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On this page, the deletion or merging of templates and modules, except as noted below, is discussed.

How to use this page

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What not to propose for discussion here

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The majority of deletion and merger proposals concerning pages in the template namespace and module namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:

Stub templates
Stub templates and categories should be listed at Categories for discussion, as these templates are merely containers for their categories, unless the stub template does not come with a category and is being nominated by itself.
Userboxes
Userboxes should be listed at Miscellany for deletion, regardless of the namespace in which they reside.
Speedy deletion candidates
If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{Db-author}}.
Policy or guideline templates
Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, such as the speedy deletion templates, cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant guideline.
Template redirects
List at Redirects for discussion.
Moving and renaming
Use Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Reasons to delete a template

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  1. The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance.
  2. The template is redundant to a better-designed template.
  3. The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used.
  4. The template violates a policy such as Neutral point of view or Civility and it can't be fixed through normal editing.

Templates should not be nominated if the issue can be fixed by normal editing. Instead, you should edit the template to fix its problems. If the template is complex and you don't know how to fix it, WikiProject Templates may be able to help.

Templates for which none of these apply may be deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.

Listing a template

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To list a template for deletion or merging, follow this three-step process. The use of Twinkle (explained below) is strongly recommended, as it automates and simplifies these steps. Note that the "Template:" prefix should not be included anywhere when carrying out these steps (unless otherwise specified).

Step Instructions
I: Tag the template. Add one of the following codes to the top of the template page:

Note:

  • If the template nominated is inline, do not add a newline between the TfD notice and the code of the template.
  • If the template to be nominated for deletion is protected, make a request for the TfD tag to be added, by posting on the template's talk page and using the {{editprotected}} template to catch the attention of administrators or Template editors.
  • For templates designed to be substituted, add <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the TfD notice to prevent it from being substituted alongside the template.
  • Do not mark the edit as minor.
  • Use an edit summary like
    Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:name of template]]
    or
    Nominated for merging; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:name of template]].
  • Before saving your edit, preview your edit to ensure the Tfd message is displayed properly.

Multiple templates: If you are nominating multiple related templates, choose a meaningful title for the discussion (like "American films by decade templates"). Tag every template with {{subst:Tfd|heading=discussion title}} or {{subst:Tfm|name of other template|heading=discussion title}} instead of the versions given above, replacing discussion title with the title you chose (but still not changing the PAGENAME code).

Related categories: If including template-populated tracking categories in the TfD nomination, add {{Catfd|template name}} to the top of any categories that would be deleted as a result of the TfD, this time replacing template name with the name of the template being nominated. (If you instead chose a meaningful title for a multiple nomination, use {{Catfd|header=title of nomination}} instead.)

TemplateStyles pages: The above templates will not work on TemplateStyles pages. Instead, add a CSS comment to the top of the page:

/* This template is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Help reach a consensus at its entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024_November_27#Template:template_name.css */
II: List the template at TfD. Follow this link to edit today's TfD log.

Add this text to the top of the list:

  • For deletion: {{subst:Tfd2|template name|text=Why you think the template should be deleted. ~~~~}}
  • For merging: {{subst:Tfm2|template name|other template's name|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}

If the template has had previous TfDs, you can add {{Oldtfdlist|previous TfD without brackets|result of previous TfD}} directly after the |text= before the why (or alternatively, after the }} of the Tfd2/Catfd2).

Use an edit summary such as
Adding [[Template:template name]].

Multiple templates: If this is a deletion proposal involving multiple templates, use the following:

{{subst:Tfd2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|title=meaningful discussion title|text=Why you think the templates should be deleted. ~~~~}}

You can add up to 50 template names (separated by vertical bar characters | ). Make sure to include the same meaningful discussion title that you chose before in Step 1.

If this is a merger proposal involving more than two templates, use the following:

{{subst:Tfm2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|with=main template (optional)|title=meaningful discussion title|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}

You can add up to 50 template names (separated by vertical bar characters | ), plus one more in |with=. |with= does not need to be used, but should be the template that you want the other templates to be merged into. Make sure to include the same meaningful discussion title that you chose before in Step 1.

Related categories: If this is a deletion proposal involving a template and a category populated solely by templates, add this code in the |text= field of the Tfd2 template but before the text of your rationale:

{{subst:Catfd2|category name}}
III: Notify users. Please notify the creator of the template nominated (as well as the creator of the target template, if proposing a merger). It is helpful to also notify the main contributors of the template that you are nominating. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template. Then, add one of the following:

to the talk pages of the template creator (and the creator of the other template for a merger) and the talk pages of the main contributors. It is also helpful to make any interested WikiProjects aware of the discussion. To do that, make sure the template's talk page is tagged with the banners of any relevant WikiProjects; please consider notifying any of them that do not use Article alerts. Deletion sorting lists are a possible way of doing that.

Multiple templates: There is no template for notifying an editor about a multiple-template nomination: please write a personal message in these cases.

Consider adding any templates you nominate for TfD to your watchlist. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.

After nominating: Notify interested projects and editors

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While it is sufficient to list a template for discussion at TfD (see above), nominators and others sometimes want to attract more attention from and participation by informed editors. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing.

To encourage participation by less experienced editors, please avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations in the messages you leave about the discussion, link to any relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the TfD discussion page itself. If you are recommending that a template be speedily deleted, please give the criterion that it meets.

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WikiProjects are groups of editors that are interested in a particular subject or type of editing. If the article is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, they may welcome a brief, neutral note on their project's talk page(s) about the TfD. You can use {{subst:Tfd notice}} for this.

Tagging the nominated template's talk page with a relevant Wikiproject's banner will result in the template being listed in that project's Article Alerts automatically, if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a template with {{WikiProject Physics}} will list the discussion in Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.

Notifying substantial contributors to the template

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While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the template and its talkpage that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, look in the page history or talk page.

At this point, you've done all you need to do as nominator. Sometime after seven days have passed, someone else will either close the discussion or, where needed, "relist" it for another seven days of discussion. (That "someone" may not be you, the nominator.)

Once you have submitted a template here, no further action is necessary on your part. If the nomination is successful it will be added to the Holding Cell until the change is implemented. There is no requirement for nominators to be part of the implementation process, but they are allowed to if they so wish.

Also, consider adding any templates you nominate to your watchlist. This will help ensure that your nomination tag is not mistakenly or deliberately removed.

Twinkle

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Twinkle is a convenient tool that can perform many of the posting and notification functions automatically, with fewer errors and missed steps than manual editing. Twinkle does not notify WikiProjects, although many of them have automatic alerts. It is helpful to notify any interested WikiProjects that don't receive alerts, but this has to be done manually.

Discussion

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Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.

People will sometimes also recommend subst or subst and delete and similar. This means the template text should be "merged" into the articles that use it. Depending on the content, the template page may then be deleted; if preserving the edit history for attribution is desirable, it may be history-merged with the target article or moved to mainspace and redirected.

Templates are rarely orphaned—that is, removed from pages that transclude them—before the discussion is closed. A list of open discussions eligible for closure can be found at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Old unclosed discussions.

Closing discussion

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Administrators should read the closing instructions before closing a nomination. Note that WP:XFDcloser semi-automates this process and ensures all of the appropriate steps are taken.

