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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 Also removed outdated template documentation on this talk page ∴ Alex Smotrov 16:22, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
Well, I certainly did not expect this template to suddenly become protected... ((editprotected)) Well, then please move all the documentation back into Template:Undated/doc (simply overwriting that page outdated content) and then transclude /doc on the template page ∴ Alex Smotrov 20:29, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
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.
Documentation is being updated. Please remove ((UnsignedTemplates))
((template doc))
[[Category:Internal link templates|Undated]]
from this page and replace it with
((Documentation))
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Please add this to the single parameter,
(({1|<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)
There is a grammatical problem with this template. The example "—Preceding undated comment was added at 26 August 2007." is wrong. It is correct to use at for time but not for date. on should be used for dates. Jay (talk) 10:15, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
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)
Hi. The template generates text beginning
<span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">
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)
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)
If ((unsigned)) puts a space after the mdash, why should this template not have one too? — RHaworth (talk · contribs) 17:19, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
((unsigned))
should be removed. MOS:EMDASH says "Do not use spaced em dashes." --Redrose64 (talk) 17:36, 22 February 2014 (UTC)
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random comment. ((subst:unsigned|example|20:10, 22 February 2014 (UTC)))
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tags (the space in the template before the dash—that would be removed if doubled—also solves this in a way that isn't possible if we wanted to guarantee a non-spaced em dash). Not sure the MOS would really apply to talk pages, but I personally think it's relatively important to have all of the unsigned templates (see box) consistent, one way or the other, and at the moment ((unsigned)) uses a non-breaking space following the dash, but lacks the "backup space" before it (which also seems to guarantee the spaces on both sides of the dash are the same size). Would also be great to have these templates auto-substituted by bot (there's a list if I remember correctly, but it requires admin rights to edit). ‑‑xensyriaT 20:10, 22 February 2014 (UTC)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)
Request withdrawn, I was mistaken. Oiyarbepsy (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
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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)
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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 ((Unsigned)). 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)