Template:Policy-global

This template has additional parameters, please fill them. See the documentation .

Template documentation

This template employs intricate features of the template syntax.

Please do not attempt to alter it unless you are certain that you understand the setup and are prepared to repair/revert any consequent collateral damage if the results are unexpected. You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. Remember that you can conduct experiments, and should test all improvements, in either the or your user space before changing anything here.

Usage

This template is used to tag approved global policies (see Category:Global policies) and rejected global policy proposals (see Category:Failed global policy proposals). For proposals under development please use {{proposal}}. Usage is as follows:

Parameters

Supported following parameters, which can be used named or unnamed:

type — approved/rejected
example — yes/no

Cases

{{policy-global|approved}} or {{policy-global|type=approved}} produces:

The following page documents an official global policy.
This page has been developed and approved by the community and its compliance is mandatory for all projects. It must not be modified without prior community approval.

{{policy-global|rejected}} or {{policy-global|type=rejected}} produces:

This is a failed global policy proposal.
There has been no community consensus to enact it as global policy. If you want to revive discussion you may use the talk page or start a discussion at Requests for comment.

The template also categorizes the proposal in the appropiate categories depending on the template parameters.

If you miss to state the first unnamed or |type= parameter, the template will let you know you did something wrong:

This template has additional parameters, please fill them. See the documentation .