User:Spy-cicle/FTC/Demote Instructions

How to close and demote a topic.


 * 1) Determine the consensus, saving oldid #.
 * 2) Remove from Featured topic removal candidates.
 * 3) Add to Featured and good topic removal candidates/ log.
 * 4) Update the tallys on Template:Featured topic log.
 * 5) Update the  template on the talk pages of all articles in the topic. Remember to remove the relevant ftname (and ftmain=yes)
 * 6) follow the example below.
 * | action2 = GTR or FTR
 * | action2date = DATE AND TIME THAT STEP 1 WAS COMPLETED (format example: 21:38, 5 January 2021)
 * | action2link = Wikipedia:Featured topic removal candidates/NAME OF TOPIC/archive1
 * | action2result = Removed
 * 1) Make sure "action#" is accurate – will probably differ per article
 * 2) Remove "ftname=" and (if the main article) "ftmain"
 * 3) Update  on Wikipedia talk:Featured topics/ExampleTopicName and add the Topic Milestones as per here.
 * 4) Update the topic box itself (like topic icons or add new articles that are now in the scope).
 * 5) Remove from Featured topics or Good topics.
 * 6) Add to Former featured topics
 * 7) Update the total topic count at Featured topics/count or Good topics/count, as appropriate.
 * 1) Add to Former featured topics
 * 2) Update the total topic count at Featured topics/count or Good topics/count, as appropriate.