User talk:Quillathe Siannodel

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Thank you to User:Yfmcpxpj for making this page. I promise to use my new powers of userpage-having for good. {)|(}Quill{)|(} 14:10, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Also, sorry for the constant edits. I'm still figuring out how to sign my name and, on top of that, I'm the kind of person who constantly goes around revising stuff. Apologies. {)|(}Quill{)|(}Quillathe Siannodel 20:29, 29 March 2021 (UTC)

IncompleteIncomplete

I think this is a very bad idea:
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Template:IncompleteIncomplete
Do not put this on all pages with incomplete that will annoy a lot of people as already clear in the newest comic. We always leave the incomplete reason for some time on the new comics. Instead of posting this template, put a note on why you think it is complete, or even better, if you actually think the explanation is complete, then just delete the incomplete tag. Also we try at all cost to avoid making section in the discussion as this will interfere with large explanations where a TOC is relevant. Best regards --Kynde (talk) 08:02, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

+1 Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 10:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
Sorry. I am a new-ish user with 0 impulse control who just discovered how to make templates. I will delete the offending comments/template & try to find a different solution. Any suggestions for what to do instead? {)|(}Quill{)|(} Template:Date
Well, I can surely understand that these "incomplete" articles are somewhat annoying. In most cases the best practise to remove them is simply reading the article and trying to find out if the issue mentioned in the tag is resolved. If not you could try to solve the issue by yourself or simply move on. If yes you could ask in the discussion if anyone has something to add, wait some days and if noone replied you just remove the tag. That'a at least how I handle these. If there is no issue mentioned in the tag then just read the explanation. If you "feel" that something is missing either mention it in the tag or solve the problem, then proceed as described above. As for new comics it's normal that they have the tag for a week or two until the explanation is finished - just give them time :) Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 14:08, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
That's what I was attempting to do. The problem was that I had no way to check when the section was added and I ended up just spamming everything. What should I do? {)|(}Quill{)|(} Template:Date
The tag gets added automatically by the bot that crawls XKCD for new comics when the comic is released. So in most cases the "when" can be answered with "the day the comic was released". It gets removed by people when the explanation is finsished. Sometimes the tag is re-introduced afterwards but in these cases it was done by some member of the community and the person who did this should include the reason in the tag so you can see why the tag was added. In these cases the question about "when" is not important. Either the explanation is complete and the tag should be removed or it isn't and it shouldn't ;) Nevertheless, if you are still curious about the "when" you could check the edit history of the article on question. Elektrizikekswerk (talk) 14:38, 7 April 2021 (UTC)
OK, thanks. From now on, I'll wait a week and if the comic is finshed and there's still no explanation, I'll just delete it. By the way, apologies for my date template glitching out. I was editing it. Fixed now.