Template:Started

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You may be looking for the template: {{Start date}}

This template is to be used on talk pages to show that an action has been started.

Usage

You may either use {{started}} by itself for the default message or you may add a custom message as an optional parameter.

Template	Result
{{started}}	Started
{{started|Custom message}}	Custom message

See also

This list: · <span style="" title="<translate nowrap> Edit this template</translate>"><translate> edit</translate>

Inline icon templates by shape and color

Any of the following inline, comment-level templates can be converted into {{Resolved}}-style hatnotes by using {{Resbox}} to put a box around the icon and text.

Green check marks
Implemented	{{Implemented}}
Partially implemented	{{PImplemented}}
Resolved	{{Resolved mark}}
Accepted	{{Accepted}}
Agree	{{Agree}}
Approved	{{Approved}}
Checked	{{Checked2}}
Verified	{{Verified}}
CY	{{Conditional yes}}
Confirmed	{{Confirmed}}
Confirmed with respect to the named user(s).  No comment with respect to IP address(es).	{{Confirmed-nc}}
Technically indistinguishable	{{Tallyho}}
Y	{{Tick}}
Helped	{{Helped}}
Done	{{Done}}
Edited	{{Edited2}}
Task complete.	{{Donetask}}
Done – as a contested proposed deletion, the article has been restored on request.	{{Unprod}}
Answered on user's talk page.	{{Autp}}
Responded at the appropriate venue.	{{Responded}}
Sure!	{{Sure}}
Y Merger complete.	{{Merge done}}
✓	{{Marked}}
✓ Pass	{{Pass}}
Y	{{Aye}}
Yes	{{Yes check}}
✓	{{Y&}}
Y	{{Yeac}}
Yg	{{Yeag}}

Cross marks
N	{{Xmark}}
N This offer has expired	{{Expired}}
N Deleted	{{Deleted}}
Not done	{{Not done}}
Not done – empty request	{{Not done empty request}}
Not done – please clarify	{{Not done unclear}}
N Not done and not likely to be done	{{Not done not likely}}
N Stale	{{Stale-small}}
Rejected	{{Smallrejected}}
N	{{X mark}}
N	{{Nay}}
No	{{No mark}}
✗ Not done	{{Not done-t}}
✗ Fail	{{Fail}}
✗	{{N&}}
N	{{X mark-n}}
	{{Xed box}}
Cancelled	{{Cancelled}}
Deleted	{{Deleted-image}}
Already declined	{{Already declined}}
Blocked	{{Opblocked}}
User blocked	{{User-blocked}}
Not a bug	{{Notabug}}
Not fixed	{{Notfixed}}
Won't fix	{{Won't fix}}
I withdraw my nomination	{{Withdraw}}
No technical evidence	{{Nojoy}}
Unrelated	{{Unrelated}}
Off-topic	{{Off-topic talk}}
N	{{Nayc}}
Ng	{{Nayg}}

Black check marks
Already done	{{Already done}}
Resolved	{{Resolved1}}
Y	{{Check mark-n}}
	{{Checked}}
	{{Checked box}}

Yellow check marks
Half done	{{Half done}}
Partly done	{{Partly done}}

Blue check marks
Semi-done	{{Semi-done}}
Fixed	{{Fixed}}
Fixed by reporter	{{Fixed by reporter}}
Pending	{{Bug pending}}
Resolved	{{Bug resolved}}
Blocked and tagged	{{Blockedandtagged}}
Blocked without tags	{{Blockedwithouttags}}
Tagged	{{Socks tagged}}
No tags	{{No tags}}
IP block exemption granted	{{Ipbedone}}
IP blocked	{{IPblock}}
Proxy blocked	{{Pblock}}
Proxies blocked	{{Psblock}}
Range blocked	{{Rblock}}
Requested actions completed, closing	{{Action and close}}
Blocked and tagged. Closing.	{{Blockedtaggedclosing}}

Minus sign
Closed	{{Close}}
Denied	{{Denied}}
Disagree	{{Disagree}}
Not approved	{{Unapproved}}
Not bug	{{NotBug}}
Duplicate bug	{{Duplicate bug}}
Invalid	{{Invalid}}
Declined	{{Declined}}
No action	{{No action}}
No comment	{{Nocomment}}
Unnecessary	{{Unnecessary}}
No comment with respect to IP address(es)	{{Nc}}
Removed	{{Removed}}
Closing without action	{{Closing without action}}
Failed	{{Failed-ga}}

