Usage

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Used for single nominations. proposed new name is the proposed new name of the category.
  • {{subst:cfm|proposed new name|Cfd section name}}
Used for group nominations. proposed new name is the proposed new name of the category.

Example

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{{subst:cfm|other category|umbrella|date=9999 Never 99}} displays:


Purpose

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Used to propose merging of categories of similar content. See how to use this page for overall instructions. The template displays the proper links and {{cfm2}} syntax for the next step.


This template is a self-reference. This template is not useful for Wikipedia:Subst. This template will categorise tagged categories into Category:Categories for merging, but this template will not be included.

Discussion

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2007 January 1

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See: Wikipedia_talk:Categories_for_discussion#Time_to_complete_the_grand_renaming.3F. -- ProveIt (talk) 15:26, 17 December 2006 (UTC)Reply
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{{editprotected}}

The link to the policy can be updated to Wikipedia:Categories for Discussion policies for simplicity and to avoid unnecessary redirects, as well as to avoid disconcerting people who may notice that "discussion" links to "deletion". - Fayenatic london (talk) 17:50, 29 June 2007 (UTC)Reply

 Y Done. --ais523 17:54, 29 June 2007 (UTC)

Speedy Delete

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{{edit protected}} Please add this line to the top as the template falls under T3 and is no longer needed for the new process.

<noinclude>{{db-t3|1=~~~~~|2=cfd1}}</noinclude>

Thanks, MrKIA11 (talk) 22:13, 25 October 2008 (UTC)Reply

Oppose CSD. See also WT:CFD. - jc37 04:46, 26 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
I've disabled the edit-protected request for speedy deletion as it seems beyond its scope, and there is a distinct lack of consensus. The template is still widely linked from policy pages for example. Please get some consensus. -- zzuuzz (talk) 22:17, 26 October 2008 (UTC)Reply
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Please participate in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Deletion discussions#Have all XfD be substituted and link to the actual page of discussion. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:13, 25 February 2010 (UTC)Reply

Code Update

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{{editprotected}} Could a templatey administrator replace all cases of
<includeonly>subst:</includeonly>
with
{{{|safesubst:}}}
and remove
{{Pp-template|small=yes}}
at Template:Cfm? Thanks. Set Sail For The Seven Seas 225° 43' 15" NET 15:02, 13 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

  Done. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 05:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)Reply

"Please do not empty the category"

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I feel like that message in the template is very one-sided. It allows people to mass-add pages to a category while it's at CfM, but not to mass-delete them. This doesn't seem right. Either the "don't empty the category" language needs to be dropped, or there needs to be language in this template discouraging mass-adding to a category in the midst of a CfM. pbp 18:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)Reply

Move discussion in progress

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There is a move discussion in progress on Template talk:Cfd which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 00:14, 9 August 2016 (UTC)Reply

Template-protected edit request on 21 March 2020

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Please copy all /sandbox code into this template. The change is: write comment "BEGIN/END CFM TEMPLATE", not "... CFD ...". This is rather cricuiial, since the subst:-requirement should add a correct background reference. DePiep (talk) 11:07, 21 March 2020 (UTC)Reply

  Done Cabayi (talk) 21:02, 21 March 2020 (UTC)Reply
@DePiep: please explain more fully the reason for your request. It has been reverted since it was interfering with removal of the template if the nominated page was not deleted, see User_talk:JJMC89#Removing_CFD_template. – Fayenatic London 07:00, 3 April 2020 (UTC)Reply
Replied there. -DePiep (talk) 11:14, 3 April 2020 (UTC)Reply