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This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.
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WarningThis template is used on approximately 2,900 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.

Contents

  • 1 Usage
  • 2 Parameters
  • 3 Optional parameters
  • 4 Sample using all parameters

Usage

Use on user pages or user talk pages when people shouldn't expect them to be answered quickly. When using simply {{busy}}, the template produces the message above

Parameters

There are two unnamed parameters. The first which replaces "this user" with the name placed.
IE {{busy|Johnny Doe}} produces

Johnny Doe is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

If "I" is used in the first parameter, the template will say "I am".
IE {{busy|I}} produces

I am busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

The second unnamed parameter replaces "in real life" with whatever is used.
IE {{busy|I|at [[school]]}} produces

I am busy at school and may not respond swiftly to queries.

To use the second parameter without using the first, use it with |2=.
IE {{busy|2=at [[school]]}} produces

This user is busy at school and may not respond swiftly to queries.

Optional parameters

  • reason, use to specify a reason why you will be busy.

IE {{busy|reason=not being allowed to edit Wikipedia while at work,}} produces

This user is busy in real life due to not being allowed to edit Wikipedia while at work, and may not respond swiftly to queries.
  • end, use to specify until when you will be busy.

IE {{busy|end=Monday evening (UTC)}} produces

This user is busy in real life until Monday evening (UTC) and may not respond swiftly to queries.
  • msg appends any custom message at the end.

IE {{busy|msg=April Fool!}} produces

This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.
April Fool!
  • image will display a different image other than the standard.

IE {{busy|image=Information icon4.svg}} produces

This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.
  • small will display the small version of this box.

IE {{busy|small=yes}} produces

This user is busy in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.
  • descriptor, use to specify an alternative to "busy".

IE {{busy|descriptor=sailing their yacht}} produces

This user is sailing their yacht in real life and may not respond swiftly to queries.

Sample using all parameters

{{busy|Johnny Doe|descriptor=working|at school|image=Information icon4.svg|reason=school being compulsory|end=Saturday morning (EST)|msg=I won't be on for Saturday the 25th, though.}} produces

Johnny Doe is working at school until Saturday morning (EST) due to school being compulsory and may not respond swiftly to queries.
I won't be on for Saturday the 25th, though.
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Back/Not
  • {{Can't retire}}
  • {{Considering retirement}}
  • {{Off and On Wikibreak}}
Break
  • {{Wikibreak}}
    • in-house
    • switch
  • {{At school}}
    • small
  • {{Exams}}
  • {{Vacation}}
  • {{Out of town}}
  • {{Personal issues}}
  • {{Moving}}
  • {{Semi-wikibreak}}
  • {{At Wikimania}}
  • {{Busy}}
Health-related
  • {{Bonked}}
  • {{User grieving}}
  • {{User ill}}
  • {{User health inactive}}
  • {{User terminally ill}}
Mental
  • {{Discouraged}}
  • {{User contempt}}
  • {{User frustrated}}
  • {{User mental health}}
  • {{User stress}}
  • {{User unhappy}}
Technical
  • {{Computer death}}
  • {{No Internet}}
  • {{No power}}
  • {{Storm break}}
Departure
  • {{Deceased Wikipedian}}
  • {{Not around}}
  • {{Retired}}
    • semi-retired
    • almost retired
  • {{Clean start}}
  • {{Old account}}
  • {{Abandoned account}}
  • {{Account shut down}}
Userboxes
  • {{User wikibreak}}
  • {{User ex-Wikipedia}}
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Busy/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Busy&oldid=998712136"
Last edited on 6 January 2021, at 17:59

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