Wiki143:Proposed template and category usage policy

Here is the proposed policy. It's really very simple.

The Template: and Category: namespaces are for encyclopedia-related content only. This includes encyclopedic content (i.e. templates used in Wikipedia articles), encyclopedia maintenance (e.g. Template:Tl, Category:Pages needing attention), and encyclopedic collaboration (e.g. WikiProject and Babel templates and categories). All other uses of Template: and Category: are prohibited.

This is a corollary of Wikipedia is an encyclopedia and What Wikipedia is not.

Alternative and previous proposals

• Wikipedia:Unacceptable userspace material (inactive / historic)
• Wikipedia:Userbox policy (proposal by several users)
• Wikipedia:Mackensen's Proposal (failed to archive consensus)
• User:Misza13/Userbox Gallery Poll (inactive / historic)
• Wikipedia:TheTrueSora's UBX Proposal (inactive / historic)
• Wikipedia:Userbox policy poll (failed to achieve consensus)
• Wikipedia:Userfying userboxes (failed to achieve consensus)
• Wikipedia:Proposed policy on userboxes (failed to achieve consensus)