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<code><nowiki>{{Deleted template}}</nowiki></code> provides a way to delete templates but still retain them for the purpose of correctly displaying old revisions of pages. When using this method to delete a template, all existing transclusions should be removed in the usual way, and <code><nowiki>{{Deleted template}}</nowiki></code> added into the template being deleted. This should ensure correct display in old revisions, and a warning when used in a revision postdating the deletion. | <code><nowiki>{{Deleted template}}</nowiki></code> provides a way to delete templates but still retain them for the purpose of correctly displaying old revisions of pages. When using this method to delete a template, all existing transclusions should be removed in the usual way, and <code><nowiki>{{Deleted template}}</nowiki></code> added into the template being deleted. This should ensure correct display in old revisions, and a warning when used in a revision postdating the deletion. | ||
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=== Usage === | === Usage === | ||
Revision as of 14:38, 12 February 2011
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{{Deleted template}} provides a way to delete templates but still retain them for the purpose of correctly displaying old revisions of pages. When using this method to delete a template, all existing transclusions should be removed in the usual way, and {{Deleted template}} added into the template being deleted. This should ensure correct display in old revisions, and a warning when used in a revision postdating the deletion.
Current revisions containing templates deleted in this way are automatically categorised in Category:Pages containing deleted templates.
Usage
The template takes 3 compulsory parameters:
- the revision ID of the template at the time of it being deleted.[1] The appropriate URL can be found via the page history - choose a revision close to the time of the conclusion of the Templates for Discussion discussion, if there has been one.
- template name
- date the template was deleted
To use this template, add it at the beginning of the template to be deleted, adding the closing brackets of {{Deleted template}} at the end:
Example:
{{Deleted template|388523941|Example|12 February 2011
Old template
did various things
and possibly other things
}}
Notes
- ↑ The revision ID is the number found in the URL of an old Wikipedia page, for example in
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Deleted_template&oldid=413284321
the revision ID is 413284321.