This is a documentationsubpage for Template:Prepare (see that page for the template itself). It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.
This template marks an article as a prepared story — a page describing a scheduled or anticipated event that has not yet occurred.
Prepared stories must be created as subpages of Wikinews:Story preparation (for example: Wikinews:Story preparation/Example headline). They must not exist in article mainspace.
event= — describes the scheduled or anticipated event.
date= — specifies the expected date of the focal event.
nocat= — any non-blank value suppresses categorization.
Automatic location checks
The template automatically verifies that the page is correctly located.
It checks two independent conditions:
Whether the page is in article mainspace.
Whether the page is a subpage of Wikinews:Story preparation.
Based on those checks:
If the page is already a proper subpage of Wikinews:Story preparation, no additional instructions are shown.
If the page is in article mainspace, the template displays instructions explaining how to:
Use the Move tab
Select Wikinews from the namespace dropdown
Rename the page to:
Story preparation/CURRENT PAGE TITLE
If the page is not in mainspace but is not under Story preparation, the template displays instructions to move it under:
Wikinews:Story preparation/CURRENT PAGE TITLE
These checks help prevent prepared stories from being created or left in article mainspace.
Examples
Markup
Result
{{prepare}}
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
{{prepare|event=Example event}}
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
Expected event: Example event
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
Expected event: Example event
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
{{prepare|date=September 17, 2020}}
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. If expected date September 17, 2020 has passed, the status of the article should be reconsidered. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. If expected date September 17, 2020 has passed, the status of the article should be reconsidered. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
Expected event: Example event
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. If expected date September 17, 2020 has passed, the status of the article should be reconsidered. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
Story preparation/Prepare/doc
This article is a prepared story. It describes an event that is scheduled or expected but has not yet occurred.
Expected event: Example event
If this article is ready to be developed, change the {{prepare}} tag to {{develop}}. If expected date September 17, 2020 has passed, the status of the article should be reconsidered. Prepared articles may (tempered by common sense, please) be subject to deletion if unsourced (with 10 days' notice) or if unused and expired (after 5 days). This page is not a Story preparation subpage, as recommended by Wikinews:Story preparation.
Use the Move link.
In the namespace dropdown, select Wikinews.
Copy and paste the following as the new page name:
