Template:Abandoned

Author
{{{1}}} {{{3}}}
Status
abandoned {{{2}}}

This infobox template is used to mark a page as abandoned (no longer worked on). It is based on the box Muke made at Latin Pinyin.

It takes the following parameters:

• username e.g. bartman

— creates a link to the userpage of the named user.

• realname e.g. Bart Simpson

— If defined this will show in the user page link instead of the user name. If realname is defined but username isn't realname will be shown without a link.

• talk e.g. Talk to me!

&mdash will be shown as the text of a link to the user talk page of username. If username is defined and talk isn't the link text will be Talk.

• date e.g. 2012 or December 21, 2012 or Because I lost interest

— will be shown in parentheses after the word abandoned, and should contain the (approximate) date the article was abandoned and/or the reason it was abandoned. If date is not defined nothing will be shown after abandoned, not even the parentheses.

Thus

{{Abandoned|username=Melroch|realname=BPJ|date=2007,<br>because I was done with it}}

will be shown as here to the right.

Author
BPJ | Talk
Status
abandoned (2007, because I was done with it)

Some people don't like named parameters, but as I see them they help to separate logical content from formatting, which IMHO is a Good Thing in a template. Still if you like you can use unnamed parameters like this:

{{Abandoned|<realname>|<date>|<username>}}

e.g.

{{Abandoned|<BPJ>|<2007>|<Melroch>}}

Author
BPJ Melroch
Status
abandoned 2007

BPJ 04:24, 5 January 2007 (PST)