Template:Historical/doc
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Usage
[edit]- To include a shortcut, pass a parameter:
{{Historical|WP:SHORT}}. - To provide a last updated date, use the named paramater "last", i.e.
{{Historical|last=1 January 2000}} - To provide a briefer form of the text, use
{{Historical|brief=yes}} - For a former policy, use
{{Historical|type=policy}} - For a former guideline, use
{{Historical|type=guideline}} - To provide an explanatory comment, use
{{Historical|comment=explanatory text here}} - 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 Wikipedia 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 which are dealt with according to the WikiProject Council/Guide; these should be tagged with {{defunct}} or {{inactive}}.
See also
[edit]- {{inactive}}
- {{semi-active}}
- {{closed down}}
- {{mothballed}}
- {{failed}} — for proposals that were never adopted