This template is a proposal for an in-wiki polling apparatus for weekly use by the Signpost. The parameters are as follows:
{{Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/Templates/Voter
| image = <!-- An image for the top-right corner of the sidebar; defaults to the Signpost logo. -->
| question = <!-- Question under consideration in the poll. -->
| option1 = <!-- Name of the first option, as reported in the legend and in the vote button. Defaults to the test poll. -->
| option1color = <!-- Color of the first option choice; defaults to #006699, Foundation blue. -->
| option2 = <!-- Name of the second option, as reported in the legend and in the vote button. Defaults to the test poll. -->
| option2color = <!-- Color of the first option choice; defaults to #339966, Foundation green. -->
| option3 = <!-- Optional. Where the votes for option two will be collected. Defaults to the test poll. -->
| option3color = <!-- Color of the first option choice; defaults to #990000, Foundation red. -->
| votepage = <!-- The page at which all of the votes will be accrued. -->
| min_votes = <!-- The minimum number of votes that must accrue before the template begins to display results. Defaults to 10. -->
| break = <!-- If this parameter is non-empty the votebar is split into two to better accommodate lengthier poll options. -->
| overlay = <!-- overlay image; defaults to File:Foundation Logo Transparent.svg. -->
| expiry = <!-- The number of days after which the poll is closed; defaults to 14 days. -->
}}
question: Question under consideration in the poll. (required)
votepage: Page that the votes will be stored on (required). If in doubt, choose poll location/Votes.
option1: Name of the first option, as reported in the legend and in the vote button. Defaults to Yes.
option1color = Color of the first option choice; defaults to , Foundation blue.
option2: Name of the second options, as reported in the legend and in the vote button. Defaults to No.
option2color: Color of the second option choice; defaults to , Foundation green.
option3: Optional. Name of the third options, as reported in the legend and in the vote button. No default.
option3color: Optional. Color of the third option choice; defaults to , Foundation red (if the third option is enabled at all).
minimum: Minimum number of votes that must accrue before the poll will display the visualization; before this many votes are made the poll will tell readers that X more votes are needed based on the size of the deficit. Defaults to 10.
break: Set to "yes" to break columns between the buttons to allow longer button names. If this is not set, the template will try and auto-detect a sensible value.
expiry: The number of days after which the poll is closed; defaults to 14 days (two publication cycles). Note that is this defined from the day that you create the template not from the day that you actually publish the article!
header: Text that goes in the poll header. The default is "Signpost poll".
icon: Changes the image that is displayed in the top-right corner of the poll. As used in the Signpost other images are not recommended.
overlay: Overlay on the stacked bar chart which produces the template's fancy visualization. By default this is File:Foundation Logo Transparent.svg, a transparent version of the Wikimedia Foundation's logo. With some basic vector editing skills such images are easy to make; requirements for a working overlay are:
Square image; the transparent Foundation logo is a vector SVG with native resolution of 1050x1050.
Canvas whitespace; The bar chart is not displayed wherever the image canvas is explicitly white.
Transparent logo; this is where the chart will be displayed.