Current discussions

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November 27

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Template:Railway accidents and incidents in 1972

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Unused copy/paste without attribution duplicate of Template:1972 railway accidents, Template:1973 railway accidents, Template:1974 railway accidents, Template:1975 railway accidents, Template:1976 railway accidents, Template:1977 railway accidents, and Template:1978 railway accidents . Gonnym (talk) 11:10, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment – 'Railway accidents and incidents in xxxx' is the format currently accepted within Wikiproject Trains for these templates, as opposed to the old 'xxxx railway accidents' format. However, all existing 'Railway accidents and incidents in xxxx' (about forty of them, from 1972 to 2022 or so) were erroneously created as copy-paste from the old templates, instead of the old templates being moved to the new title. I'm not sure what's the best way to tidy this up. All years before 1972 will now be done the proper way; for later years' templates I suppose some admin action is required to sort them out. --Deeday-UK (talk) 11:39, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    History merge is needed for those that aren't tagged here. These can be deleted and then the current one moved. Gonnym (talk) 12:31, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Well, it's not that the template content is the same between old and new templates (I'm talking about template years 1979-2022): the content has been reformatted to make it neater and more legible, which was the main idea behind the migration from the old style templates to the new ones. The content of the new templates should be preserved; only the histories should be merged. --Deeday-UK (talk) 20:52, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Merge, including history where possible. See also User talk:The Emperor of Byzantium#Railway accidents and incidents in 1979. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 14:33, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete the new ones, which have no significant history. If there is a new consensus name, the existing templates can be moved to the new name(s). – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:25, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    No, it's not that simple, it's not just a case of WP:CUTPASTE: the old template's content was reformatted and then put into the new templates, giving a neater and more legible layout based on the {{vad}} template. Deleting the new templates would wipe out a lot of good reformatting work that was indeed backed by project consensus on both the new template's name and its new layout. I'd be happy to do the work required to sort out this cock-up (since I did most of the aforementioned reformatting work), although I'm not an admin (nor do I aspire to become one), so I'm a bit limited in what I can help with. --Deeday-UK (talk) 20:41, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment – To clarify the work that was done here: compare the old template for the year 2002 with the new one. It's not just that the name has changed; the content is significantly different (and is laid out in a much improved format in the new template). Any action intended to restore the full template history should ensure that the current content is preserved. --Deeday-UK (talk) 21:06, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 02:41, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cinema chains in Canada

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Navbox template with only one item in it. As always, the purpose of navboxes is to navigate between related articles, so a navbox serves no purpose if there's only one thing in it. Bearcat (talk) 23:11, 15 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. The related category has more entries, but it's neither's the nominator's or other editors' job, to fix or transclude navigation templates that the creator of the template didn't care enough to do. Gonnym (talk) 12:16, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 02:40, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wikispecies redirect

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I start from the philosophical perspective that Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, and we should therefore make use of the sister projects when they help us build a better encyclopedia, but that otherwise we should give them no special preference over any other content anywhere else on the internet.

This template was boldly created in 2017 without a larger discussion (or at least nothing was mentioned in the edit summaries). It takes a similar form to the much more widely used {{Wiktionary redirect}}. However, unlike Wiktionary redirect, which helps us provide information readers searching for terms that would never warrant an article, Wikispecies redirect functions more like a loophole in our notability guideline. The vast majority of its uses are for biologists that would not be notable for an article.

We have notability standards to constrain the size of the encyclopedia and reduce the maintenance burden, and I do not see a reason that we should carve out an exception for biologists just because our parent organization also happens to run a non-encyclopedia project that — unlike us — finds it appropriate to create a database of biologists. Such an exception opens some floodgates: If the WMF created, say, a Wikipaintings project that had a database of all visual artists without a notability bar, would we want soft redirects there? How about soft redirects to any concept with a Wikidata item? Or let's say we find a highly reliable non-WMF database of musicians — why not create soft redirects there for all musicians that can't survive AfD?

Either a biologist is notable and should have an article, or they are not and should not be included in Wikipedia. The only redirect in the latter case should be "go search the internet". Sdkb talk 00:44, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Strong keep - The plain {{soft redirect}} template is not used in the mainspace (along the lines of the sentiment expressed at WP:SOFTSP). This allows such redirects to exist until the community decides whether or not they should through deletion or discussion venues. See, for example, this deletion discussion; there were no uses or foreseen uses, so the template was deleted. Should the community decide that a link to meta was necessary, it would likely be restored. This is an example of it going the other way. Even if the regular soft redirect template was technically disallowed from being invoked into the mainspace, attempts at it would lead to disarray -- at the bare minimum, this serves to plug such holes until the community makes a decision about retention or deletion.
We must also remember that the general rule for the creation of a soft sister redirect is for a topic to have a less-than-encyclopedic scope and be either commonly wikified words or repeatedly recreated (WP:SRD and Wikipedia:Wikimedia sister projects#Soft redirects from Wikipedia to a sister project). At least some of the scientist soft redirects that use this template probably have several wikilinks on other pages in the encyclopedia (but, regardless, that is an individual case matter for rfd). — Godsy (TALKCONT) 05:38, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This allows such redirects to exist until the community decides whether or not they should through deletion or discussion venues. This is a discussion venue, and I'm using it to start a discussion about whether this template should exist or not. Sdkb talk 05:24, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep Wrong venue. Nominate the redirects that use this at RfD, not the template. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:14, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Pppery, my argument is that this template has no valid use case, so this is the intended venue. Sdkb talk 05:21, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Your argument is fundamentally about the merits of redirects, not templates. Suppose this were closed as delete. The template couldn't be deleted without orphaning it. The redirects that use the template couldn't be deleted without a discussion at RfD since TfD has no authority to delete redirects (other than those pointing to templates it deletes). So what would happen? * Pppery * it has begun... 05:24, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is not a template that is used to categorize redirects; an example usage is a page like this. If this is closed as delete, these pages would be blanked and then eligible for deletion under {{db-blanked}} or another criterion. I'm not sure TfD has authority over soft redirects.
    Overall, this seems the most appropriate venue. If you're concerned about visibility, I can put notices on WT:Redirects or one of the village pumps. Sdkb talk 05:30, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My concern isn't visibility. My concern is jurisdiction. What you're really asking is to delete a bunch of redirects, including ones that previously survived RfD. And this TfD would do that by the back door. * Pppery * it has begun... 05:51, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    And my concern is WP:BURO. If you'd like to move the nomination to somewhere you consider more appropriate, go ahead. Otherwise, we'll consider it here. Sdkb talk 06:29, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • In general, RfD is the best venue to discuss redirects. So I suggest this nomination – which is really about redirects, not a template – should head over thataway. J947 ‡ edits 07:56, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm seeing a lot of these while linking up new enwiki pages to Wikidata. There are a number that have articles on other Wikipedias, which might be worth investigating. For others, the wikispecies articles might provide interesting bases for new enwiki articles. Thanks. Mike Peel (talk) 21:05, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 02:37, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wikibooks redirect

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This template has been around since 2017 but has only 6 mainspace transclusions, so it has never caught on. It has a theoretical use for book titles that are not notable for an encyclopedia article, but in that case, a corollary of the notability backdoor argument I made about {{Wikispecies redirect}} applies. Sdkb talk 00:50, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 02:37, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wikimedia Commons redirect

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This template has been around since 2017 but has only 7 mainspace transclusions, so it has never meaningfully caught on. I'm not sure what sort of title it would be used for — perhaps a name of a photo that's somehow famous enough that people might reasonably search for it but not famous enough to be notable? In that case, I'd find it inappropriate, per a corollary of the notability backdoor argument I made about {{Wikispecies redirect}}. Sdkb talk 00:52, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 02:37, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Archive-index

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This template is only used on a handful of manually-curated archive indexes. It can be replaced with {{archive|type=index}}. Something similar was suggested at the previous merge discussion several years back but not implemented. Rjjiii (talk) 02:02, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 26

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Template:Lil Wayne series

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I am proposing deletion with the same justification as Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_May_6#Template:Kanye_West_series—Template:Lil Wayne already does the job with a more thorough listing of articles and the list of related people and companies in the Lil Wayne series is similar to the deprecated 'associated acts' field of Template:Infobox musical artist (see that 2Chainz and Captain Chronic were added to the template, unlinked, with no given justification). It also wouldn't be viable or relevant enough to use this template on many of the pages it lists. Miklogfeather (talk) 21:11, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:2026 NFL season by team

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These navbox templates will not be usable for two years and do not have main articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:44, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 19:06, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Paula Deen

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Two entries. WP:NENAN. --woodensuperman 16:48, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Anchors of CBS This Morning

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Textbook WP:PERFNAV. These are hosts of a TV programme. --woodensuperman 16:46, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Oxygiene 23

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One album, lots of redirects. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 16:40, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Tampa Bay Buccaneers

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Tampa Bay Buccaneers with Template:WikiProject National Football League.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers is not a WikiProject, but a subproject of NFL @ Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Tampa Bay Buccaneers subproject.

Add |buccaneers= to {{WikiProject National Football League}}, replace {{WikiProject Tampa Bay Buccaneers}}, then delete {{WikiProject Tampa Bay Buccaneers}}.

See similar previous TfDs:

~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:56, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Pittsburgh Steelers

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Pittsburgh Steelers with Template:WikiProject National Football League.
Pittsburgh Steelers is not a WikiProject, but a subproject of NFL @ Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Pittsburgh Steelers subproject.

