User blog comment:NOBODY/Fix all the Revise templates/@comment-3060206-20120809212001

Well, I think that will be difficult to determine exactly five days from when the template was added. I saw SQhi with this idea before and tried adding a reason parameter to the template (in its old style) on the sandbox. When I told SQhi, Santi said it was better to use instead of having a parameter.

I think a reason parameter would at least fix the issue of knowing why the user added the template in the first place, however, I always thought adding the template would mean it is blatantly obvious why it got there in the first place. It was for a noticeably low-quality page, fully written (or almost fully written) and calls for users to help fix it up.

It was really meant for older pages, as there are enough users here now to moderate the site and help out with fixing errors.

I have had problems where users added the revise template to stubs. A stub does not need to be rewritten or revised; there is nothing to rewrite or revise.

Should users also utlize talk pages in this situation? If a template is added without reason, why not discuss it with other users first to make sure they agree with its removal?

That being said, I think the five days rule is just an excuse to practically forget about the revise templates. We should probably review the pages in this category so far, and make sure that each one with a template should keep the template on.