Template:Closing

Close in progress: An administrator or other editor is currently closing this discussion. Please do not contribute further to it; the result should be posted shortly.

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The user who added this notice will be listed in the page history; the page was last edited by Waddie96 at 09:52, 1 October 2025. This notice is intended to help reduce edit conflicts between closers, as well as notify readers that any additional replies to the discussion may not be considered by the closer. If this page has not been edited for a few hours, it is usually safe to remove this template. However, if the debate is long, complex, or acrimonious, please allow more time.

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Basic usage:{{subst:closing|closer=[[User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}]]}}

The Closing template message is placed at the top of a deletion discussion sub-page or section when you are actively working on the close, and intend to edit with the close results as soon as possible. If substituted, it will display the user who added it with a timestamp; otherwise, it will instruct readers to check the revision history for those things.

The tag is intended to inform people that someone is currently working on the close, that discussion should end, and that other closers should not bother to work on the discussion. This is intended to help reduce edit conflicts and avoid duplication of work.

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Please do not leave {{Closing}} in place for more than the few minutes that should be necessary. If it has been up for more than an hour since the last edit, it should be removed.

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This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Closing in articles based on its TemplateData.

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Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
closer	`closer`	The entity doing the closing Example A group of highly trained orangutans Auto value `[[User:{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}\|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}]]`	String	optional
plural	`plural`	Set true if there is more than one closer Auto value	String	optional
estimate	`estimate`	The estimated time when the close will be complete Example within an hour	String	optional

v t e Templates for proposed article mergers
Article page PAM notice	{{Afd-merge required}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page but unclear destination consensus) {{Afd-merge to}} (Post PAM merge needed; for source page; use {{Afd-merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merge}} (PAM; for source page) {{Merge portions from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Split portions}} on source page) {{Split portions}} ((PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge portions from}} on destination page) {{R from merge}} (Redirect from a merge)
User talk page PAM discussion notifications	{{Mergenote}} (PAM notification to user talk page)
Discussion page PAM templates	{{Canvassed}} (participant clarification) {{Closing}} (closing in process) {{Duplicate vote}} (participation clarification) {{Not a ballot}} (discussion clarification) {{Page creator}} (participant clarification) {{Single-purpose account}} (participant clarification) {{Xfd-privacy}} (sensitive discussion close)
User talk page PAM process notifications	{{Uw-notvote}} (warning)
Article source talk page PAM notice	{{Merge done}} (Merge after discussion notice; for source talk page) {{Merge to}} (PAM merge request; for source page; use {{Merge from}} on destination talk page) {{Merged-to}} (Post PAM merge completed; for source talk page) {{Being merged}} (Source page merging in action notice) {{Mfd-merge to}} (Post MfD merge needed; for source talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on destination page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Article destination talk page PAM notice	{{Blank and redirect notice}} (Post WP:BLAR; for destination talk page) {{Afd-merge from}} (Post AfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Afd-merge to}} on source page) {{Copied}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page with attribution remaining on source page) {{History merge}} (Post PAM history merge still needed; for destination talk page) {{Merge from}} (PAM merge request; for destination page; use {{Merge to}} on source talk page) {{Merged-from}} (Post PAM merge completed; for destination talk page) {{Mfd-merge from}} (Post MfD merge needed; for destination talk page; use {{Mfd-merge to}} on source page) {{Old merge}} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Miscellaneous PAM misc.	{{Merge progress}} (Merge progress counter for Category:Articles proposed for merging subpages)
Templates for proposed deletions Templates for speedy deletions

v t e Articles for deletion templates
Article page AfD notice	{{Afd}} (1st time nomination) {{Afd-merge to}} (merge contents from AfD'ed article) {{AfD-userfied}} (drafted pursuant to AfD) {{AfDM}} (1st time nomination) {{Afdx}} (2nd etc. nomination) {{Cleanup AfD}} (Cleanup req'd after AfD) {{Db-g4}} (Post AfD CSD G4 deletion needed) {{Db-xfd}} (Post AfD CSD G6 deletion needed)
User talk page AfD discussion notifications	{{Afd notice}}
Discussion page AfD templates	{{Priorxfd}} (previous deletion discussions) {{Closing}} (closing in process) {{Duplicate vote}} (participation clarification) {{Not a ballot}} (discussion clarification) {{Old AfD list}} (previous discussions) {{Page creator}} (participant clarification) {{Single-purpose account}} (participant clarification) {{Confirmed sockmaster}} (participant is confirmed to have used sockpuppets) {{Confirmed sockpuppet}} (participant is a confirmed sockpuppet) {{Canvassed}} (participant clarification) {{COI editor}} (participant clarification) {{Xfd-privacy}} (sensitive discussion close) {{Deletion sorting}} (debate added to deletion sorting list) {{Notified}} (debate mentioned on talk page)
User talk page AfD process notifications	{{Afd-top-notice}} (for nominator mistake) {{Afd-welcome}} (for new participant) {{Uw-notvote}} (warning)
Article talk page AfD notice	{{Old XfD multi}} (1st and subsequent nominations, preferred template) {{Afd-merge from}} (merge contents in AfD'ed article) {{Afd-merged-from}} (contents merged into AfD'ed article) {{Blank and redirect notice}} (destination for redirected articles) {{Article history}} (AfD, Good/Featured, and many other article "events")
See also	{{Mfd notice}}
See also: Proposed deletion templates and Speedy deletion templates

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