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== Usage ==
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This template is for articles actively undergoing construction. If the article instead is actively undergoing a major edit, please use {{Tl|In use}}.

In general, this template should not be used for new articles with little content. Instead, the [[Wikipedia:About the Sandbox|sandbox]] should be used to develop the article so that it has reasonable content when it is copied into namespace.

Articles tagged with this template are automatically added to the category [[:Category:Pages actively undergoing construction]].  Add the parameter <code>|placedby=</code> (followed by your login name) to make it easy for people to contact the person who placed the template.

If used on a non-article page (such as a user page) which is not yet ready for use, type {{Tlx|Under construction|notready&#61;true}}. That will produce the following:
{{Under construction|notready=true|nocat=true}}

A comment may be added to the box using the ''|comment='' switch.

As this template is used in multiple namespaces it uses {{tl|mbox}}, which will automatically detect individual namespace usage and adapt appropriate styling accordingly.

===Blank template===
<pre><nowiki>{{under construction |placedby= |section= |nosection= |nocat= |notready= |comment= |category= |altimage= }}</nowiki></pre>

===Parameters===
*'''altimage''' - provide an alternate image for the template.  Should be a complete file tag, e.g. <code><nowiki>[[File:Under_construction_icon-orange.svg|64px]]</nowiki></code>
*'''category''' - a category (must be prefixed with the "Category:" namespace identifier and enclosed in double square brackets). If omitted, and the template is not used in either the "User:" or "User talk:" namespaces, the page is placed in [[:Category:Pages actively undergoing construction]].
*'''comment''' - free-form text. If present, the text "Contributor note:" is shown followed by the content of {{para|comment}}.
*'''nocat''' - set to '''true''' to '''not''' include the page in [[:Category:Pages actively undergoing construction]]. Set to anything but '''true''' or don't set it at all, and it will be included there.
*'''notready''' - value is immaterial, but if present, and not blank, adds the text ", and is not yet ready for use" following the word "restructuring".
*'''nosection''' - value is immaterial, but if present, and not blank (e.g. <tt><nowiki>nosection=yes</nowiki></tt>), removes the phrase "or section", i.e. makes the message apply to the entire page
*'''placedby''' - user name of the person placing the template.
*'''section''' - value is immaterial, but if present, and not blank (e.g. <tt><nowiki>section=yes</nowiki></tt>), removes the phrase "article or", i.e. makes the message apply only to a section.

== See also ==
* [http://tools.wmflabs.org/tb-dev/PUCS/ A tool reports pages containing 'under construction' notices ranked by the time since last edit]
* {{tl|newpage}}, for newly created pages still under construction
* {{tl|increation}} to use this template when multiple edits are being made to add content immediately after creating the article
* {{tl|in use}}, for articles actively undergoing a major edit for a short while to list them in [[:Category:Pages actively undergoing a major edit]]
* {{tl|Underdiscussion}}, for a non main page undergoing active discussion on its talk page
* {{tl|Deletion under review}}, to prevent deletion nomination until the review process is complete
* [[Wikipedia:Deletion of newly created pages]], regarding preventing pages from getting deleted while they are brand new.
* {{tl|Incomplete}}

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