Template:Historical - Misplaced Pages

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This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference. Either the page is no longer relevant, or consensus on its purpose has become unclear. To revive discussion regarding the subject, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump proposals page.

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This template is used on approximately 25,000 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them.

Usage

This template is not for use in articles or where there is an ongoing dispute.

Basics

To include a shortcut, pass a parameter: {{Historical|WP:SHORT}}.

To provide a last-updated date, use the named parameter |last= or |date=, i.e. {{Historical|last=1 January 2000}}. This should only be used for substantive updates, not things like bot tweaks or typo fixes.

To provide a briefer form of the text, use {{Historical|brief=yes}}

Specifying the |type= parameter:
For a former policy, use |type=policy

For a former guideline, use |type=guideline

For a page closed down by explicit community consensus, use |type=woundup

For a former essay which at one time had consensus, but is no longer relevant use |type=essay

To append the text of the template, and provide an explanatory comment, use {{Historical|comment=explanatory text here}}. Aliases for |comment= are |reason= and |result=.
If you want to point to a successor page, use {{Superseded}} instead of {{Historical}}.

Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter |category=no is given: {{Historical|category=no}} (user and user talk pages are not categorized).

For related Misplaced Pages header templates, see Template messages/Wikipedia namespace.

Please note that this template is not appropriate for portals, which exist for the purpose of informing readers on a given topic and, as such, can never truly be "inactive".

It is also not appropriate for inactive WikiProjects or task forces, which are dealt with according to the WikiProject Council/Guide; these should be tagged with {{WikiProject status|Defunct}} or {{WikiProject status|Inactive}}.

Adding shortcuts

In addition, a shortcut can be added to this template by using the following syntax:

{{Historical|SHORTCUT}}

Up to 5 shortcuts can be added to this template in this fashion:

{{Historical|SHORTCUT1|SHORTCUT2|SHORTCUT3|SHORTCUT4|SHORTCUT5}}

TemplateData

No description.
Template parameters
This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.
Parameter Description Type Status
Shortcut 1 1
no description
Page name optional
Shortcut 2 2
no description
Page name optional
Shortcut 3 3
no description
Page name optional
Shortcut 4 4
no description
Page name optional
Shortcut 5 5
no description
Page name optional
last last
The date of the last substantative update to this page.
Date suggested
date date
Formerly an alias for last.
Date deprecated
type type
The type of page this is. Recognized values: policy, guideline, woundup, dbr.
Example
policy
Line suggested
brief brief
Whether to use a shortened message.
Default
no
Boolean optional
comment comment
A message explaining why the page is obsolete
String suggested
category category
Whether to include this in ]
Default
yes
Example
category=no
Boolean optional

See also

{{WikiProject status}}

{{failed}} for proposals that were never adopted

Misplaced Pages:Template messages/Wikipedia namespace for a listing of Misplaced Pages namespace banners.
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Historical/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
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Misplaced Pages header templates

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Shortcut 1	`1`	no description	Page name	optional
Shortcut 2	`2`	no description	Page name	optional
Shortcut 3	`3`	no description	Page name	optional
Shortcut 4	`4`	no description	Page name	optional
Shortcut 5	`5`	no description	Page name	optional
last	`last`	The date of the last substantative update to this page.	Date	suggested
date	`date`	Formerly an alias for last.	Date	deprecated
type	`type`	The type of page this is. Recognized values: policy, guideline, woundup, dbr. Example policy	Line	suggested
brief	`brief`	Whether to use a shortened message. Default no	Boolean	optional
comment	`comment`	A message explaining why the page is obsolete	String	suggested
category	`category`	Whether to include this in ] Default yes Example category=no	Boolean	optional