Template:Deprecated/doc

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Deprecated

Used to mark a feature as deprecated.

Template parameters
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
replacement	`replacement`	used to identify the kind of deprecated page. Allowed values are mw (for a MediaWiki release) or an extension name, or empty. Suggested values `mw` `extensionName` Default empty	String	optional
varVersion	`1`	identifies old MW version of this deprecated item.	String	optional
newvarlink	`newvarlink`	link which identifies a replacement page (if exists). Default Manual:{newvarname}	URL	optional
mwVersion	`version`	identifies the new version of MediaWiki when the deprecated function was moved to core	String	optional
optText	`2`	free additional text Default none Example Legacy.	String	optional
newvarname	`newvarname`	page name of Manual: namespace identifying newvarlink	String	optional
nocat	`nocat`	when defined this flag means NOT to assign the page to Category:MediaWiki deprecated or obsolete features Default empty Example nocat=1	Boolean	optional
name	`name`	text to display with the category message (validated by nocat) Default empty	String	optional