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#REDIRECT [[Template:Proposal/doc]]
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==Usage==
 
{{tlx|{{BASEPAGENAME}}|WP:<var>SHORTCUT</var>}}
 
 
 
The only parameter is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate [[Wikipedia:Shortcut|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.)
 
 
 
Adds pages to [[:Category:Wikipedia proposals]] or [[:Category:Wikipedia draft proposals]] if {{tl|Draft proposal}} is used.
 
 
 
For related [[:Category:Wikipedia header templates|Wikipedia header templates]]
 
see [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Wikipedia namespace|Template messages/Wikipedia namespace]].
 
 
 
== Purpose ==
 
:''See [[WP:PROPOSAL]] for advice on advertising your proposed advice page to the community''
 
 
 
The Wikipedian community [[Wikipedia:Ignore all rules|roughly follows]] a set of [[Wikipedia:policies and guidelines|official policies and guidelines]] (collectively often referred to simply as "policy"). Pages reflecting policy are written by ordinary editors in the "Wikipedia:" [[Help:Namespace|namespace]]. Other editors review these [[:Category:Wikipedia proposals|proposals]] and edit to improve them and move toward greater [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]]. Over time, many things may happen to a proposal &ndash; it may be changed substantially, be moved to a new location, become adopted as a policy or guideline, be [[Template:Failed|rejected by the community]], be recast as simply a [[Template:Essay|Wikipedian essay]], or [[Template:Historical|fail to sufficiently develop into a viable proposal]].
 
 
 
When a proposal is being advanced it is usual to tag the page with {{tlx|Proposed}}. Although a proposal is generally written in advisory tone, it is ''not policy'' until adopted by the community through the consensus-building process, and should not yet be tagged with {{tlx|Policy}} or {{tlx|Guideline}} (doing so pre-emptively may be viewed as [[Wikipedia:Disruptive editing|disruptive]]).
 
 
 
If a proposal is still in the early formative stages and it is desired to gather creative suggestions from others on what purpose and direction such a proposal should have, one may wish to temporarily use the {{tlx|Brainstorming}} header template, and later use {{tlx|Draft proposal}} when these matters are clearer. Once proponents of a proposal are satisfied with the form it has taken and it is desired to move forward to the more intense debate that precedes policy acceptance by the community, {{tlx|Draft proposal}} should be replaced with {{tlx|Proposed}}. This change in status should be [[Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)|advertised]] so that interested parties have a fair chance to participate before anyone designates the proposal as rejected or adopted as policy. If there is a lack of discussion from the community, the proposal may be tagged with {{tlx|Dormant}}.  Usual places to advertise a proposal are the talk pages of relevant other policies and guidelines and of topically connected [[WP:WikiProject|wikiprojects]], and the pages [[WP:Village pump (policy)]] and [[WP:Village pump (proposals)]] (or just the latter if the proposal is not about policy material but something else, e.g. a process or procedures).  Be careful to not [[WP:CANVASSING|canvass]] with non-neutral wording or too-targeted notification when doing this advertising.  A centralized discussion point (usually at the talk page of the proposal) is desirable, and making it an [[WP:RFC|RfC]] will increase participation.
 
 
 
== See also ==
 
* [[Wikipedia:How to contribute to Wikipedia guidance]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Policy writing is hard]]
 
* [[:Category:Wikipedia draft proposals]]
 
* [[:Category:Wikipedia proposals]]
 
* {{Lts|disputedtag}}
 
* {{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Proposed|{{Lts|draft proposal}}|{{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Draft proposal|{{Lts|proposed}}}}}}
 
* {{Lts|essay}}
 
* {{Lts|failed}}
 
* {{Lts|dormant}}
 
* {{Lts|guideline}}
 
* {{Lts|historical}}
 
* {{Lts|policy}}
 
* {{Lts|promote}}
 
* {{Lts|supplement}}
 
* {{Lts|superseded}}
 
 
 
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{{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Draft proposal|
 
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