ଛାଞ୍ଚ:Orphan/doc

Template:Orphan populates sub-categories of Category:Orphaned articles. This should be added only to the talk namespace, following an RfC.

When to use

This template should only be put on talk pages of articles which meet the orphan criteria.

Do not use this template on articles that you honestly believe will be impossible to de-orphan. The community wants this tag used to identify potentially solvable problems, not to create a complete index of all articles with zero, one, or two incoming links. If the community actually wanted every orphan tagged, it would be using a mindless bot to tag these articles, rather than relying on editors and their best judgment.

How to use

The simplest way to add this template to a talk page is to copy and paste either {{Orphan|date=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪}} or {{Orphan|{{subst:DATE}}}} at the bottom of all the templates on the talk page, but before the first section.

• This template is a self-reference.
• Please do not subst: this template.

Parameters

date

You may use a date parameter with this template, for example {{Orphan|date=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪}} to help with the categorisation of articles requiring links. If you leave it out, a bot will fill it in (but this will result in more edits and watchlist alerts, so adding the date right away is preferred).

att

If you have made an unsuccessful attempt to de-orphan the article, then please add the month/year of the attempt to the template, like so:

{{orphan|date=Month Year|att=Month Year}},

where the "date" parameter is the date the template was ORIGINALLY placed on the page, and the |att= parameter is set to equal the CURRENT month and year. This places it in Category:Attempted de-orphan for that date and also hides the article message box.

few

If the article only has one or two links to it and it is felt more are required and possible the few option can be used. for example {{Orphan|date=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪|few=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪}}

incat

If the article has no link and probably never will, but is well categorised the incat option can be used. for example {{Orphan|date=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪|incat=ଅପ୍ରେଲ ୨୦୨୪}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Orphan in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Orphan

This template should only be put on articles which meet the orphan criteria.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Date	date	The date this template was added to the page. (Input: Monthname Year)	String	optional
De-orphan attempt	att	If you have made an unsuccessful attempt to de-orphan the article, please fill in this field to record the attempt. (Input: Monthname Year)	String	optional
Few linked articles	few	If the article only has one or two links to it and it is felt more are required and possible this option can be used. (Input: Monthname Year)	String	optional
In Category	incat	If the article has no link and probably never will, but is well categorised this option can be used.(Input: Monthname Year)	String	optional

Categories

This template places the talk page into "Category:All orphaned articles" as well as "Category:Orphaned articles from {{{date}}}". If the "att" parameter is set, the article will still be in Category:All orphaned articles, but instead of placing the talk page into "Category:Orphaned articles from {{{date}}}" (e.g. Category:Orphaned articles from April 2008), it places it into "Category:Attempted de-orphan from {{{att}}} (e.g. Category:Attempted de-orphan from April 2008).

See also

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Orphanage
• {{Orphaned essay}}: for orphaned essays in the project namespace