Template:Orphan/doc

When to use
This template should only be put on articles which meet the orphan criteria.

Do not use this template on articles that you honestly believe will be impossible to de-orphan. The community wants this tag used to identify potentially solvable problems, not to create a complete index of all articles with zero, one, or two incoming links. If the community actually wanted every orphan tagged, it would be using a mindless bot to tag these articles, rather than relying on editors and their best judgment.

How to use
The simplest way to add this template to an article is to copy and paste either  or    at the top of the article.


 * This template is a self-reference.
 * Please do not subst: this template.

date
You may use a date parameter with this template, for example  to help with the categorisation of articles requiring links. If you leave it out, a bot will fill it in (but this will result in more edits and watchlist alerts, so adding the date right away is preferred).

att
If you have made an unsuccessful attempt to de-orphan the article, then please add the month/year of the attempt to the template, like so:

,

where the "date" parameter is the date the template was ORIGINALLY placed on the page, and the att parameter is set to equal the CURRENT month and year. This places it in Category:Attempted de-orphan for that date and changes the wording of the template (to read: "This article is a reviewed orphan...").

geo
If the geo parameter is included, the phrase "...about a place" will be included in the category title, and the article will be added to the orphaned geographic articles category.

few
If the article only has one or two links to it and it is felt more are required and possible the few option can be used. for example

incat
If the article has no link and probably never will, but is well categorised the incat option can be used. for example

Categories
This template places the article into "Category:All orphaned articles" as well as "Category:Orphaned articles from ". If the " " parameter is set, the article will still be in Category:All orphaned articles, but instead of placing the article into "Category:Orphaned articles from " (e.g. Category:Orphaned articles from April 2008), it places it into "Category:Attempted de-orphan from (e.g. Category:Attempted de-orphan from April 2008).