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The only parameter is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate [[WP: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.)
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The first unnamed parameter (or named as {{Para|1}}) is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate [[WP: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.) 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.
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The {{para|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 rejected the proposal.  It accepts any [[MOS:DATEFORMAT|valid date format]].
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A {{para|result}} AKA {{para|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 closure statement etc.).  This should be kept short (e.g. a concise sentence or two), since this is a banner template. Such a rejection summary need not be signed, unless it constitutes on its own a [[WP:CLOSURE]]. 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 ==
 
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* [[Wikipedia:How to create policy]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:How to create policy]]
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* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Project namespace|Template messages/Project namespace]] for related [[:Category:Wikipedia header templates|Wikipedia header templates]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/Project namespace|Template messages/Project namespace]] for related [[:Category:Wikipedia header templates|Wikipedia header templates]]
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Latest revision as of 15:18, 13 December 2020

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.

Overview

See also: Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines - Failed proposals

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.

Usage

{{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 rejected 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 closure statement etc.). This should be kept short (e.g. a concise sentence or two), since this is a banner template. Such a rejection summary need not be signed, unless it constitutes on its own a WP:CLOSURE. 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

See also