Template:Failed proposal/doc
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To include a shortcut, pass a parameter: {{Failed|WP:SHORT}}
.
Failed proposals are categorized in Category:Wikipedia failed proposals.
When adding this template, it is recommended to provide links to any new proposals that superseded it, if known.
When to use
[edit]A failed proposal is one for which consensus for acceptance has not developed after a reasonable time period. Consensus need not be fully opposed; if consensus is neutral or unclear on the issue and unlikely to improve, the proposal has likewise failed.
When not to use
[edit]It is not necessary or desirable to put this template on every page that has undergone a formal WP:PROPOSAL. Sometimes the proposal process identifies a better approach (e.g., that an informative and practical page should be a Help:
page instead of a {{Guideline}}); these are in no way "failures" and tagging them as such might discourage editors from benefiting from the information on the page. In other cases, such as with the Wikipedia:BOLD, revert, discuss cycle page, editors prefer to retain an {{essay}} tag.
If you feel a need to document the existence of a prior proposal, consider putting a {{FAQ}} or generic {{tmbox}} note on the talk page.
How to use
[edit]{{Failed|shortcut}}
The first unnamed parameter (or named as |1=
) is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate shortcut page for the proposal. (Note that this is not automatic; MediaWiki cannot determine the shortcut from the page itself. You need to discover or create the shortcut yourself.) Please do not create shortcuts for failed proposals; intelligible shortcuts are a finite resource. In fact, shortcuts may be usurped from long-failed proposals to redirect to something active.
The |date=
parameter can be used to add the date at which the page was tagged as failed, or at which a formal WP:PROPOSAL process did not accept the proposal. It accepts any valid date format.
A |result=
AKA |reason=
parameter can also be used to add free-form text explaining the failure (e.g. linking to a WP:PROPOSAL discussion, quoting from an RfC summary statement, etc.). This should be kept short (e.g., a concise sentence or two), since this is a banner template. The content of this parameter will be auto-formatted as a separate paragraph below the default text (and thus should not itself contain paragraph markup).
Redirects
[edit]{{No consensus}}
{{Rejected}}
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:How to create policy
- Category:Wikipedia failed proposals
- Template messages/Project namespace for related Wikipedia header templates