Add |steelers= to {{WikiProject National Football League}}, replace {{WikiProject Pittsburgh Steelers}}, then delete {{WikiProject Pittsburgh Steelers}}.

See similar previous TfDs:

~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:55, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Carolina Panthers

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Carolina Panthers with Template:WikiProject National Football League.
Carolina Panthers is not a WikiProject, but a subproject of NFL @ Wikipedia:WikiProject National Football League/Carolina Panthers subproject.

Add |panthers= to {{WikiProject National Football League}}, replace {{WikiProject Carolina Panthers}}, then delete {{WikiProject Carolina Panthers}}.

See similar previous TfDs:

~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  15:36, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Monsters (2010)

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Two films. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 15:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Mimic

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Three films, no franchise article. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 15:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Terror Within

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Two films. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 15:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cyborg Cop

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Three films, no main article. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 15:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Arrival 96 series

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Two films. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 15:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Hidden

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two articles only. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 14:34, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 25

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EYOF figure skating templates

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Despite having the word "Olympic" in the name, this is not in any way a major skating competition. We also do not have templates for all skating disciplines at this event. As it is, many figure skating articles have become excessively cluttered by a voluminous number of templates at the end, such that it's difficult to see the forest through the trees. We really need to be more judicious in terms of which templates are truly the most beneficial. Bgsu98 (Talk) 21:17, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:2023–24 Celtic Challenge table

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template's are not used for other rugby union seasons. SimplyLouis27 (talk) 21:00, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oh dear. Then I guess the likes of the URC template for the season, Template:2024–25 United Rugby Championship table, the Super Series Template:2023–24 Super Series league table etc. must be figments of my imagination. Aedis1 (talk) 21:45, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:2024–25 Celtic Challenge table

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Template is not used for other rugby union season's so not needed for this one SimplyLouis27 (talk) 20:59, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Book Marks

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New template with only two uses that generates article text. Using templates to generate article text is generally discouraged. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:34, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Book Marks2 should be deleted. the other two are required. What do you mean "text is generally discouraged". you gave no substantive evidence of this. provide specific policy or guideline citations that outline this. While it's true that templates generating article text can sometimes be problematic, they are not inherently "discouraged". There are many widely used that generate consistent, reusable text without issue. and even parallels to this like RT already exist and are not being discussed for deletion. In this case, just like the one I just indicated, the template promotes accuracy and uniformity for articles discussing reviews aggregated by Book Marks, which benefits both readers and editors.
And it only has two uses because I just made it. naturally the template has limited usage at the moment because it is newly created. Deletion based on current usage isn't a fair metric for assessing its utility. Templates often start small before wider adoption. If this template is retained, I plan to integrate it into relevant articles to demonstrate its potential. Retro (talk | contribs) 11:47, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
template streamlines and standardze how we represent Book Marks review data across articles. It reduces the likelihood of inconsistencies, ensures grammatical correctness, and simplifies future updates to format or wording. Editors can still adjust the parameters for flexibility. Create a template (talk) 05:03, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
update:
1. I'm using only Template:Book Marks and Module:Book Marks now. The others are unnecessary.
2. I've provided substantive edits to the Template:Book Marks/doc to demonstrate not only usage and flexibility; also defending its utility, potential, and overall benefits to wiki community — both editors and readers. Create a template (talk) 06:56, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was actually curious about the guidelines here as well. Just from the Rotten Tomatoes template you linked, I looked at the talk page, which linked to two TfDs: one in May 2021 with result "keep" and one in March 2022 with result "no consensus". Within the second discussion, I found a clear guideline citation: WP:TMPG (permalink) guideline #1 which says Templates should not normally be used to store article text, as this makes it more difficult to edit the content. They should also not be used to "collapse" or "hide" content from the reader. Retro (talk | contribs) 11:47, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I support deletion here. Even if using templates to generate article prose was a norm, there is no consensus that this specific text belongs in articles at all. To the contrary, two different discussions at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Novels were very skeptical of drive-by citations to review aggregators. In my view, those who wish to cite Book Marks ought to write sentences like normal, and ideally write a meaningful book reception section while they’re at it. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 07:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
On reflection, I worry that my comment was too harsh. I do think the specific sentence generated by this template is acceptable. However, when the sentence is generated by a template, it becomes harder to integrate into the rest of the reception section, and thus hinders the development of the article into its best form. So I still support deletion. ~ L 🌸 (talk) 01:06, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:How-to

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Propose merging Template:How-to with Template:Manual.
These seem to say the same thing, in different words ("contains instructions, advice, or how-to content"/ "written like a manual or guide").

Reducing the number of available duplicative templates makes it easier for editors to find the template suited to an issue which they wish to flag. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:48, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:IranNCSGN

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No point in external link template for a dead link. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Grand Slam in figure skating

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Incomprehensible and unwieldy. I would like to clarify that this template features five separate tables, some very large, while one features only one person, and no explanation as to what the differences are between the five. Additionally, all tables feature all four skating disciplines. As it is, many figure skating articles have become excessively cluttered by a voluminous number of templates at the end, such that it's difficult to see the forest through the trees. We really need to be more judicious in terms of which templates are truly the most beneficial. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:27, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess I've never heard these terms used in figure skating (as opposed to tennis). I watch a lot for decades and decades and tv never used it. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:59, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Figure skating scores templates

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Incomprehensible and unwieldy. As it is, many figure skating articles have become excessively cluttered by a voluminous number of templates at the end, such that it's difficult to see the forest through the trees. We really need to be more judicious in terms of which templates are truly the most beneficial. Bgsu98 (Talk) 01:24, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 24

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Template:PIE

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Replace usages with {{lang|ine-x-proto}} and delete.

Proto-Indo-European language has been supported for a while now by {{lang}}, which additionally provides various checks, validations and categories, that this template does not.

The main difference between the two templates is that PIE does not italic the text or adds an asterisk (*), while Lang does. That means that when replacing, if a PIE usage

  • has an asterisk, it should be removed
  • wraps the template in italics, they should be removed

See this edit as an example.

Also somewhat related, "pie" is incorrect to use here as that is the language code for the Piro Pueblo language. Gonnym (talk) 13:40, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 23:42, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Who's Who

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was withdrawn. (non-admin closure) Absolutiva (talk) 04:59, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who's Who in the UK is considered generally unreliable per Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard/Archive 368#RfC - Who's Who (UK), due to its poor editorial standards and history of publishing false or inaccurate information. Its content is supplied primarily by its subjects, so it should be regarded as a self-published source. Absolutiva (talk) 22:57, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:-ve range

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Single-use typing aid template; no documentation. Creating in 2008. Subst and delete. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 17:42, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:List spam

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Redundant to {{Promotional}} (into which {{Advert}} was recently merged) or to {{Promotional section}}. Has only seven transclusions, which can be replaced by one or other of those (e.g. [8]).

Reducing the number of available duplicative templates makes it easier for editors to find the template suited to an issue which they wish to flag. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:01, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:PHF profile

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PremierHockeyFederation.com has been a dead link since a couple days after the PWHL purchased the PHF in June 2023. There's no likely hope of recovering any stats, and no suitable redirect. MikeVitale 16:24, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete since the site is dead. The template seems to already have been removed as it is currently unused. Gonnym (talk) 18:13, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Lang-hmd

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Unused language template. If text in A-Hmao language should use "Miao Unicode" for proper rendering (and not for stylistic or user preference) then that can feature can be added to Module:Lang. No need for additional language templates. Gonnym (talk) 16:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA group tables

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Unused sports template. The template states that the first matches will be placed in over a year. Create the template then. Gonnym (talk) 16:13, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Userfy to my own userspace until more detailed information is available.
@Gonnym: I would be willing to move this now to quickly close this nomination because I am not a huge fan of bureaucracy for the sake of bureaucracy. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 16:40, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Sure if you can move this without leaving a redirect or just tag the redirect for speedy deletion after you move it. Gonnym (talk) 16:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym: The move is done, and the redirect has been tagged for WP:G7. — Jkudlick ⚓ (talk) 21:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Poster Nutbag/SandboxModule

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Poster Nutbag/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/whitespacebug

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/region topic

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:41, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/previewbug

