Wikipedia:Voting templates

The established consensus on the English Wikipedia is that templates used to mark "votes" during XfD discussions—such as a small image and text label, for example, " Keep" — are not to be used. Any template created solely for this purpose may be tagged with speedy deletion criterion G4.

The rationale behind the consensus against these on the English Wikipedia is that they encourage voting rather than a discussion aimed at the generation of consensus. A contributing factor to the recurrence of discussions on this matter is the widespread use of these type of templates on other Wikimedia sites.

Please remember that deletion discussions are not a vote.

Script for !votes to appear with icons
A user script, User:Pythoncoder/Scripts/voteSymbols.js, exists for those who would like !votes to appear similar to the aforementioned example sitewide. It can be added to your personal .js page with the following:

Discussions that established this consensus

 * Wikipedia talk:Straw polls/Archive 1 (April 2005)
 * Templates for discussion/Log/Deleted/June 2005
 * Templates for discussion/Log/Deleted/November 2005
 * Wikipedia:Deletion review#Template:Voting icons (May 2006)
 * Templates for deletion/Log/2007 May 3
 * Deletion review/Log/2007 May 4
 * Templates for deletion/Log/2008 February 7
 * Templates for deletion/Log/2008 May 17
 * Templates for deletion/Log/2008 December 12
 * Templates for deletion/Log/2008 December 29
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2010 March 27
 * Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2015 December 30#Template:Vk
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2018 August 3
 * Templates for discussion/Log/2018 September 29
 * Deletion review/Log/2020 December 28
 * Village pump (proposals)/Archive 176