Template:Old CfD
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Usage
{{Old CfD
| section = section name
| date = YYYY Month Day
| action = e.g. deletion, merging
| result = e.g. keep, delete, no consensus
}}
All parameters are optional except |date=.
|section=: the name of the discussion section on the CFD page. Default is the name of the category itself.|date=: the date on which the discussion started. If it was February 7, 2006, the parameter would look like|date=2006 February 7.|action=: what the nominator suggested. Default is "deletion". Having this parameter equal to "deletion", "merging", or "renaming" will provide a relevant wikilink.|result=: outcome of the discussion. Default is keep. Do not bold this parameter by surrounding it with triple quotes; the template already does this.
Examples
{{Old CfD|section=Category:Humor|date=2008 October 7}}
| This category was nominated for deletion on 7 October 2008. The result of the discussion was keep. |
{{Old CfD|section=Category:Computing|date=2014 August 14|action=merging|result=merge}}
| This category was nominated for merging on 14 August 2014. The result of the discussion was merge. |
{{Old CfD|section=Category:Blackouts|date=2010 August 20|action=renaming|result=rename}}
| This category was nominated for renaming on 20 August 2010. The result of the discussion was rename. |
Legacy functionality
Some functionality is present in the template for legacy reasons. It's deprecated, so you shouldn't have to worry about it in most situations.
|name=specifies the title (header) of the discussion to link to; available as an alternative to using|section=or the unnamed parameter.|usercat=: as WP:UCFD has now been merged back into WP:CFD, this parameter is deprecated and should not be used.|date=formerly suggested the format|date=YYYY|Month|Day, which was changed due to being non-standard.