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/portalCheck

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/pageSubster

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/icon

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:40, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/html

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/gambiarra

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/ah

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:User:Mr. Stradivarius/RGConvert

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Unused sandbox or test module. If the user still wants it move to the user's sandbox per Module:Sandbox to Module:Sandbox/Mr. Stradivarius/module name, else delete. Gonnym (talk) 15:39, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:B-Robo Kabutack

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WP:NENAN. This navbox has only two blue links. Armbrust The Homunculus 14:10, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. Only one valid link, not enough for a navbox. Gonnym (talk) 22:17, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/UEFA Euro 2020 Final

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Moved without redirect to Template:Editnotices/Page/UEFA Euro 2020 final with comment "[[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/ProcBot 4|Task 4]]: Move editnotices when underlying page is moved" by ProcBot (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 04:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Editnotice no longer needed. Event is long over. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:Editnotices/Page/List of Suite PreCure episodes

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Editnotice blanked as no longer needed, after talk page discussion. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:37, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Life Speaks to Me

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Editnotice was blanked after the target page was changed to a redirect per AFD. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:37, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/J Street

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Editnotice was blanked as no longer applicable to the target page. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:35, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Dengeki Sentai Changeman

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Editnotice was blanked because its content was no longer valid, according to a talk page request. – Jonesey95 (talk) 08:28, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Alzheimer's disease

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Editnotices no longer in use. They were blanked when FA status was removed from the corresponding articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:27, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Testcase

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Propose merging Template:Testcase with Template:Test case.
{{Testcase}} is referred to as the legacy version of the spaced {{Test case}}. They should be merged. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:48, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I do think that the amount of coding that would be required to create a wrapper for the old template so that all the params can translate into the new one would be overly burdensome, and I don't think that the time spent reprogramming old test cases to follow the format of the new template would be worth it. As such, I don't think that template merging here would improve the encyclopedia on a net basis, so I think they should be kept. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 05:44, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Replace all usages (122) and delete template. Don't merge anything that the new template can already do, and only merge specific features if actually needed. Gonnym (talk) 12:09, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Happy with that outcome, too. HouseBlaster (talk • he/they) 21:46, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 03:47, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 23

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Template:Metamask.com

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I don't really see a purpose of this being a template, as it appears to just be a copy of the text of MetaMask. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 20:15, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Home video game console

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Editnotice blanked as no longer applicable. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:14, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Hippocrates

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Editnotice no longer in use. It was blanked when FA status was removed from Hippocrates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:13, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Module:Archive/sandbox2

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Unnecessary fork, hasn't been updated in over five years. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 13:35, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. It is still a viable approach to solving a still-present user-visible bug in the template. DMacks (talk) 16:56, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I pinged the current talkpage regarding the bug, so it's now part of an active discussion. Hopefully the bug will get fixed (in which case, sandbox not need) or this TFD has reminded me to take another look at it. DMacks (talk) 17:33, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete, I moved this when moving the module for a merge, but the sandbox2 page is not needed. Like the nominator says, it hasn't been used in years. Rjjiii (talk) 16:57, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. SandboxN pages should only be kept if work is still being done to them. These are not pages we should keep indefinitely. Gonnym (talk) 15:54, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It it literally linked in an active discussion. DMacks (talk) 18:10, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Where? "What links here" has no "Talk" namespace link there other than your talk page from the TfD notification. Gonnym (talk) 18:15, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Template_talk:Archive#Later_archives_not_linked,_take_n+1 the diff link in my "(alternately..." comment from 12:12, 24 November 2024. DMacks (talk) 21:48, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, you used a URL and not a wikilink so there would be no way for it to appear on the link list. That said, calling it an active discussion is a bit of a stretch, as it was only active after the sandbox was nominated. If it wouldn't have been nominated, the template would likely continued to be forgotten. Gonnym (talk) 11:51, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Your ABF is noted. Seems pretty simple to consider that things get forgotten-about until someone else notices to remind one to revisit and act. Otherwise it would be forbidden to object to XFD of anything that was ignored for a while. As can be seen from several recent XFD of my old items, I have no problem letting things be deleted (or even explicitly endorsing such) when I no longer have current plans to act use them. DMacks (talk) 22:41, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Use Ugandan English

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I am unable to find any discussions leading to the creation of {{Use Ugandan English}} by Cobaltcigs. Ugandan English explains that this dialect makes use of phrasing that would not be acceptable here on Wikipedia per MOS:COMMONALITY, and uses misspelled standard English words. We would never accept those misspellings here, so these templates should probably go away. I have found no information about whether Ugandan English is based on British or American English, so I can't recommend conversion to a redirect at this time. Evidence supporting a redirect is welcome. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:16, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. Uganda's sole official language was English through 2005, and it remains one of the country's two official languages. There is a distinct variety of English that took hold there (Ugandan English), and it makes sense to keep this template specifically for that variety in line with MOS:ENGVAR. — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 20:27, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please provide sourced evidence for differences between Ugandan English and standard American or British English that would be relevant to written work here at Wikipedia. I was unable to find any in the Ugandan English article. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:25, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep At this stage nom has failed to provide any compelling reason to delete this template. English is an official language of Uganda. Per WP:TIES articles related to Uganda should use the variety of English used in Uganda. The nom admits they have no idea what spelling variety is used in Uganda. That's not a reason to delete the template. AusLondonder (talk) 14:19, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is no evidence that there is a variety of English used in Uganda that is different from standard British or American English. Please provide sources or an example of Ugandan English spelling or vocabulary used in a Wikipedia article that would not be used in an article about another place. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:59, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I would suggest that you consult the relevant scholarly literature, such as this 2016 paper and this paper from 2000. That there is a distinct variety of English in Uganda is totally uncontroversial among scholars.
    I don't understand the basis for your claim that [t]here is no evidence that there is a variety of English used in Uganda that is different from standard British or American English. In fact, I would kindly ask in return: do you have scholarly sources that you are basing that radical claim on, or is the push to delete this template based merely on sloppy guesswork? — Red-tailed hawk (nest) 22:29, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    How is Ugandan English different from British or American English in a way that is applicable here on Wikipedia? We can't accept misspelled words or non-standard phrasing that would not be understandable by the majority of English speakers, so this template is not usable as a guide for writing articles. – Jonesey95 (talk) 07:23, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. I keep seeing "keep" votes in these related discussion that read as if their pride is hurt, and not arguments based on the actual issue. These templates are meant to inform editors that the spelling of this article should use a specific variant. If Ugandan English has no unique spelling to it and it uses American English, then there is no need for that template. We could, to quite the masses, add to the documentation and banner that Ugandan English also uses this. Gonnym (talk) 11:57, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not Ugandan, so my pride is certainly not hurt. What evidence is there that Uganda uses American English? AusLondonder (talk) 13:11, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 22

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Template:Editnotices/Group/Wikipedia talk:Friendly

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Editor created a blank editnotice. CSD was declined, so here it is at TFD. There does not appear to be an applicable group editnotice to be suppressed (see the edit summary upon creation), but maybe I missed it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:56, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hiberno-English

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The article Hiberno-English clearly and competently explains that Irish English's writing standards, such as its spelling, align with British English. The rest of the article explains the differences in pronunciation (not relevant since Wikipedia is a written medium) and regionalisms (also not relevant because MOS:COMMONALITY says not to use regionalisms: Use a commonly understood word or phrase in preference to one that has a different meaning because of national differences).

I propose that these templates are redundant and that they should be redirected to {{Use British English}} and {{British English}}.

