Template:Approval
| [[User:{{{ToA editor}}}|{{{ToA editor}}}]] nominated this article for approval. An unknown workgroup oversaw this approval |
Usage
This template is used to document the approval process on the /Approval subpage of an article (see Shirley Chisholm/Approval for an example). After the approval process is complete, the ToApprove metadata should be deleted from the Metadata subpages and pasted into a call of this template on the /Approval subpage. For more information about the process, see CZ:Approval Process.
The template fields include:
{{Approval
|cat1 =
|cat2 =
|cat3 =
|article url =
|subpage url =
|cluster =
|now =
|ToA editor=
|ToA editor2=
|ToA editor3=
|date =
|removed=
}}
Type of approval
- Whole cluster use the article url and the cluster field.
- Article only use the article url and leave the cluster field blank.
- Subpage only us the subpage url field and leave the cluster field blank.
- Article and ONE subpage use both the article and subpage url fields but leave the cluster field blank.
Parameters
cat1 = must be an existing workgroup
cat2 = second workgroup (optional but must use before group3 if only two workgroups)
cat3 = third workgroup (optional)
article url = the location in the page history where the version-to-approve lives.
subpage url = the location in the page history where the version-to-approve lives.
cluster = add text here if the whole cluster needs to be approved, otherwise leave blank.
now = the date and time when the template was added.
ToA editor = the username of the person who did the approval (or who nominated the article on behalf of a group of people)
ToA editor2 = second editor (optional but must use before editor3 if only two editors approved)
ToA editor3 = third editor (optional)
date = format yyyymmdd (typically three days after "now", to allow copyedits and suggestions)
removed = who removed the template. Only used in cases where the ToApprove template was removed before the approval took place. Explanation can go underneath the tempalte on the approval page.