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This page is currently inactive and is retained for historical reference.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, seek broader input via a forum such as the village pump.

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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  • If you want to point to a successor page, use {{Superseded}} instead of {{Historical}}.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}}

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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.

• Misplaced Pages header templates