This template is being considered for merging with [[Template:]]. Please discuss this matter at this template's entry at templates for discussion to help reach a consensus.
Maintenance use only: 1. Edit the TfD log to create the discussion entry. 2. Please consider notifying the author(s) by placing ((subst:Tfmnotice|Tfm)) ~~~~ on their talk page(s). |
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This template is used to nominate other templates for merging.
To nominate a single template, copy and paste the following code at the top of the template:
((subst:tfm|OtherTemplate))
Template:
(or Module:
).
To nominate multiple templates for merging under the same header, type the following at the top of each individual template:
((subst:tfm|OtherTemplate|heading=NameOfHeading))
where NameOfHeading is the name of the section heading under which you will list the templates for merging at TfD. You can also spell this |header=
.
Unless you do something unusual such as enclosing in noinclude tags, articles that use the nominated template will provide a notification and link to the discussion. By default the article will show the following just above the display of the nominated template:
There are various other options, specified by the |type=
parameter.
To nominate inline templates, set |type=inline
. This will help with formatting issues that occur when the large notification is displayed. Type the following:
((subst:Tfm|OtherTemplate|type=inline))
The notification on articles looks like this: ‹The template Tfm is being considered for merging.›
To use even smaller notifications, for inline template nominations, set |type=tiny
. Type the following
((subst:Tfm|OtherTemplate|type=tiny))
which will produce the following notification: ‹See TfM›
To nominate templates that are used as sidebars, such as infoboxes, specify |type=sidebar
, i.e.
((subst:Tfm|OtherTemplate|type=sidebar))
which produces:
You can alternatively use |type=infobox
or |type=box
to produce the same result.
Finally it is possible to disable the notification completely by typing |type=disabled
. You can use this when everything else fails.
((subst:Tfm|OtherTemplate|type=disabled))
which outputs nothing at all on all transclusions of the template.
((subst:Tfd))
– the parallel template for deletion((subst:Tfr|NewProposedName))
– the parallel template for renaming, when WP:TFD is the right process for the rename((subst:Tfm|OtherTemplateName))
– basic TfM template (use at the template)((subst:Tfm2))
– second step in a TfM process (use at WP:TFD daily log page)((subst:Tfm notice|OtherTemplateName))
– to leave a notification at the template creator's talk page or other relevant pages