Template:Portal maintenance status
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (No date set)
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| File:Lua-logo-nolabel.svg | This template uses Lua: |
| This template produces no visible output in portal pages, unless you specify otherwise. |
| File:Ambox warning yellow.svg | This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, the general template sandbox, or your user space before changing anything here. |
| Warning | This template is used on approximately 11,000 pages, so changes to it will be widely noticed. Please test any changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Please consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
Usage
All parameters:
{{Portal maintenance status |{{subst:DATE}} |subpages= |nonstandard= |broken= |incomplete= |upgrade= |manual= |maintainer1= |maintainer2= |maintainer3= |maintainer4= |note=}}
Include the following parameters if they are applicable; otherwise, omit the parameter (or set to no)
|manual=yes(or any other value): Portal is manually maintained. You should specify at least one maintainer using the|maintainer[1-4]=parameter.|nonstandard=yes(or any other value): Portal has a nonstandard layout|incomplete=yes(or any other value): Portal is under construction or incomplete|upgrade=yes(or any other value): Portal needs upgrading. Use the|note=field to elaborate.|broken=Portal has issues needing attention. Use the|note=field to elaborate.- Set to
yes,majororserious: for portals that have errors or major problems, such as Lua timeouts, template parsing limits exceeded, or completely wrecked layout - Set to
minor,accessorlayout: for portals that have minor problems, such as accessibility issues or minor layout issues
- Set to
The following parameters should be populated, where possible:
|date=Date of last template update|maintainer[1-4]=Example: Used to specify users who look after the portal in question.|subpages=Subpage triage status- Set to
untriagedoryes(or leave unset) if the subpages have not yet been checked. - Once a portal's subpages have been checked, set to:
checkedortriagedorkeep(or any other value): if any unneeded subpages have been removed.noneorsingleorsinglepageorno: if the portal has a single page layout (no subpages exist).
- Set to
This template can also hold miscellaneous notes:
|note=Text goes here: to record notes in plain text or even wikitext markup.
Categories
When in portal space, this template populates the following hidden categories (or their subcategories):
- Category:All manually maintained portal pages - Added when
manualis set toyes - Category:Non-standard portal pages - Added when
nonstandardis set toyes - Category:Portals under construction - Added when
incompleteis set toyes - Category:Portals that need upgrading - Added when
upgradeis set to yes - Category:Portals that need updating - Added when
updateis set to yes - Category:Portals with errors in need of immediate attention - Added when
brokenis set toyes - Category:Portals with minor issues in need of attention - Added when
brokenis set tominor - Category:All portals with untriaged subpages - Added when
subpagesis unset, or set tountriaged - Category:All portals with triaged subpages - Added when
subpagesis set totriaged - Category:Single-page portals - Added when
subpagesis set tosingleorsinglepage - Category:Portals with undated maintenance templates - Added when
dateis unset or missing - Category:Manually maintained portals without listed maintainers - Added when
manualis set toyes, but nomaintainerparameters have been provided - Category:Automatically maintained portals with listed maintainers - Added when
manualis set to no or left out and maintainer(s) have been provided
Display
By default, this template produces no visible output when in portal space.
- To show hidden categories, enable that setting in your preferences ("Appearance" tab, checkbox under "Advanced options")
- To show a message box like the examples below, add the following line to your personal CSS:
div.portal-maintenance-status { display:block !important }
- Alternatively, the messages may be viewed on portal talk pages, inside the {{WikiProject Portals}} banner (which automatically transcludes them)
Examples
{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|maintainer1=Example}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|manual=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|broken=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|broken=minor}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|nonstandard=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|incomplete=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|subpages=checked}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|subpages=none}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|upgrade=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|update=yes}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|note=This is a test note.}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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{{Portal maintenance status|date=June 2026|manual=yes|maintainer1=Example|broken=yes|nonstandard=yes|incomplete=yes|subpages=checked|note=(some lorem text, you get the idea)}}
| File:Darkgreen flag waving.svg | Portal maintenance status: (June 2026)
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How to update the maintenance information for a portal
To change the maintenance information for a portal:
- Edit the portal using source editor (edit source tab on the portal)
- In the first few lines of the edit box there should be this template ({{Portal maintenance status}})
- Edit the parameters of this template to change the information as needed; what each parameter does is described above in #Usage
See also
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This is the TemplateData documentation for this template used by VisualEditor and other tools; see the monthly error report for this template.
TemplateData for Portal maintenance status Hidden notice box used to record portal maintenance metadata
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| The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Portal maintenance status/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |
