Template:Old TfD/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Old TfD. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
__EXPECTED_UNCONNECTED_PAGE__
 | This template is used on approximately 8,400 pages and changes may be widely noticed. Test changes in the template's /sandbox or /testcases subpages, or in your own user subpage. Consider discussing changes on the talk page before implementing them. |
 | This template should never be substituted – use {{Old TfD}}. |
 | This template is used in the standard installation of XFDcloser. If you plan to make breaking changes to it, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify XFDcloser's users and maintainers as a courtesy. Thank you! |
 | This template uses Lua: |
This header template is placed on talk pages of templates and modules to link to previous relevant TfD discussions.
Usage
{{Old TfD|date=|result=}}
e.g.
{{Old TfD|date=2026 October 27|result=keep}}
Discussion link
If you specify a <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|talk= parameter (or any of its aliases) the template will attempt to use the date and the supplied talk section to produce a working link. For example: <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">
 | This template was considered for deletion on 2020 October 17. The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
</syntaxhighlight> produces
| This template was considered for deletion on 2020 October 17. The result of the discussion was no consensus. |
Note how the link (with the piped text "the discussion") is a valid TfD link into a specific discussion on the supplied date.
Alternatively, supply the link using the <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|link= parameter directly, in which case the template does not try to build a link using supplied date and talk parameters.
Old TfD naming scheme
For templates that survived a TfD debate before 4 January 2006, use <syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext" inline style="display: none;" />|link=Not deleted/MONTHNAME YEAR to modify the link to point to the relevant deletion discussion.
TemplateData
TemplateData for Old TfD
<templatedata> { "params": { "1": { "label": "Non-default pagename",
"description": "For when the page has been moved since the deletion debate, or if it was nominated under the name of another template in a multiple nomination:
| This template (Template:pagename) was considered for deletion on . The result of the discussion was '. |
",
"type": "string" }, "date": { "type": "date", "required": true }, "result": { "type": "string", "default": "keep", "required": true }, "merge": { "label": "Merge target", "description": "For merger proposals. Changes \"deletion\" to \"merging with target\".", "type": "wiki-page-name" }, "more_merge": { "label": "Additional wikitext to merge message", "description": "To add additional wikitext to |merge=. E.g. |more_merge=and target2, and target2 — linking and punctuation needs to be added manually in this parameter (which begins immediately after the value of |merge= with a space character between it and the value of |more_merge=). If the merge targets all share the same talk page, you can use the special value |merge=self to just output \"merging\" without specifying template names.", "type": "content" }, "link": { "description": "Replaces |date=", "type": "content" }, "talk": { "aliases": [ "disc", "discuss" ], "label": "Talk page section", "default": "{{{1}}}", "type": "string" }, "small": { "type": "boolean" } } }</templatedata>
See also
- {{Tfm}} – the parallel template for merging
- {{Tfd}} – basic template
- {{Tfd|type=inline}} – inline usage
- {{Tfd2}} – second step in a TFD process
- {{Tfdnotice}} – TFD info on related pages
- {{Catfd}} – TFD with corresponding category
- {{Catfd2}} – second step in a TFD process with corresponding category (same name)
- {{Old XfD multi}} – good for recording multiple discussions