Plus sign
Added	{{Added}}
Posted	{{Posted}}
Works for me	{{Works for me}}
Passed	{{Passed}}
Likely	{{Likely}}
Highly likely	{{Highly likely}}
Clerk endorsed	{{Endorse}}
Clerk declined	{{Decline}}
Clerk declined – Checkusers will not link accounts to IPs, per the privacy policy.	{{Decline-IP}}
Endorsed by a checkuser	{{Cu-endorsed}}
Check declined by a checkuser	{{Cudecline}}
Delisted	{{Delisted}}
Inconclusive	{{Inconclusive}}
Not Applicable	{{N/A icon}}

Neutral sign
Closed	{{Bug closed}}
New:	{{Bug new}}
Second opinion requested	{{GA2ndopinion}}

Purple turn-right
Deferred	{{Deferred}}
Defer to Abuse filter	{{Deferabusefilter}}
Defer to Local blacklist	{{Deferblack}}
Defer to Global blacklist	{{Defermetablack}}
Defer to WPSPAM	{{Deferspam}}
Defer to XLinkBot	{{Deferspambot}}
Defer to Whitelist	{{Deferwhite}}

Simple clock
Pending approval	{{PendingRequest}}
GA on hold	{{GAOnHold}}
On hold	{{On hold}}
On hold until	{{OnHoldUntil}}

Clock
Proposal on hold	{{ProposalOnHold}}
Reviewing request.	{{Reviewing request}}
Awaiting administrative action	{{Awaitingadmin}}
C	{{Await}}
Later	{{Later}}
Pending	{{Tobedone}}
Discussion ongoing...	{{Discussing}}
Doing...	{{Doing}}
[[User:|]] is doing...	{{Isdoing}}
Started	{{Started}}
In progress	{{In progress}}
Checking...	{{Checking}}
Reviewing...	{{Reviewing}}

Information mark
Needs discussion	{{NeedsDiscussion}}
Note:	{{A note}}
Administrator note	{{Administrator note}}
Assigned	{{Bug assigned}}

Exclamation
High Priority	{{High priority}}
*	{{N.b.}}
Urgent:	{{Urgent}}
Investigating...	{{Investigating}}
	{{Bang}}
Requesting immediate archiving...	{{Archive now}}
Bureaucrat note:	{{Bureaucrat note}}
Checkuser note:	{{CUnote}}
Acknowledged	{{Bug acknowledged}} ({{Ack}})
Confirmed	{{Bug confirmed}}
Comment:	{{Comment}}
Remind	{{Remind}}
Remark:	{{Remark}}
Clerk note:	{{Clerk-Note}}
Robot clerk note:	{{Clerk-Note-bot}}
Renamer note:	{{Renamer note}}
Coordinator note:	{{Coordinator-note}}
This review has not received any comments in two weeks.	{{Stale GAN}}
Warning	{{Warnsign}}

Question mark
Suggestion	{{Suggestion}}
? Maybe	{{Maybe-t}}
Maybe	{{Maybe-i}}
?	{{Qmark}}
?	{{Question mark}}
	{{InfoNeeded}}
Not done for now	{{Not done for now}}
Not sure	{{Not sure}}
Not sure.	{{Not sure2}}
Question:	{{Question}}
foo:	{{Question|label=foo}}
Additional information needed	{{MoreInfo}}
Feedback required	{{Bug feedback}}
?	{{Idkc}}

Bulb
B	{{Bulb}}
B	{{Bulb2}}
Idea:	{{Idea}}
New proposal	{{NewProposal}}

Smile
Thank you	{{Thank you}}
Thank you very much!	{{Thank you very much}}
You're welcome!	{{You're welcome}}
Sorry!	{{Sorry}}
Thanks	{{Thank}}
Thank you	{{WikiThanks}}

Thumb sign
	{{Thumbs down}}
	{{Thumbs up}}
	{{(y)}}
	{{(n)}}
Great!	{{Great}}
Like	{{Like}}
Dislike	{{Dislike}}

