This is a documentation subpage for Template:Workpage. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template is used on approximately 4,600 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Workpages are often created as temporary places to store stuff that may eventually become part of an article or other page. These are generally created as subpages of the corresponding Talk: page to avoid any possibility that a casual reader may stumble upon them. {{ workpage}} goes further, prominently tagging the workpage as a workpage. This also categorizes to Category:Workpages.

Usage

Abstract usage of the template:

{{Workpage}}

{{Workpage|name}}

The single, positional parameter is the name of a page into which the material of the workpage may or may not someday be incorporated. Do not link to an article in this fashion. This parameter is optional and defaults to "an article".

Example

Code	Result
{{Workpage|Old Man and the Sea}}	This is not a Wikipedia article: This is a workpage, a collection of material and work in progress that may or may not be incorporated into Old Man and the Sea. It should not necessarily be considered factual or authoritative.