Template:Article status
Needs review Mode: Live Version: unspecified
- Last reviewed
- never
- Source quality
- unassessed
- Known uncertainty
- none noted
Usage
Place at the top of any gameplay-facing article. Status must be text, not colour alone — see Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Verification Policy.
Compact by default (2026-08-08 revision): a badge/mode/version
headline row, then only the three fields a reader needs at a glance
(Last reviewed, Source quality, Known uncertainty). Reviewer and the
optional Legacy differences/Recent changes/Verification notes fields sit
behind a native MediaWiki collapsible toggle ("View verification
details") — this uses core mw-collapsible
(jquery.makeCollapsible, loaded on every page by default),
not a new dependency. Nothing is removed, only what's shown before the
toggle is clicked.
{{Article status
|status=Verified|Partially verified|Needs review|Draft|Historical|Legacy only|Upcoming
|mode=Live|Legacy|Both|Historical
|version=
|reviewed=
|reviewer=
|source_quality=
|uncertainty=
|legacy_differences= (optional)
|recent_changes= (optional)
|notes= (optional — extra verification detail beyond the standard fields)
}}
Keep source_quality and uncertainty genuinely
concise — they render in the compact, always-visible area, so a long
paragraph there defeats the point of this revision. If a claim needs a
longer explanation, put that explanation in the article body (near the
claim itself) rather than in this template.
|legacy_differences=, |recent_changes=, and
|notes= are optional — omit them and nothing renders, same
pattern as every other optional field here. Use
legacy_differences when a fact on this article genuinely
differs between Live and Legacy (routine, can apply at any status);
reserve status=Legacy only itself for articles that are
entirely about a Legacy-exclusive mechanic with no Live counterpart at
all — see Elite Dangerous Field Manual:Verification Policy for the
full distinction. status=Upcoming and status=Legacy
only populate their own maintenance categories
(Category:Upcoming Content, Category:Legacy-Only Content).