Template:Historical

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Usage

• To include a shortcut, pass a parameter: {{Historical|WP:SHORT}}.
• To provide a last updated date, use the named paramater "last", i.e. {{Historical|last=1 January 2000}}
• To provide a briefer form of the text, use {{Historical|brief=yes}}
• For a former policy, use {{Historical|type=policy}}
• For a former guideline, use {{Historical|type=guideline}}
• To provide an explanatory comment, use {{Historical|comment=explanatory text here}}
• Pages using this template will be placed into Category:Inactive project pages unless the parameter category=no is given: {{Historical|category=no}} (user and user talk pages are not categorized).
• For related Wikipedia header templates, see Template messages/Wikipedia namespace.
• Please note that this template is not appropriate for portals, which exist for the purpose of informing readers on a given topic and, as such, can never truly be "inactive".
• It is also not appropriate for inactive WikiProjects which are dealt with according to the WikiProject Council/Guide; these should be tagged with {{defunct}} or {{inactive}}.

See also

• {{inactive}}
• {{semi-active}}
• {{closed down}}
• {{mothballed}}
• {{failed}} — for proposals that were never adopted

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