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Hello everyone, this is more of a general question than one for mods but the Stub template, Incomplete template, Tone template and SloppyAI template all have the same layout code (with the box being coloured on the incomplete and sloppyai template being the only exception, but codewise is the same). I'm wondering if people would think it is a good idea if I replicate this code for its own template and replace all the code there with just the template. It would be much easier to work on, but it may be harder to add new special things on without changing the template used by it.

TL;DR is making a template to use the code used from the stub templates just to make it easier to make new ones or change existing ones okay? AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 17:07, 12 November 2025 (UTC)

That could be a good idea, yeah. Honestly if you're comfortable editing that kind of stuff, anything you could do to make the notices smaller and less obtrusive would be appreciated as well. I'm happy to help with text editing and stuff on them but I'm a bit useless if I have to mess around with css Keith (talk) 14:40, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Making them smaller might require a complete restructure for some, but maybe with smaller text it is fine? I'd need to test it out to see if it doesn't make it hard to read. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 16:10, 14 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Keith, just wondering what you think of these two variants of the incomplete tag and if the idea works at all for making them smaller. I haven't changed div tags at all, but it is just a simple thing to make it smaller. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 20:26, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

I think making them smaller will be more to do with reducing their title text size, and maybe boldness, to be less in-your-face (but still obvious. perhaps more like the 'revision as of...' box you can see if you click the link to the variants you just posted Keith (talk) 00:54, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Ah I don't know much about how to do CSS, and therefore can't do that, but I could just try looking at some resources online to figure it out like how I learned HTML. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 06:17, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

@Keith Had another go at it here and although it definitely isn't perfect, I just want to know what you think of it before I continue. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 19:50, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Obviously the spacing needs to come in a bit from the side, but it's certainly closer to what we want! I think changing 'incomplete' to 'verification concerns' or something might make sense (since that's what it's usually used for) Keith (talk) 21:32, 20 November 2025 (UTC)

Just my 2 cents... I like that it says incomplete and has fields to specify. I find myself using it for things beyond verification, such as how to improve the language, structure, etc. Basically I've been using it as a catch-all, which I know is against what it's intended for, but I've also noticed some users actually commit to those specific changes because it shows how an article could be improved with small efforts.

I have not been active lately, so I'm not completely certain what improvements @AnotherConsumerRightsPerson has been making to the other templates. But I think going broad could be good, while having input fields for mods or whoever to specify the issues. Beanie Bo (talk) 19:25, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

I haven't made any other changes to templates except for deleting a couple, but I have to agree that the incomplete template is often used for what it isn't meant to be used for, but does make sense why; I thought for a while that it was just for articles that are better than stubs, but still need to be marked. It isn't clear by nature as it currently is on what it does unless you read the read more bit. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 19:30, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Tone appeal - Smartwool

Hi, since the Smartwool EULA incident is on "Highlighted Article", I would like to ask if there's any more tone issues; and if there are, some guidance/assistance on fixing them. Thank you for your time! Raster (talk) 04:09, 22 November 2025 (UTC)