Template:Proposal page/sandbox

sandbox
Status	Undefined
Proposed by	Unknown
Definition
Tag	key=value
Element types
Description	Those drawn with a very fine camel hair brush.
Prevalence	key=value $1% $1% $1% $1% More details at taginfo More details at taginfo
Appearance
History
Drafted	April 1, 2019 (2019-04-01)
Proposed	April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
RFC started	April 1, 2020 (2020-04-01)
Voting started	August 11, 2025 (2025-08-11)
Voting ended	August 16, 2025 (2025-08-16)

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Usage

The template was designed to be used on pages listed on the Proposal process page.
See Proposal process#Proposal page template on how to use the template as part of the proposal process.

This template is used to mark proposals and providing a short intro.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
status	status	Current proposal status Default Invalid Example Draft, Proposed, Voting, Post-Vote, Approved, Rejected, Canceled, Abandoned, Inactive, Obsoleted	String	suggested
name	name	proposal name Example Key:highway, Tag:highway=trunk, Use_true_instead_of_yes	String	required
lang	lang	page language (if different from page naming) Default en Example fr Auto value en	String	optional
users	users	Wiki user names of the contributors setting up the proposal Auto value	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
user	user users	wiki user name of the one who set up the proposal Auto value	User	optional
key	key	database key Example highway, oneway	String	suggested
value	value	database value (Do not add this parameter if no specific value is proposed.) Example true, trunk	String	suggested
tagging	tagging	database tag or database tags Example {{Tag|foo|bar}}, {{Key|bar}}	String	suggested
definition	definition	short description of the proposal (statement needed to show field 'type')	String	required
type	type	database type Example {{IconNode}}, {{IconWay}}, {{IconArea}}, {{IconRelation}}	Template	suggested
appearance	appearance	how should it be rendered Example hidden, free text, picture	String	optional
draftStartDate	draftStartDate	date of the first draft in yyyy-mm-dd format	Date	suggested
proposalDate	proposalDate	Date of the proposition	Date	optional
rfcStartDate	rfcStartDate	date of the Request For Comments mail sent to the talk-list	Date	optional
voteStartDate	voteStartDate	when voting can be started	Date	optional
voteEndDate	voteEndDate	when voting is finished	Date	optional
float	float	Which side of the page to position the template Default left Example left, right, center	String	optional
taginfo	taginfo	Show taginfo statistics Default true Example true, false	Boolean	optional

See also

• Proposal_process
• Proposal_process#Proposal_page_template
• {{Proposed feature voting}} - Adds a voting result box
• {{Approved feature link}} - The Approved feature link template was designed to be used on approved proposal pages listed on the Approved features Page to provide a link to their Feature Page
• {{No vote feature link}} - A template used on proposal pages without voting and tagging is widely established to provide a link to their Feature Page.
• {{Archived proposal}} – This template can be used to archive a proposal

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Proposal page/doc. (edit | history)
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