- The following documentation is transcluded from Template:Vote/Closing/doc (edit):
The actual contents live in Template:Vote/Closing/Content so that they can be pulled in directly into documentation pages like Project:Democracy without need for maintaining a separate category-less example page.
A vote is in progress and is PENDING CLOSURE!
- A consensus must be reached by voting before any action is taken.
- Currently one side is outnumbering the other by five votes and will be declared winner if the losing side does not garner any more support within 3 days.
- To vote
- Click [Edit] in the upper-right hand corner of the votes section, and add your vote in one the following methods (note that not all votes will have Yes/No options):
{{vote|Yes|~~~~|optional comment}}
- or
{{vote|No|~~~~|optional comment}}
- Then click Save page and you are done!
- Replace
|~~~~|with|sig=~~~~||if you have a complicated signature!
- To discuss the vote
- Click [Edit] in the upper-right hand corner of the comments section.
- The voting process
- See Policy:Policy/Voting for full details.
- Make the following changes based on the outcome:
- If you are changing your winning vote or if you notice that one side has not in fact won:
- Change {{Vote/Closing}} on this talk page to {{Vote/Vote}}
- If Yes has won, and 3 days have passed
- Change {{Vote/Closing}} on this talk page to {{Accepted}}
- Make the change suggested in the proposal.
- If No has won, and 3 days have passed
- Change {{Vote/Closing}} on this talk page to {{Declined}}
- Do not remove the votes!
- If necessary, you may archive votes to Template:Vote/Closing/Archivevote.
- If you are changing your winning vote or if you notice that one side has not in fact won: