Template:Dormant/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Dormant. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
To mark a proposed policy (or other community document) as dormant, add the following above its lead:
{{Dormant}}
Do not substitute this template.
The |category= parameter can be used to override the auto-categorisation feature of this template. Otherwise, the use of this template will categorise the target page into Category:Wikipedia archives. Use |category=Category:Vegetables to categorise the page into Category:Vegetables instead of the usual category, or use |category= (nothing typed after =) to do no categorisation through the template.
In addition, a shortcut can be added to this template by using the following syntax:
{{Dormant|SHORTCUT}}
Up to 5 shortcuts can be added to this template in this fashion:
{{Dormant|SHORTCUTs|SHORTCUT2|SHORTCUT3|SHORTCUT4|SHORTCUT5}}