Template:Historical
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Usage
- To include a shortcut, pass a parameter:
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:WP:SHORT||WP:SHORT|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
. - To provide a last updated date, use the named parameter "last", i.e.
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:last=1 January 2000||last=1 January 2000|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- To provide a briefer form of the text, use
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:brief=yes||brief=yes|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- For a former policy, use
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:type=policy||type=policy|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- For a former guideline, use
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:type=guideline||type=guideline|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- For a page closed down by explicit community consensus, use
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:type=woundup||type=woundup|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- To provide an explanatory comment, use
{{{{#ifeq:historical|historical|historical|Historical}}{{#if:comment=explanatory text here||comment=explanatory text here|}}{{#if:||{{{3}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{4}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{5}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{6}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{7}}}|}}{{#if:||{{{8}}}|}}}}
- Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given:
{{{{#if:Historical|Historical| tlc|...}}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{2}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{3}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{4}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{5}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{6}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{7}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{8}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{9}}} | }}}}
(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 {{{{#if:WikiProject status
| WikiProject status | tlp|... }}{{#ifeq:Defunct|Defunct| |Defunct }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{3}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{4}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{5}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{6}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{7}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{8}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{9}}} }}}} or {{{{#if:WikiProject status | WikiProject status | tlp|... }}{{#ifeq:Inactive|Inactive| |Inactive }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{3}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{4}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{5}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{6}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{7}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{8}}} }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{9}}} }}}}.
Adding shortcuts
- In addition, a shortcut can be added to this template by using the following syntax:
{{{{#if:Historical|Historical| tlc|...}}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT|SHORTCUT| |SHORTCUT | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{3}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{4}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{5}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{6}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{7}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{8}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{9}}} | }}}}
- Up to 5 shortcuts can be added to this template in this fashion:
{{{{#if:Historical|Historical| tlc|...}}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT1|SHORTCUT1| |SHORTCUT1 | }}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT2|SHORTCUT2| |SHORTCUT2 | }}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT3|SHORTCUT3| |SHORTCUT3 | }}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT4|SHORTCUT4| |SHORTCUT4 | }}{{#ifeq:SHORTCUT5|SHORTCUT5| |SHORTCUT5 | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{7}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{8}}} | }}{{#ifeq:x|| |{{{9}}} | }}}}
See also
- {{WikiProject status}}
- {{failed}} — for proposals that were never adopted
The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Historical/doc. (edit | history) Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (create | mirror) and testcases (create) pages. Please add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template. |