Template:Deleted template
((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 (as well as the deleted templates themselves) are automatically categorised in Category:Pages containing deleted templates.
Usage
[edit]The template takes 3 compulsory parameters:
- the revision ID of the template at the time of it being deleted. Due to phab:T235957, this parameter is no longer used, and the third parameter (date) is used to decide whether to treat the page like an old revision.
- 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
))
- There is also one optional parameter: the
|extra=
parameter may be used to add further information at the end of the message.
Template documentation
[edit]Associated template documentation may be worth retaining, for example for references to alternative templates.
- Use ((hat))/((hab)) to collapse usage instructions which are no longer relevant
- Remove any categories (possibly convert them to See Also links)
- Add a ((historical)) template as in this example for ((expand)):
((Historical|category=no|brief=yes|comment=This template was [[Template:Deleted template|deprecated]] following deletion discussion archived at [[Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_December_16#Template:Expand]]))
- If used with ((Ambox)) which has the
|name=
parameter present for the|subst=
parameter,|doc=no
must also be passed to ((Ambox)) and <noinclude>((documentation))</noinclude> manually placed at the end of the template code.
See also
[edit]- WP:TFD: Templates for discussion, such as proposing deletion
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