There is a detailed discussion about these and similar templates happening at Template talk:EngvarB. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:34, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Redirect per nom, absent compelling evidence of relevant orthographic differences. Retro (talk | contribs) 00:35, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect or delete. Templates like these should be used to help editors and all these do is create confusion. Johnuniq (talk) 01:30, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment: Please also note that the previous TFD that resulted in a "keep" outcome had a completely different rationale. The "Keep some" !votes at that TFD are worth reading. – Jonesey95 (talk) 02:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note: This discussion has been included in the list of Ireland-related deletion discussions. Spideog (talk) 11:25, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The templates provides a helpful guide to the variety of English that prevails in the article. I check English variant before editing. Spideog (talk) 11:28, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Coinnigh é Tá siad úsáideach le haghaidh earraí Gaeilge. SerialNumber54129 11:36, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The above text in Irish is a Keep vote. Editor SerialNumber54129 is not doing himself or us any favours by hiding his comment in a lesser known language. Spideog (talk) 16:47, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    You're obviously a musical chap... téigh ag feadaíl! :D SerialNumber54129 15:08, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. From a practical perspective, and as noted in the previous TfD discussion, there is some value in having separate {{Use Irish English}} and {{Use British English}} templates. Not least given the use of Irish language words in the former. (Like Taoiseach (over PM), Gardaí (not police), Oireachtas (not parliament), Gaeltacht, sliotar, etc.) Otherwise it seems to me that the nom hasn't considered the disruption likely to be caused by this proposed change. (Perhaps not on the same "nuclear" scale as merging {{Use Indian English}} and {{Use Pakistani English}} - but in the same ballpark. To see what I mean, try adding {{Use British English}} to the Sinn Féin or Provisional Irish Republican Army or articles - and see what noise is generated.) Otherwise, IMO, the proposed change seems like a solution looking for a problem... Guliolopez (talk) 13:17, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment/clarify. To clarify what I mean about {{Use Irish English}} and {{Use British English}} and the treatment of Irish loan words. In Margaret Thatcher (appropriately tagged with {{Use British English}}), the term Taoiseach is both linked AND explained ("Taoiseach (Irish prime minister)"). This is because this term is not routinely used (and therefore requires clarification) in "British English". While in Garret FitzGerald (tagged differently/appropriately) the term Taoiseach is simply linked. Without definition. Because, in "Irish English", it doesn't require clarification. Guliolopez (talk) 14:03, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Guliolopez. Spleodrach (talk) 13:20, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I'm failing to see what deleting this actually achieves. I support keeping all the main English-language tags (Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, South Africa etc) per WP:TIES. Completely endorse what Guliolopez has said about the use of Irish loanwords in Irish English. This has been discussed before as a defining feature of Irish English. AusLondonder (talk) 20:32, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep per Guliolopez' excellent summation. Hiberno-English or Irish-English may look the same as British English at a glance, but it is significantly different. As pointed out, there are many loanwords in common usage that are directly derived from the Irish language and native speakers, including those with no knowledge of Irish, will use them regularly. There are also grammatical differences between Hiberno-English and British English. And I'm not sure what confusing the matter by glomming the two distinct dialects together seeks to achieve. If anything, it smacks of cultural assimilation. Our native language was almost wiped out, so now it's time for our dialect to go the same way. No thanks - Alison talk 02:50, 24 November 2024 (UTC) (disclosure: I'm a native speaker)[reply]
  • Keep per Guliolopez. I don't know what benefit there is in merging. The example of whether to explain taoiseach is a good one. There are other stylistic differences in the use of the English language between the two countries, which mightn't arise that often in an encyclopedic context, but it's as well to note the language variant at the top. We're not discussing regionalisms here, but the mainstream language that would be used by the media or academically in Ireland. Iveagh Gardens (talk) 17:45, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. I haven't seen an argument above in one of the keep votes that shows a difference in spelling between English words. The examples of Irish language words used in articles are unrelated to this TfD, and whether or not a word written in Irish should be explained is context-related and has nothing to do with a template at the top of a page (click on a random transclusion of Template:Lang for non-English languages and see some explaining a word, while others don't, and no "Use x language" template is used). I feel that the keep votes above are more pride-based and just dislike the fact that the word "British" will appear on the page. Gonnym (talk) 10:14, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I feel that the keep votes above are ... pride-based...
    Feelings unsupported by evidence are unpersuasive. Spideog (talk) 14:09, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I feel that the keep votes above are more pride-based and just dislike the fact that the word "British" will appear on the page. That's one of the most ridiculous fact-free takes I've seen in any discussion on Wikipedia. AusLondonder (talk) 14:46, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with you both. SerialNumber54129 15:30, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/Berenstain Bears

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Editnotice blanked in early 2024 as no longer applicable. No longer used. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:47, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Editnotices/Page/E-kid

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Editnotice blanked because it was no longer needed. See talk page for details. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:35, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Deprecated stub

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No transclusions. There is limited discussion linking to this template, most of which is from 2010, when it was created. I don't know if it was ever used, or just transcluded in one place until recently, when it showed up on the unused template reports.

It may be redundant to {{Deprecated template}}.

If it is used only sometimes, it should have {{transclusionless}} added to its documentation, with an explanation. – Jonesey95 (talk) 17:07, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • It's not entirely redundant to {{Deprecated template}}. It's always substituted rather than transcluded, and is only used rarely. Not sure how many stub templates it currently (or ever) been used on, but deprecated stub templates are usually cleared quickly and either deleted or redirected. Don't think losing it will cause much problem. Originally it was made because a few parent stub types were regularly sorted out (e.g., {{geo-stub}} to all its by-country children), and someone who didn't know how stubbinng worked would nominate the emptied template for deletion. I think there are other templates that will stop that happening though. Grutness...wha? 04:53, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:CURRENTCENTURY

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This could easily be manually updated by hand since centuries only change every 100 years, and I don't even think Wikipedia will last that long. If it somehow does the current century can easily be changed. TheWikipedetalk 16:57, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Billie the Vision & the Dancers

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Only one album, so useless for navigation. --woodensuperman 15:04, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Egyptian royal family

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Page contains less than five people, all of whom are closely related and would already be linked together, limiting its usefulness. 2601:249:9301:D570:9061:13F5:EDBD:C800 (talk) 23:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Convert to a bottom navigation template, which takes less visible space. Remove non-links. This has enough links for a viable navigation template. Gonnym (talk) 14:22, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:19, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TAT (band)

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This is a template I authored many years ago which no longer satisfies the rule of five so I'm self nominating it for deletion. Muhandes (talk) 10:03, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Novembre

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This is a template I authored many years ago which no longer satisfies the rule of five so I'm self nominating it for deletion. Muhandes (talk) 09:31, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kish Mauve

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This is a template I authored many years ago which no longer satisfies the rule of five so I'm self nominating it for deletion. Muhandes (talk) 09:01, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:An Angle

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This is a template I authored many years ago which no longer satisfies the rule of five so I'm self nominating it for deletion. Muhandes (talk) 08:20, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Pomigliano CF squad

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no "current squad" template needed; team is not active during the 2024-25 season Joeykai (talk) 05:12, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:At school occasional

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Propose merging Template:At school occasional with Template:At school.
These templates both reflect that an editor will be making fewer contributions due to their schooling, and {{at school occasional}} simply specifies that the editor will not entirely stop editing. I propose that {{at school occasional}} be converted into a parameter for {{at school}} (|occasional=yes) and merged therewith. JJPMaster (she/they) 01:42, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Weak support, they both convey the same theme that school affects presence on Wikipedia. No significant difference between them.
𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) 18:09, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support - Both mean the same thing. Agree with reasoning provided by JJP. ( ͡° ( ͡° ( ͡°( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ͡°) ͡°) ͡°) 00:50, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support and suggestion. Both school templates are differentiated by the degree of availability at Wikipedia impacted from school attendance. Currently, the two templates are narrow in these degrees. The occasional template should become the regular school template and have a new one created, that a user is on a hiatus because of school. Carlinal (talk) 05:34, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support The two templates are synonymous with one another. Rager7 (talk) 17:53, 24 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Support. I find Carlinal's argument to be compelling, as someone who is currently using the At School Occasional template. I think the occasional template being the regular and a hiatus template as an alternate option would probably be better. Brocade River Poems (She/They) 04:26, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]


November 21

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Template:Powerlifting at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

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Unused and all links are redirects. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 22:27, 21 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deletion of navboxes at Category:Basketball Olympic squad navigational boxes by competition

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These navboxes are for teams that finished lower than third place in the Olympic basketball tournaments. Such templates are subject to WP:TCREEP and were previously deleted per May 31, 2021, April 22, 2020, June 7, 2019, and March 29, 2019 (first, second and third) discussions (to name a few). – sbaio (Via Geardona (talk to me?) 00:25, 21 November 2024 (UTC) and AWB)[reply]


November 20

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Template:Dhangadhi Premier League

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Only 2 valid blue links plus main article page, not enough to warrant a template. All the 3 articles have links to each other in article space, making template links even less useful. Joseph2302 (talk) 18:15, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Top 100 booking stations of Indian Railways

