Basic usage:{{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. Please do not leave it 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.
{{In use }}, similar template used to notify readers that a large edit is taking place
Article page PAM notice User talk page PAM discussion notifications
{{Mergenote }} (PAM notification to user talk page)
Discussion page PAM templates User talk page PAM process notifications 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)
{{Merging }} (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 full }} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Article destination talk page PAM notice
{{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)
{{Histmerge }} (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 full }} (1st and subsequent nominations)
Miscellaneous PAM misc.
Article page AfD notice
{{Afd }} (1st time nomination)
{{Afd-merge to }} (merge contents from AfD'ed article)
{{Afd-merge from }} (merge contents in 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 Discussion page AfD templates User talk page AfD process notifications Article talk page AfD notice See also
Template parameters
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 a few days String optional