Template talk:Inactive admin

Update[edit]

this needs a huge trim. These templates are not message boards even for admins.--Moxy (talk) 11:48, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Moxy: do you have a suggested update? Feel free to experiment in the Template:Inactive admin/sandbox. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:44, 21 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

In particular, I think we should change the icons so that they are not identical at each level of message. Upon skimming an admin's talk page, it isn't clear unless you spend a good 10 seconds reading one of the sections that the 3 (nearly identical) messages, that are usually lumped together on an otherwise-quiet talk page, are actually saying very different things. I suggest:

Notice:
Imminent:
Removal:

I have eschewed icons that get more urgent with each level. We probably want removal notices to be informative, and not create a "deadline" to be avoided. This is just about differentiation rather than emphasis (while not making the messages misleadingly identical!). Sound okay, xaosflux? AGK ■ 10:33, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

I would also propose moving "Notification of" from the header. It's redundant, like were I to want Moxy's copyedit of an article and wrote on their talk page "Message of request for a copyedit." Too many words can make people switch off. AGK ■ 10:35, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Ideas seem fine, test them in the sand box and make sure they don't break anything then go for it. — xaosflux ^Talk 12:19, 11 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]