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A "Top 100" is not a suitable topic for a navbox. No article to match. --woodensuperman 16:28, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Lingayata Math

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Infobox template created by a sock. Only has three transclusions; three articles with no sources and no proof of Notability. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 12:56, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Usages can be replaced with {{Infobox monastery}}. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 12:58, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. The notability for the articles is not relevant here. As these are for monasteries, they should probably use {{Infobox monastery}}. Gonnym (talk) 12:59, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Serbia Men Basketball Squad 2019 FIBA World Championship

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Propose deleting navbox for team that finished lower than third place in tournament. Such templates are subject to WP:TCREEP and were previously deleted per May 31, 2021, April 22, 2020, June 7, 2019, and March 29, 2019 (first, second and third) discussions. – sbaio 08:20, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:United States Men Basketball Squad 2010 FIBA World Championship

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Duplicate of Template:United States Squad 2010 FIBA World Championship. – sbaio 08:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Old discussions

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November 14

Template:WikiProject Lanka Premier League

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Lanka Premier League with Template:WikiProject Cricket.
These 4 projects were redirected into the newly created Wikipedia:WikiProject Cricket/Asia cricket task force. They should now use the project banner with a new asia parameter like {{WikiProject Cricket|asia=yes}}. Gonnym (talk) 10:10, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Oppose merge, these templates could instead be converted into wrapper templates for {{WikiProject Cricket}} by using the following code,
{{WikiProject Cricket{{{{{|safesubst:}}}ifnotempty|{{{class|}}}|{{{{{|safesubst:}}}!}}class{{{{{|safesubst:}}}=}}{{{class|}}}}}|Asia=yes}}

@Gonnym: It could be done once the draft banner in Template:WikiProject Cricket/sandbox is moved to the main one. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 11:00, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Vestrian24Bio please explain how exactly that wrapper with the parameter |Asia=yes works with your oppose. Gonnym (talk) 15:34, 7 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym: If a wrapper template like below for example has been added to a page, it will be substituted as the following one,
  • {{WikiProject Example|class=C}} will substitute as {{WikiProject Cricket|class=C|Asia=yes}}
  • {{WikiProject Example}} will substitute as {{WikiProject Cricket|Asia=yes}}
Tools like WP:RATER has native support for wrapper templates and will substitute them directly. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 02:13, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
See Category:WikiProject Africa banner wrapper templates for some examples... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 04:19, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you'd take a look at those pages you'd see that I've edited a lof of them. My point was that you can't use |Asia=yes as it doesn't exist. Why doesn't it exist? Because you just opposed it's addition. Gonnym (talk) 06:40, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, in this situation a wrapper is incorrect. The wrapper does not set |Pakistan Super League=yes, |Indian Premier League=yes so a user using these would end up with an unexpected result, unlike Template:WikiProject Angola which does set |Angola=yes. Gonnym (talk) 06:47, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I didn't oppose the addition of |Asia=, I opposed the template merger which would result in the previous templates being left as redirects. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 09:22, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym: Let's keep the discussion here only then.
Now, what would exactly be done if the TfD is made consensus to merge... Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym: The edit request I placed on the talk page involved the implementations of,
  • FormerFA, FormerFL, FormerGA, Current event and Cricket Collaboration
  • Re-worded text for |MAIN_TEXT=
  • New image for |IMAGE_LEFT=
  • Taskforces for ICC, Women's cricket, Africa, Americas, Europe and EAP
How any of these are related to this discussion??? Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 10:23, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have no issues with the first 3 bulleted points, I oppose the task force one as I've explained being a separate discussion from the merge as the merge was the exact point of it and we would end up here anyways, which is a WP:DISCUSSFORK. Gonnym (talk) 13:58, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Regarding the task force, I've explained above, that adding |Asia=yes to the template will allow for the merger of these 4 templates, which you've opposed. Additionally, you've proposed making them wrappers, but that adds more confusion as they don't produce the result a user would expect to get from them, as they aren't a 1:1 wrapper, but a wrapper of a redirected name. That's isn't really helpful. Gonnym (talk) 14:01, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym: But, what about the other 6 task forces; they are freshly new ones-no mergers - we can add them to the banner now as they are unrelated to the TfD. Vestrian24Bio (TALK) 14:11, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I notice that at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Cricket#Merge WikiProjects back into this project the question was regarding a merge of four Asian projects, but at the end of the discussion you proposed creating additional task forces. Are you sure that is the actual consensus there? See KjjjKjjj's comment My only main concern is that some of the task forces might be inactive most of the time due to little coverage. Creating task forces pre-emptively where no one actually said they'll be a part of and which would stay inactive isn't helpful. I'd say close the ones you created (other than Asia) and wait until a group of editors actually want to work in that area. Note that there is a lot of maintenance required for task forces, even inactive ones (categories, templates, gnoming, etc.). Gonnym (talk) 14:24, 8 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There was a clear consensus for Asia task force (see the comments of that discussion, task force was endorced by me too, despite initially proposing a merge). Joseph2302 (talk) 17:15, 9 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 23:08, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Buckethead task force

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Buckethead task force with Template:WikiProject Musicians.
At the TfD 1 year ago, it was suggested to merge Template:WikiProject Buckethead task force with Template:WikiProject Musicians.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:37, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym, Cyfal, and WikiCleanerMan: pinging all participants of the previous TfD.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  16:38, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. I'll be a little rude and just say completely delete. There were many WikiProjects created for single artists and bands which unsurprisingly are inactive or just flat out dead. The last non-bot related post on that project page was 15 years ago. Just delete and get rid of stale projects. We should stop supporting indefinitely stuff like this. And this goes for most music artist projects. Gonnym (talk) 17:05, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 22:00, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • While the task force exists as a child of a specific WikiProject, the only reasonable target for changing the template's target is that one's parent. Any other concerns should be redirected elsewhere, such as WT:COUNCIL or WP:MFD. "Merge"/"delete" in favor of yesteryear's suggested target. Come back to TFD if and only if an MFD resolves that WikiProject Guitarists probably shouldn't exist, at which point I anticipate the final target will be WP:Musicians. Izno (talk) 02:52, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 13

Template:New Anonblock

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No transclusions. Proposed in early 2024, but the proposal did not gain any support. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:07, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep As the creator, I would like to submit a counter proposal that we merge {{School block}} and {{Anonblock}} using this template. It is impossible to know every IP address that is a school, some administrators use the anonblock template on schools and universities purely out of preference, and in the past the argument for the school block template's existence is that there is information on it that is not on the anonblock template. A merged template would eliminate inconsistency. Additionally, the "create an account at home" suggestion on the school block template is ridiculous when used on residential schools and universities or institutions in countries where hardwired internet at home is not common, which is probably part of the reason why some admins use anonblock on universities, which leaves out information that is relevant to them.
    Furthermore, the "persistent vandalism" part of {{school block}} is problematic. Per WP:Vandalism, there are instances of "silly vandalism" and there are instances of "editing tests." In the case of a registered account or a residential IP address (that is not CGNAT), we can make the distinction when one engages in it repeatedly after warning, but any kind of shared IP address is inherently difficult to identify repeat problems from an individual vs. multiple individuals that have nothing to do with each other (I've used corporate networks where clearly people more than 24 hours away from me were using the same IP to edit Wikipedia for example, and some large school districts or universities aren't much different in that regard). About the only way one can do this is if there's an observable pattern (some fascination with a subject, posting the same person's name in articles over a long period of time, etc), but I "persistently" see IPs being blocked for "persistent vandalism" with no observable pattern (I saw a school get blocked for five years one time over a kid or staff member writing "HI" on an article a few weeks after a previous block expired...). Jumping the gun to label silly edits which could be "editing tests" as "persistent vandalism" is really a violation of WP:AGF (and potentially WP:BLP) PCHS Pirate Alumnus (talk) 23:57, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    PCHS Pirate Alumnus: If you want to propose this merge, the talk pages of the other templates need to be notified, and the templates need to be tagged appropriately and listed here. It would probably make more sense, though, to modify one of the existing templates if its content is not appropriate in all situations. That discussion should probably happen at the talk page for one of the templates. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:28, 18 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete We don't need non-admins futzing around with block template UIs. It's time for this failed proposal to meet its fate. * Pppery * it has begun... 04:20, 20 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm sorry, but adminship is WP:NOBIGDEAL, and being more concerned with winning against an 8 year old than the collateral damage caused by these absolutely stupid school blocks (especially the wide rangeblocks that end up encompassing more than just K-12 institutions like the public libraries and state universities sharing a backbone with K12s) is a mental illness that should exclude people from access to the toolset, and the handful of admins who are responsible for the majority of these kind of blocks ought to be de-sysopped and blocked for disruptive editing. Note that I am not directing this at anyone in particular as I don't have the credentials to diagnose individuals, but we should be discouraging phobic behavior, not encouraging it with special templates. I'm saying this as someone who has been on the encyclopedia for 17 years and done plenty of anti-vandalism work. Any legitimate reason to specify an IP address as educational in nature is satisfied by {{Shared IP edu}}. No worries, I'll put a merge notice on the talk pages of the two templates. PCHS Pirate Alumnus (talk) 21:51, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Izno (talk) 02:54, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Talkfact

