Template:RfA/CloseVote/doc

This template is used for closing a vote on a request for adminship made via the administrator selection policy. Only administrators are allowed to do this, and generally this should only be done in two cases:
 * 1) If a closing date on the vote had been set to motivate participation.
 * 2) If the voting and discussion has grown unproductive due to personal attacks, bad faith, or simply no sign of progress in the discussion after adequate time has passed.

This step can be skipped, leaving the vote open until the decision on the RfA has been made, using RfA/Accept or RfA/Deny instead.

To close the vote, perform the following steps:
 * 1) Go to the appropriate request for adminship page.
 * 2) Edit the page and simply change  {{RfA/Active  to  {{subst:RfA/CloseVote 
 * 3) Optionally, add a brief message after closingmessage= describing why the vote is being closed.
 * 4) Save the page.

(Implementation note: this template substitutes a call to {{t|RfA/Pending}} instead, possibly adding the current date to some parameters and filling in some data automatically.)