Template:Proposed/doc
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Adds pages to Category:Wikipedia proposals.
To include a shortcut, pass a parameter: {{Proposed|WP:SHORT}}. For related Wikipedia header templates see Template messages/Project namespace.
[edit] Purpose
The Wikipedian Community, in its actions, roughly follows a set of official policies and guidelines. Pages reflecting these policies are written by ordinary editors in Wikipedia: namespace. Other editors review these proposals and edit to improve them. 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, or be rejected by the community.
When a new proposal is first written it is common to tag the page with {{proposed/doc}}. Although a proposal is generally written in a positive voice, it is not policy until adopted by the community through the consensus-building process.
If a proposal is still in the formative stages and it is desired to gather creative suggestions from others, one may wish to temporarily use Template:Brainstorming. 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 enactment, the {{Brainstorming}} tag should be replaced with {{Proposed}}. This change in status should be advertised so that interested parties have a fair chance to participate before anyone designates the proposal as rejected or adopted as policy.
[edit] Usage
{{Proposed|shortcut}}
The only parameter is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate shortcut 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.)
