 | This template is reserved for use only if a bot is broken; it should not be used otherwise. |
 | Template:FACfailed is deprecated, and is preserved only for historical reasons. Please see Template:Article history instead. |
 | This article (or a previous version) is a former featured article candidate. Please view its sub-page to see why the nomination did not succeed. For older candidates, please check the Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Archived nominations. |
Template documentationExample syntax:
{{FACfailed
|Old article name
|oldid=12345678
|small=yes
}}
All parameters are optional.
- If the article's FAC subpage was not at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Current article name, then specify the old article name as the first parameter, to give the correct link for view its sub-page.
- To link the word version to the specific version of the article, use
oldid=XXXXXXX, where the number XXXXXXX can be found by clicking on the desired version on the history tab, then looking at the URL in the address bar of your browser. If oldid is not specified, version just links to the history page of the article. - To reduce the template to a smaller box at the right-hand side of the page use
small=yes.
This template adds articles to Category:Wikipedia featured article candidates (contested)