Template:Article for deletion/dated/doc

This template is used to nominate an article for deletion at Wikipedia:Articles for deletion.

Do not use this template directly. Instead, use this code:

{{subst:afd}}

The {{afd}} template will automatically transclude this template once it has been substituted.

Better yet, use Twinkle to nominate articles for deletion, since the nomination process has several other steps as well (creating the deletion discussion page, adding it to the daily log pages, adding it to the deletion sorting pages maintained by Wikipedia:WikiProject Deletion sorting.

Redirects

• Template:AfDM
• Template:Afd/dated

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Article for deletion/dated

A helper template to nominate articles for deletion. DO NOT transclude this template directly; instead, use {{subst:afd}}, which fills in the template automatically.

Template parameters

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Substituted?	substed	If this value is anything but "yes", the template produces the error message "This template must be substituted. Replace {{afd with {{subst:afd." DO NOT set this parameter manually, as Template:Afd does this automatically instead. Suggested values yes no Example yes	String	required
Article to delete	page	The title of the article being deleted, if not the article that this template is being transcluded on. If not specified, this template defaults to assuming that the page it's on is the one being deleted. Example Gay Nigger Association of America Auto value {{PAGENAME}}	Page name	suggested
Display help?	help	If the value is anything but "off" (or omitted entirely), a message on the steps to nominate an article for deletion is provided. Suggested values off on Example on	String	optional
Log date	logdate date	The date for which the AfD discussion page should be added to the corresponding daily AfD log. This must be given in year-month-day format, with the month's name specified. Only used if the help message is shown. If used, the "year", "month", and "day" parameters are not needed. Example 2024 February 12 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}} {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTDAY}}	String	suggested
Year	year	The YEAR in which the article is being nominated for deletion, for the purpose of adding to the AfD daily logpage. Don't use this if you're using the "logdate" parameter. Example 2024 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}	Number	suggested
Month	month	The MONTH in which the article is being nominated for deletion, for the purpose of adding to the AfD daily logpage. Don't use this if you're using the "logdate" parameter. Suggested values January February March April May June July August September October November December Example February Auto value {{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}}	String	suggested
Day	day	The DAY in which the article is being nominated for deletion, for the purpose of adding to the AfD daily logpage. Don't use this if you're using the "logdate" parameter. Suggested values 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Example 12 Auto value {{subst:CURRENTDAY}}	Number	suggested
Category	category	If specified, this template adds the page to the corresponding category. PLEASE WIKILINK THE CATEGORY NAME, as the template does not work properly if you do not. Example [[Category:Articles for deletion]] Auto value [[Category:Articles for deletion]]	Content	optional
Original tag	origtag	The original template that was used to invoke this template. DO NOT SPECIFY THIS PARAMETER MANUALLY! This parameter is usually omitted, but if it is set, it is almost always set to "afd". Suggested values afd Example afd Auto value afd	String	optional
Timestamp	timestamp	Timestamp that the article was nominated for deletion.	Unknown	suggested