Template:Placeholder
Usage
Use {{Placeholder}} to mark sections or content that you were in the middle of writing, but have to stop and come back to later. It functions like a bookmark indicating material that still needs to be written, completed, or revisited.
The standard template displays a slim hot-pink editor-facing notice. Compact and custom-text variants are also available.
Basic usage
{{Placeholder}}
Produces:
- ☕️ Placeholder: Good morning, editor! Ready to get back to it?
The default form displays the coffee emoji and the standard editor-facing message.
Simple variant
Use |simple=yes to display a compact bookmark-style placeholder.
{{Placeholder|simple=yes}}
Produces:
- 🔖 Placeholder
The simple variant can also be used inline:
This paragraph still needs another source. {{Placeholder|simple=yes}} Continue here.
Custom text
Use |text to replace the standard message with custom text.
Custom placeholders use the bookmark emoji rather than the coffee emoji.
{{Placeholder
|text=Add discussion of the Ethiopic textual variant here.
}}
Produces:
- 🔖 Placeholder: Add discussion of the Ethiopic textual variant here.
Simple custom placeholder
The simple and custom-text parameters may be combined.
{{Placeholder
|simple=yes
|text=Add source
}}
Produces:
- 🔖 Placeholder: Add source
This version is compact and may be used inline.
Shortcut
{{Plc}} redirects here and can be used as one would use {{Placeholder}}.
{{Plcs}} displays the default simple variant.
Parameters
|simple- Set to
|simple=yesto display the compact inline variant. If omitted, the placeholder is displayed as a full-width notice.
|text- Optional custom placeholder text. When supplied, the bookmark emoji is used instead of the coffee emoji. The label "Placeholder:" remains bold.
Notes
This template is intended as an internal editorial marker and should normally be removed once the relevant content has been completed.
Pages using any variant of this template are automatically added to Category:Pages with a placeholder.
Categories added
Template type
This template is a:
- 🛠️ Work template