I don't think this template is intended to categorize unresolved threads, but merey as a visual indicator in archives and such. —
Edokter (
talk) — 15:20, 20 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Huh? The primary use of this is flagging discussions (not in archives) that must reach resolution (e.g. because a policy issue has been raised) but which have failed to do so; its point is to draw attention to them and get them resolved. This template really should never appear in archives, where it should be replaced with {{
Stale}} and (when possible) a pointer to a newer thread trying to resolve the issue, or with {{
Resolved|Moot.}} if the debate is no longer applicable. If something gets bot archived while still bearing {{
Unresolved}} it should be unarchived. {{Unanswered}} is just a recent, larger version of it.
Anyway, this category is not in there now because it didn't exist when this template was created, or I would have added it, selectively. I would set this up so that it does this categorization when it appears in any talk namespace other than "User talk:", and not otherwise (some people probably temporarily use it in draft documents in "Wikipedia:" namespace and in "User:WHOEVER/sandbox" and such, for their own annotation purposes, and no one but the involved users care when it appears in "User talk:".) So, I suggest it needs a namespace switch. — SMcCandlishTalk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀContribs.17:00, 23 December 2011 (UTC)reply
I can confirm that it does not categorize when in user talk space, does not categorize when in a non-talk space, does categorize correctly when in non-user talk space, and does not categorize when |nocat=y. Anyone non-amendable to this change? — SMcCandlishTalk⇒ ʕ(Õلō)ˀContribs.17:59, 23 December 2011 (UTC)reply
Then we have a problem, because over 75% of the transclusions come from archives. That's a whole lot to clean up. This template was indeed intended solely as a visual marker. If unresolved discussions need categorization, {{unanswered}} is the better choice. —
Edokter (
talk) — 18:27, 23 December 2011 (UTC)reply