Template:Rejected/doc

To include a shortcut, pass a parameter:. For related Wikipedia header templates see Template messages/Project namespace.

Rejected proposals are listed in Category:Wikipedia rejected proposals.

When adding this template, it is probably worthwhile editing the text of the page, as follows:
 * Strike-out any requests for comment, feedback etc
 * Remove any new procedures or new processes that were suggested as part of the proposal
 * Provide links to any new proposals that superseded it, if known.

Purpose
The Wikipedian Community, in its actions, roughly follows a set of official policies and guidelines. Pages reflecting these policies are written by ordinary editors in Wikipedia: Help:namespace. Other editors review these proposals and edit to improve them. Over time, many things may happen to a proposal; it may be moved to a new page name, edited substantially, adopted as official policy or mere guideline; nor is this list complete.

Some proposals seem so completely at odds with actual Community policy that we wish to reject them entirely rather than edit them. This may be unwise but in some cases there seems to be no alternative. Such proposals are tagged. On occasion, rejected proposals may be edited to address community concerns and even pass into policy but this is rare. We retain rejected proposals, no matter how violently we disagree with them, for historical interest and future reference.

Usage
The only parameter is optional. If supplied, it displays as a link to the appropriate shortcut page for the proposal. (Note that this is not automatic; MediaWiki cannot determine the shortcut from the page itself. You need to discover or create the shortcut yourself.)

Example
{|
 * align="center" | Code
 * align="center" | Result
 * valign="top" |
 * valign="top" |
 * valign="top" |
 * valign="top" |
 * valign="top" |


 * }