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Propose merging Template:Talkfact with Template:Fake citation needed.
These templates are duplicates. {{talkfact}} just has |nice=yes to change the wording, and {{fake citation needed}} has namespace detection. The merge target follows WP:TPN's "standard English spelling, spacing, and capitalization", and the source can be a shortcut. 174.94.28.189 (talk) 06:36, 4 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Move {{Talkfact}} to {{Talk fact}} which is where it should have been. The two templates display similarly but have different functions. I, for example, want to be able to find all the documentation, by using "what links here" on {{Fake citation needed}}. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 19:19, 4 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]
"What links here" indents redirects so that function would remain after any merger. Furthermore, at Special:WhatLinksHere/Template:Fake_citation_needed&limit=500, the majority of transclusions are outside templatespace (documentation) and apparently inside discussions. 174.94.28.189 (talk) 00:35, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JJPMaster (she/they) 13:12, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 12

Template:Rollback and reviewer granted

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How often are people getting both of these rights at the same time? I don't see why we should have a template specifically for this instead of just using {{Rollback granted}} and {{Pending changes reviewer granted}} separately. – 🌻 Hilst (talk | contribs) 23:40, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Weak delete – these are "thematically related", so I can see why the template was created, but I don't think that outweighs the costs of duplicating templates. If this could be reimplemented as a "thin wrapper" around {{rollback granted}} and {{pending changes reviewer granted}}, I'd support keeping it. jlwoodwa (talk) 23:46, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Lzh

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Unnecessary wrapper of {{lang}}. We're moving away from specific templates for each language as they require an additional maintenance burden and are less flexible. See similar discussion for lang-?? templates. Replace usages with {{lang|lzh}} and delete template after. Gonnym (talk) 15:22, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Redirect Can't this usage just be redirected to (or wrap) {{lang|lzh}}? This template only has transclusions on about forty articles and talkpages, but I'm worried what precedent this is setting for {{zhi}} (639 trans­clusions) and {{zh}} (~70,000 transclusions), both of which wrap {{lang-zh}}.
    Reducing maintenance burden is fine, but I neither A. want a bot run to blow up my watchlist on hundreds of articles substituting {{lang}} for wrappers of {{lang-zh}}, nor B. want to have to type {{lang|zh}} every single time I have to type Chinese characters somewhere, which might be dozens to hundreds of times per article, depending on the subject.
    Seems like it would be better to handle cases like these on the backend instead of forcing more specific syntax onto all editors (which is also a kind of maintenance burden). Folly Mox (talk) 16:37, 13 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I agree with Folly, but I've created enough headaches for TfD maintainers based on templates I've created to suit my own particular preferences, and will defer to see if others find them potentially useful or not. Remsense ‥ 论 22:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    {{lzh}} is already a wrapper around {{lang}}. It could be made a redirect. {{zhi}} is a very poorly named redirect to {{Zh-no-labels}} which invokes Module:Lang-zh – poorly named because zhi is the ISO 639-3 tag for Zhire, a Nigerian language. {{zh}} is a redirect to {{lang-zh}} which also invokes Module:Lang-zh.
    You wrote:
    I neither ... B. want to have to type {{lang|zh}}
    Wait! What? You are quite willing to type:
    I neither ... B. want to have to type {{code|1={{((}}lang{{!}}zh{{))}}}}
    {{tld|lang|zh}} is much shorter/easier. Seems like that argument doesn't carry much water.
    —Trappist the monk (talk) 15:04, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Trappist, this argument doesn't scan. We use language templates sometimes hundreds of times on a given page, while we use {{code}} in elaborate examples maybe once or twice in a given discussion. Remsense ‥ 论 07:26, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Gonnym this is essentially a typing shortcut. Would it be satisfactory to have it auto-subst per AnomieBOT? Remsense ‥ 论 22:19, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm firmly against having any sort of subst only template for any language template. We've just deleted over 1400 lang-xx templates, and over the years deleted even more language related templates. This is an extremely outdated system (having a template for each language) that causes much more harm then it saves. The 5 additional characters you save aren't worth this hassle. Fox is worried about his watchlist, so instead you are suggesting that every single edit now will have an additional bot edit? Regarding {{zh}} that template is not a wrapper but a redirect. It has nothing to do with this discussion and is red herring. Gonnym (talk) 12:03, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I understand, and don't want to create more headaches. Would you like me to go through and replace it? Remsense ‥ 论 20:19, 17 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting discussion. Who doesn't love templates? But we have a problem here in user space. I came to this discussion because of Simplified Chinese characters#History. {{lzh}} now linking to ‹See Tfd›. Dcattell (talk)
If you are talking about the ‹See Tfd› annotation, that has nothing to do with the discussion but is added by {{Template for discussion}} via {{Template for discussion/dated}}.
What do you mean by we have a problem here in user space? The article you link is not in the User names space.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 17:01, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
What I meant is that goal of Wikipedia is for people to be able to use an online encyclopedia as an encyclopedia. That is our goal, is it not? The average user in that sense is in "user space", I would say. "User name space" of course is different and more technical. What I am saying is that we should be mindful to help the actual end "user" (by which I mean "reader" not "editor" or whatever). Having a completely public-facing link to our discussion about template deletion just before various Chinese characters in numerous articles is not a good thing. I suggest that you reverse the template deletion immediately until something better is figured out. I guess I should have said "article space" not "user space". However, I think of user space as the Wikipedia area where mostly non-Wikipedia editors, administrators, sysops, or whatever just want to read a decent article. The "end user". Our readers all around the world see this in real time. Maybe actually look at actual article? Does not look good. This humble editor requests a fix as soon as possible. Dcattell (talk) 17:36, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PS I added the tfd link via the lzh template, not the one(s) you mention above. Dcattell (talk) 17:44, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As part of the TfD process, discussed templates are modified to add one of several possible tags, one of which is ‹See Tfd›; see step 'I: Tag the template' at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion § Listing a template.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you object to the labeling that is part of the normal WP:TFD process, this discussion is not the right venue. Perhaps the correct venue for such complaints is WT:TFD. This discussion is about {{lzh}} and nothing else.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 18:02, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
My discussion here is solely linked to this particular template as currently implemented in a very bad way. My point is that the current state of lzh template is breaking stuff in article space. I am sure that there are complex technical reasons for this, possibly pre-existing, but more probably related to recent changes. I'm not sure what went wrong or when. Full disclosure: I don't use this template. I really don't care that much, except generally trying to improve Wikipedia.
Probably what I should have said is:
Article space broken
Urgent action required. Recent changes to the {{lzh}} template are potentially an embarrassment to Wikipedia and those particular individual(s) involved leading to this incident. Articles with {{lzh}} tag now link to this discussion, in real life.
Obviously, every article with this template should not be linking to this discussion with every instance of the transcluded template, but they do, and I am pretty sure that any discussion labeling is not supposed to be carried out in this manner throughout main article space, but it is.
I'm pretty much done with this. I was merely attempting to provide some helpful feedback on the apparently unexpected current performance of this template tag. I would not expect the performance of this template transclusion in article space to lead to a link to a discussion about template deletion. However, that is what is going on. This can be verified by going to an article with this template tag: you don't even need to look at the code. If you want every article on en.Wikipedia with this template tag to link to this discussion in each and every instance of its use, then you have indeed achieved your desire. My tendency when I see something on Wikipedia that can be improved, then I tend just do it when and if I have the time. In this case I think that I will leave it up to someone else.
Respectfully yours toward a better Wikipedia,
Dcattell (talk) 20:42, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
PS My sincere apologies to everyone involved here. I did not due my due diligence to research everything going on here, who did what, and whatever, and how the whole template process is working these days. I went on for far too long about various issues about the whole process. I have looked a bit more into things, as I should have done to begin with. My only excuse is that changing out the lzh template for a link to this discussion was a bad idea, and in fact the one which lead me here, where I've probably just been a big waste of time. I guess I was a bit shocked to see a discussion tag in front of Chinese characters, which could better have appeared without any tagging. Sometimes I just want to read articles, and find the editorial discussion inclusions to be intrusive. Other times I edit articles. But here I go again...
Thank you everyone, and especially Trappist the monk, for helping point me in the right direction.
Dcattell (talk) 21:51, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
checkY I've replaced the template everywhere it was in use. Should be ready to delete. Remsense ‥ 论 07:49, 23 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Lang-grc-gre

