WikiQueer:Templates for discussion/Administrator instructions

Administrator instructions for Templates for discussion: Every day, the day page (that is, WikiQueer:Templates for deletion/Log/Year Month Day ) more than seven days old should be removed from [ WikiQueer:Templates for discussion]. The decision to keep or delete a template is to be implemented only after the discussion for that template has been closed.


 * 1) If it may take significant time to assess the debate and/or do the closing edits, consider first editing the discussion section for the template and adding Closing just after the section header, to notify others that a close of the particular discussion is in progress. This helps to avoid edit conflicts during the close.
 * 2) Determine whether or not a rough consensus to delete has been reached. See: Deletion guidelines for administrators.
 * 3) After the template's section header, add:
 * (where Result is usually either Delete or Keep)
 * 1) Remove Closing if you added it earlier.
 * 2) At the end of the template's section, but before the next template's section header, add:
 * 3) If the decision is Keep (including any variant such as "Redirect" or "No Consensus"):
 * 4) Add a link on the template's talk page to the discussion sub-page.
 * 5) *The template Tfdend is recommended for this, so add one of:
 * (N.B. the date must be in the format: yyyy_Month_dd in other words, the month must be written out, it must be in year month day sequence, and the date must not be wikilinked)
 * (the default section heading is the template's name, so that parameter may be omitted entirely)
 * (the default result is "Keep", so that parameter may be omitted)
 * 1) * If the discussion failed to reach consensus, then the template is kept by default, but the decision should generally include a reference to the lack of consensus, in order to minimize ambiguity and future confusion.
 * 2) Remove Tfd or Tfm from the template (be sure the Tfd category is also removed).
 * 3) If the page becomes a redirect, remember to fix double-redirects.
 * 4) If the decision is Delete, then either remove all calls for the template and delete the template or list it under the appropriate section of WikiQueer:Templates for discussion/Holding cell. Be sure to include the link to the Tfd day page above the listing. On the template page, change Tfd to  .  After all instances of the template used in pages have been removed, the template can be deleted by an administrator.  Mere links to a template on a talk page or in project space may be retained if they are important to understanding historical conversations.
 * 5) There is no such thing as quorum. If after the normal time period, there are no objections to deletion of a template, it can simply be deleted.
 * 6) If the template has a matching category that is not used for other purposes (for example, cleanup and Category:WikiQueer cleanup), delete the category as well.
 * 1) Remove Tfd or Tfm from the template (be sure the Tfd category is also removed).
 * 2) If the page becomes a redirect, remember to fix double-redirects.
 * 3) If the decision is Delete, then either remove all calls for the template and delete the template or list it under the appropriate section of WikiQueer:Templates for discussion/Holding cell. Be sure to include the link to the Tfd day page above the listing. On the template page, change Tfd to  .  After all instances of the template used in pages have been removed, the template can be deleted by an administrator.  Mere links to a template on a talk page or in project space may be retained if they are important to understanding historical conversations.
 * 4) There is no such thing as quorum. If after the normal time period, there are no objections to deletion of a template, it can simply be deleted.
 * 5) If the template has a matching category that is not used for other purposes (for example, cleanup and Category:WikiQueer cleanup), delete the category as well.

This relies on the discretion and common sense of the user closing a debate. If you disagree with a decision, please discuss it with that user.

Header and footer text
After closing the discussion, the section will look like this:

Template:example template
RESULT. my username date DISCUSSION THREAD