Template:Tfr notice/doc

Place this  (TfR) notice on the talk page of interested parties, such as the nominated template's creator. In the case of a popular or significant template, it may be appropriate to give wide notice.

Usually, templates are renamed (moved) through same Requested moves (WP:RM) process as other pages, so is the template normally used. However, sometimes some template renames are proposed as part of a broader spate of template cleanup that also involves deletions and/or mergers, in which case it makes more sense to include the renames with the related deletions/moves at WP:TFD, to centralize the discussion.

Usage
Copy and paste the following code on user talk pages to inform editors of the discussion:


 * Note: CurrentTemplateName and NewTemplateName represent templates' names the prefix   (or  ).
 * "Template:" will be added by default. For modules, see below.

RM versus TfD
Most template rename discussions are via WP:RM process, and take place at the template's (or module's) talk page. . The template will tell people to see the talk page, and will create a link to an RM discussion on the talk page with today's date, unless it has to be backdated with the days parameter, or completely overridden with 3 AKA talk or discuss.

If the discussion is at WP:TFD, then use y to set this, and it will instead generate a link to today's TfD log, at a section named for the template being moved (CurrentTemplateName in the example above), unless overriden one of those same two ways.

Parameters

 * 1 or 1st unnamed parameters is the template/module proposed for renaming; just the base pagename without "Template:" or "Module:".
 * 2 or 2nd unnamed parameter is the new name proposed for the template/module; just the base pagename without "Template:" or "Module:".
 * 3 or 3rd unnamed parameter or discuss or talk is the optional custom name of the discussion section to link to; this is the part of the link after the  character.
 * The default (for RM) is "Template/Module talk:CurrentTemplateName# Requested move D[D] Monthname YYYY "; the underlined part is what this parameter can change. This is of use if the RM discussion was created with.
 * The default if y is set is "Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/YYYY Monthname D[D]# CurrentTemplateName ; the underlined part is what this parameter can change. This is of use in the case of a group TfD with a genericized title like "Various geographical coordinate templates".
 * The date in either of those can be set back 1 or more days with days, below.
 * This has nothing to do with the heading created on the user talk page by this notice you are leaving; see heading, below.
 * days is the number of days the current date in which the pagenames were listed at WP:RM or the TfD log. For example, if the page was listed yesterday on the log, then 1 would be used. If the page was listed on the log three days before today, then 3 would be used. Leave blank if listed the same day as you are leaving this notice.
 * This parameter will tweak dates in either the default RM mode or in y mode; however, 3 AKA discuss or talk will make this parameter do nothing if used in RM mode, since the date is part of the #Link that gets replaced. Both parameters do work in tfd mode.
 * yes (or y or any other value) changes the template from WP:RM behavior to WP:TFD behavior, as described above (this mostly affects the link to the discussion).
 * Module: (or y or any other value) changes the namespace of the pagenames in question to  instead of.
 * no (or any other negative value such as false, 0) will suppress the creation of a new talk-page heading for this notice. Can also be specified as no.
 * 3 or 3 will change the default second level heading to a third-level (subsection) heading. This is useful when dropping off a series of such notes if you want to group them under a single main heading. This parameter option is, of course, mutually exclusive with no.
 * This has nothing to do with the heading of the discussion being linked to; see 3, above.