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This template should be replaced with the newly created {{langx}}, which accepts various Greek languages:

  • ["grc-x-aeolic"] = "Aeolic Greek"
  • ["grc-x-attic"] = "Attic Greek"
  • ["grc-x-biblical"] = "Biblical Greek"
  • ["grc-x-byzant"] = "Byzantine Greek"
  • ["grc-x-classic"] = "Classical Greek"
  • ["grc-x-doric"] = "Doric Greek"
  • ["grc-x-hellen"] = "Hellenistic Greek"
  • ["grc-x-ionic"] = "Ionic Greek"
  • ["grc-x-koine"] = "Koinē Greek"
  • ["grc-x-medieval"] = "Medieval Greek"
  • ["grc-x-patris"] = "Patristic Greek"
  • ["grk-x-proto"] = "Proto-Greek"

Which Module:Lang/data, which handles the code says the above codes are preferred alternates to the non-standard catchall code grc-gre. See also the related TfD which deleted most individual lang-?? templates. Gonnym (talk) 09:56, 12 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: {{Langx}} does not support parameter for grc-gre, unlike custom {{Lang-??}} templates {{Lang-rus}}, {{Lang-zh}} and {{Lang-sr-Latn-Cyrl}}. Absolutiva (talk) 23:19, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You are marginally correct. It is true that {{langx}} does not support the grc-gre language tag. This is because grc-gre is not a valid IETF language tag; gre is not a valid extlang; see the IANA language-subtag-registry. {{lang-rus}}, {{lang-zh}}, and {{Lang-sr-Latn-Cyrl}} have nothing to do with {{lang-grc-gre}}. Both {{lang-rus}} and {{lang-zh}} support a variety of parameters that are not shared between them and were never supported by {{lang-grc-gre}} or the now deleted 1150-ish {{lang-??}} templates. {{Lang-sr-Latn-Cyrl}} is specifically intended for languages where two scripts have equal standing and where the Latin form is not a romanization of the Cyrillic form; again, characteristics not shared with {{lang-grc-gre}} and the {{lang-??}} templates.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 02:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
replace with {{langx}} and then delete: According to its documentation, {{lang-grc-gre}} is to be used for Ancient Greek; hence the grc in its name. Internally, the template uses {{lang}} with the language tag grc. {{lang}} and {{langx}} understand grc to be Ancient Greek so comparing {{lang-grc}} to {{langx|grc}} shows that their outputs are quite similar:
‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, translit. Aphrodítē, lit. "Aphrodite" ← {{lang-grc-gre|Ἀφροδίτη|Aphrodítē|Aphrodite}}
Ancient Greek: Ἀφροδίτη, romanized: Aphrodítē, lit. 'Aphrodite' ← {{langx|grc|Ἀφροδίτη|Aphrodítē|Aphrodite}}
The obvious differences are the linked labels and {{lang-grc-gre}} incorrectly uses double quotes for the gloss. The outputs are sufficiently similar that there is no real need to keep {{lang-grc-gre}} – it does nothing special.
—Trappist the monk (talk) 02:18, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Replace en masse and delete, per Trappist the monk. Judging by the example given above, the two are largely identical in terms of output, with the few minor differences between the two favouring langx. In particular, I don't know why a template for ancient Greek would contain the descriptor "Greek" instead of "Ancient Greek", especially with a link to Greek language, rather than to Ancient Greek, as this seems somewhat misleading. – Michael Aurel (talk) 10:15, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Modify Parameters before replacement. There seems to be an conceptual error, you speak of "various Greek languages" and this is not accurate: what difference is there between Attic Greek and Classical Greek? It is not best to consider them separate languages. The English equivalent is to say "Victorian English is a language different from American English" and in some sense you would be right, but most words are written and even pronounced the same, and it would be mad to have a dozen English tags. Also you are missing entirely the Homeric Greek which under these assumptions would be yet another different language. So pick a side. Either keep it as it is now ("we herby declare there are no dialects and every smallest variant is its own language") or better, simplify all categories into a lump category for all polytonic greek. El Huinca (talk) 18:50, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can use {{langx|grc|...}} for output in ancient Greek generally, and in the majority of cases this is surely what would be used. I don't really see any issue with having the added choice of specifying a dialect or variant, for cases in which that's useful or appropriate. – Michael Aurel (talk) 19:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

November 5

Template:WikiProject Glass

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Propose merging Template:WikiProject Glass with Template:WikiProject Physics.
{{WikiProject Glass}} is not a WikiProject, but a taskforce of {{WikiProject Physics}} @ Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Taskforces/Glass. Taskforce-ify {{WikiProject Glass}} into {{WikiProject Physics}}, then replace all ~1900 transclusions with {{WikiProject Physics|glass=yes|...}}.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  01:24, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support, but I would recommended leaving it a wrapper template as that makes it easier to find when assessing. PARAKANYAA (talk) 02:34, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support. I personally would support complete deletion. I found that the wrappers are more trouble than they are worth. Editors adding these with, or without tools, do not even care they are adding duplicate templates so we will end up with both the Glass wrapper (which would be subst by a bot) and the Physics one. Gonnym (talk) 08:58, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Quite a few of the tagged articles are more to do with art rather than physics and merging the banners would add the physics banner to a number of pages that are not relevant to the physics project. Maybe the glass project should not be a taskforce or maybe they need to tidy up the tagging to be just physics related first? -- WOSlinker (talk) 19:48, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics/Taskforces/Glass & Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Physics notified.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  19:56, 5 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Support or delete glass WikiProject is dead.--ReyHahn (talk) 16:37, 6 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The problem here is that while "WikiProject Glass" is actually a physics taskforce, it's been used and perceived as it's own thing (because the banner is separate). So, (as said above), some are WP Physics, some are WP Materials (and sometimes maybe also WP Physics), and some are WP Visual Arts. So, absent reclassifying 1900 articles, how can the correct WikiProjects be set?
The scope says "The project is listed as a taskforce of WikiProject Physics, but since the scope is larger than only the physical aspect of glass (chemistry, history of glass, glass art, ...), it is set up independently of WikiProject Physics." So, I wonder why it got set up as a taskforce anyway?
From a look at the task force page (Wikipedia:WikiProject_Physics/Taskforces/Glass), the taskforce is slightly active (last post -- 1 year ago). And the project page itself has some really good resources and a great scope writeup.
Based on that, Oppose: WikiProject Glass should be made its own WikiProject, as long as the people who work on it are OK with that (if they don't exist, just mark the new WikiProject inactive) because it de-facto is its own WikiProject anyway, and it's useful if the article are also labeled "WikiProject Physics" because not all WikiProject Glass articles are physics-focused. Mrfoogles (talk) 03:52, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I recognize it seems pointless to make it its own WikiProject if its inactive, but it's not like we delete WikiProjects for being inactive anyway, and this basically is already its own WikiProject. It's just set up in the wrong place, as far as I can tell (if anyone here knows why it's set up a Physics taskforce, that would probably be useful). Mrfoogles (talk) 03:53, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I agree in that Glass should have been set up as its own WikiProject, but it is what it is.
Glass & Physics were both notified 11 days ago, and the only respondent from either appears to be ReyHahn.   ~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  14:36, 16 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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