it to use it in Talk pages. The most cacophonic pages are the talk portal pages, their help page and the featured article of the month. I will fix it then for talk page template, thanks for the link: the metadata stuff are so hard to find, I think I saw three different inkscape guides in two different namespaces last week). --Squidonius (talk) 12:48, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
1: Ah, I underestimated your coding ability. Your code is now exactly right for a talk page message box.
2: Yeah, it is sometimes hard to find the help and how-to pages one need here at Wikipedia.
3: I suggest we remove the word "urgent" from this message box. Since I think this box should be used also for non-urgent sections that have been overlooked by other editors, and for users who are not logged in to request that other editors update the article. I know that the word "urgent" has made both me and other editors look around for other templates when we wanted to use some template. And usually there were no other template to use, so it was very confusing. And currently this template is the lowest intensity box for this purpose. The only other one being {{editprotected}}, but that one is only for calling in an admin to update fully protected pages.
--David Göthberg (talk) 13:40, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again, I was thinking too that urgent was excessive. --Squidonius (talk) 13:47, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Ah! I think it looks perfect now. But the doc might need some wikification. I think it is time to start "marketing" this template.
--David Göthberg (talk) 13:58, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
I have done some "marketing", see the what links here for this template. I see you have done some marketing too.
--David Göthberg (talk) 14:54, 13 April 2008 (UTC)
Thanks again for all the invaluable help. --Squidonius (talk) 15:45, 13 April 2008 (UTC)