Others

ω Awaiting	{{Awaiting}}
( Buttinsky)	{{Buttinsky}}
Comment.	{{Commentvote}}
Dupe	{{Bug dupe}}
Merged	{{Clerk-Note-merged}}
New bug	{{NewBug}}
Bug fixed	{{BugFixed}}
Duplicate proposal	{{DuplicateProposal}}
Just curious...	{{Justcurious}}
Proposal out of scope	{{ProposalOutOfScope}}
Moved to Commons	{{Moved to commons}}
Orz...	{{Orz}}
( Peanut gallery comment)	{{Peanut}}
Possibly	{{Possibly}}
I have read the above message. I will reply when I have a moment.	{{Read}}
Received	{{Received}}
Redflag	{{Redflag}}
Redundant	{{Redundant symbol}}
Reopened	{{Reopened}}
@Example:	{{Reply to}}
Reverted	{{Reverted}}
rimshot	{{Rimshot}}
Review	{{Twomanrule}}
Review – This section is under review or has been partially reviewed by	{{UnderReview}}
Facepalm	{{Facepalm}}
Running with scissors is too dangerous for Wikipedia!	{{Scissors}}
Self-trout	{{Self-trout}}
Self-whale...for when a trout just isn't enough	{{Self-whale}}
Sent	{{Sent}}
per snowball clause	{{Snow}}
SUL Check	{{SULcheck}}

ToDo	{{ToDo}}
Undone	{{Undone}}
Uploaded	{{Uploaded}}
Request withdrawn	{{Withdrawn}}
Working	{{Working}}
Wikipedia is not a crystal ball.	{{WPcrystalball}}
Completed	{{Completed}}
Blocked but awaiting tags	{{Sblock}}
Possible	{{Possible}}
Not possible	{{Impossible}}
Possilikely (a mix between possible and likely)	{{Possilikely}}
Unlikely	{{Unlikely}}
Replaced	{{Replaced}}
Looks like a duck to me	{{Duck}}
	{{Duck2}}
Sounds like a duck quacking into a megaphone to me	{{Megaphoneduck}}
1.75x amplified ultimate quack of ultimate destiny	{{Megaphoneduck|ultimate}}
Watch out for the fake duck	{{Duck fake}}
Clerk assistance requested:	{{Clerk Request}}
Relisted	{{Relisted}}
No sleepers immediately visible	{{Nosleepers}}
Behavioural evidence needs evaluation	{{Behaviour}}
Global lock(s) requested	{{GlobalLocksRequested}}
Stale	{{StaleIP}}
The CheckUser Magic 8-Ball says:	{{8ball}}
CheckUser is not a crystal ball	{{Crystalball}}
CheckUser is not for fishing	{{Fishing}}
CheckUser is not magic pixie dust	{{Pixiedust}}
¯\_(ツ)_/¯	{{Shrug}}
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)	{{Lenny}}
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻	{{Table flip}}

Multi-sign templates

The following templates implement several icons:

• {{AIV}} – used by Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
• {{AN3}} - used by Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard and its subpages
• {{BOTREQ}} - used by Wikipedia:Bot requests
• {{CPC}} - used by Wikipedia:Copyright problems
• {{CUI}} - used by CheckUsers
• {{EFFP}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/False positives
• {{EFR}} – used by Wikipedia:Edit filter/Requested
• {{EP}} – used for servicing requests in edit-protected areas
• {{RFPP}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for page protection
• {{RFPC}}, {{RFPNPR}}, {{RFPPM}}, {{RFPR}} – used by subpages of Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
• {{UAA}} – used by Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention
• {{UND}} – used by Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion
• {{Smiley}} – used for informal communication purposes
• {{Article history}}

Others

• Template:Check mark templates, for templates like these but without text
• Template:Icon, a template that creates an inline icon/image that is used in metapages
• Wikipedia:List of discussion templates, a more linear table of essentially the same set of templates
• Template:Resolved/See also, the smaller family of thread-level hatnote templates, similar to the above but with a box around them; any template above can be converted to one of those with {{Resbox}}
• Template:Table cell templates/doc, the family of table-specific templates that work only in tables
• Category:Image with comment templates
• Category:Resolution templates

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