 | The followingis aproposed Wikipediapolicy, guideline, or process. The proposal may still be in development, underdiscussion, or in the process of gatheringconsensus for adoption. |
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{{Proposal|WP:SHORTCUT}}or{{Draft proposal|WP:SHORTCUT}}
The only parameter is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriateshortcut 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 toCategory:Wikipedia proposals orCategory:Wikipedia draft proposals if{{Draft proposal}} is used. Categorization of drafts can be suppressed with the|categories=no parameter.
For relatedWikipedia header templatesseeTemplate messages/Wikipedia namespace.
The Wikipedian communityroughly follows a set ofofficial policies and guidelines (collectively often referred to simply as "policy"). Pages reflecting policy are written by ordinary editors in the "Wikipedia:"namespace. Other editors review theseproposals and edit to improve them and move toward greaterconsensus. Over time, many things may happen to a proposal – it may be changed substantially, be moved to a new location, become adopted as a policy or guideline, berejected by the community, be recast as simply aWikipedian essay, orfail to sufficiently develop into a viable proposal.
When a proposal is being advanced it is usual to tag the page with{{Proposed}}. Although a proposal is generally written in advisory tone, it isnot policy until adopted by the community through the consensus-building process, and should not yet be tagged with{{Policy}} or{{Guideline}} (doing so pre-emptively may be viewed asdisruptive).
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{{Brainstorming}} header template, and later use{{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,{{Draft proposal}} should be replaced with{{Proposed}}. This change in status should beadvertised 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{{Dormant}}. Usual places to advertise a proposal are the talk pages of relevant other policies and guidelines and of topically connectedwikiprojects, and the pagesWP:Village pump (policy) andWP: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 notcanvass 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 anRfC will increase participation.
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The parameters are as follows:
1: First parameter, specifies a shortcut.2: Same as 1 (for multiple shortcuts)3: Same as 1 (for multiple shortcuts)4: Same as 1 (for multiple shortcuts)5: Same as 1 (for multiple shortcuts)type: What kind of thing it's being proposed for. The default is "policy, guideline, or process".discussion: Link to specific discussion. Default is to link to the page's talk page (e.g. if your proposal is atWikipedia:Meowing guidelines, it will link toWikipedia talk:Meowing guidelines), but it can be set up to link elsewhere, likeModule talk:Meowing#Proposal with|discussion=Module talk:Meowing#Proposal – don't include any[[...|...]] markup.section: Section link when using the default discussion page location (e.g. if your proposal is atWikipedia:Meowing guidelines, add|section=Proposal to link toWikipedia talk:Meowing guidelines#Proposal)category: ReplaceCategory:Wikipedia draft proposals with something else, likeCategory:Wikipedia draft proposals about meowing.categories: If set to "categories=no", it suppresses categorization.nocat: If you include anything here, it excludes the page from being default categorized inCategory:Wikipedia draft proposals.