Template talk:Update
Removing from category pages
Somewhere along the line, this template was altered to work on category pages. But it was never intended to be used on any other pages but articles, as the documentation and the auto-emplaced category indicate. The difficulty in doing so is that -- in practice, amongst the random sample of 10 category pages I went to -- it's been used primarily to say of categories, "Populate this category". That's a message applicable to every category. They all need filling with as many articles as is practicable. So it doesn't give the user any useful information, or, worse, it indicates that this category in particular and in contradistinction to others needs population.
Which just isn't true. All Categories Matter.
Also, as a matter of practicality, the category addition process is completely separated from category pages themselves. So people wouldn't likely see the message to "populate the category" when they're actually faced with the choice of adding a category. So it's exceedingly unlikely that the biased message this template sent out would have been received.
Accordingly, the category language has been stripped, and its 29 template calls in the category namespace have been removed.
czechout<staff /> ☎ ✍ 15:20: Sun 30 Apr 2017
DALEK Image
I don't get why there is a DALEK in the template, it's just too perfect not to have a Cyberman, seen as "THIS ARTICLE MUST BE UPGRADED!" Mullafacation ☎ 13:17, 13 March 2021 (UTC)
Update category
I have a suggestion: I think this template should be updated so all pages flagged with it are put in a category, named "Pages that need updates" or something. It would make it far easier for editors to find those pages. SilverSunbird ☎ 23:12, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
- This is actually already a thing! The cat in question is Articles in need of major additions but because it's a maintenance category it's hidden by default. You've probably got the "Show hidden categories" box under the "Appearance" tab at Special:Preferences unticked but that's easily fixable. Borisashton ☎ 00:07, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
