Template:Unsolved/doc

Unsolved problems in science template

This is the "unsolved problems in science" template. It can be added to articles relating to such problems. This template floats to the right and should normally be added to the top of a paragraph mentioning the problem.

Usage

To use this template add this code to an article:

{{unsolved|F|X}}

Where "F" is any field in the sciences: and "X" is a concise "explanation" with or without links.

For instance like this:

Unsolved problem in computer science:

One-way functions are functions that are easy to compute but hard to invert. Can one-way functions be proved to exist?

(more unsolved problems in computer science)

{{unsolved|computer science|One-way functions are [[function (mathematics)|functions]] that are easy to compute but hard to invert. Can [[one-way function]]s be proved to exist?}}

If you are including this template in an article which mentions in passing an unsolved problem that is dealt with more completely in another article, you should include a third parameter (use any nonblank descriptive text such as "don't categorize" or "passing mention", be sure not to include a pipe character "|") so that the article where this appears is not included in the "unsolved problems in F" category. For instance, the cryptography article mentions one-way functions but cryptography itself is not properly described as an "unsolved problem", so it would use this template like this:

{{unsolved|computer science|One-way functions are [[function (mathematics)|functions]] that are easy to compute but hard to invert. Can [[one-way function]]s be proved to exist?|Don't categorize}}

See also

• {{Unsolved problems}}
• File:Question, Web Fundamentals.svg, the background image used in this template

TemplateData

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

TemplateData for Unsolved

A template that can be added for articles relating to unsolved problems in the sciences.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Field	1	The field of science that the unsolved problem applies to Example computer science	String	required
Explanation	2	A concise explanation of the unsolved problem. Example Can [[one-way function]]s be proved to exist?	Content	required