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Template:Base

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:24, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Base (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

old (from 2006), and only used on one user page as part of a MOS proposal. Frietjes (talk) 22:12, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:BlueIfDay

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:26, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:BlueIfDay (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

colours a table cell blue if the day matches today (not very complicated). unused and old. Frietjes (talk) 20:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Doctor Who templates

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:50, 25 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Sonic Screwdriver Designs (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Sonic Screwdriver models/marks (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Weeping Angel stories (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Judoon stories (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Silence stories (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Cybermat stories (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

User:SammynSophie, with all the good intentions in the world created a number of Doctor Who story templates. One of them, Template:Madame Kovarian stories, was already discussed and deleted. An earlier version of Template:Weeping Angel stories was discussed and deleted last year. Currently, most are in only in one article. I'm not sure which are useful and which not, so I'm listing them all for discussion. --Ebyabe talk - General Health ‖ 19:37, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Latest stable software release/Browzar

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:27, 22 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Latest stable software release/Browzar (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template is unused and seems to be about a page (Browzar) that does not exist. —danhash (talk) 18:22, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Unnecessary mathematical function templates

As far as I can make out Category:Mathematical function templates contains three types of templates:

  1. templates which perform a function which, though possibly interesting, is not useful to the project
  2. templates whose function is so simple it's not worth enshrining in a template (a parser function will do) and finally
  3. templates which are actually useful

I can understand the sense of achievement an editor can get from taking on the challenge of putting a mathematical function into template form. It can be quite fun. However, if it's not useful, leave it in your userspace. The template space is not the place for experiments. A number of such templates have been created and have waited around for years without any significant usage. Then there are the templates which duplicate the operation of simple parser function. Is it more user-friendly to have templates for these? I say it's not, not in the long run. Let newcomers figure parser functions out, they're very useful; besides it's not as if templates are completely straight forward anyway. We should only keep those templates which are suffiently complex that using parser functions would not do and which are actually useful. If something's been around for years and is either hardly used or not used at all, I don't believe it's useful. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Calculations are very important; these ones are either too simple to warrant a template or too esoteric to been needed.
  • Those esoteric ones are excellent candidates for moving to Meta; great idea.
  • Those which are overly simple are already covered by parser functions and represent the few final hold-outs amongst the really silly templates in the category.
JIMp talk·cont 17:42, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
If consensus is to delete, can I have them somewhere in my userspace (as subpages of User:Σ/Testing facility)? I want to spend some time examining how the code works. →Στc. 04:36, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I can't see why not. Even if they're transwikied, you could userfy them (history & all). JIMp talk·cont 17:54, 18 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Abs
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:38, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Abs (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This returns the absolute value of a number. It is redundant to the abs parser function. It has no significant transclusions (only a handful of testpages, talk pages, archives, etc.) after just over five years. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Factorial
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:38, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Factorial (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This returns the factorial of a given integer (up to 99). It's a complex template but one we don't need. It was created about four and a half years ago. It is currently transcluded on its own doc page and thence on the template page itself. And that's the extent of its use. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment I agree, a lookup table would be better (even if we resort to an enormous switch) but we have no use for it. JIMp talk·cont 03:35, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Factor
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:37, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Factor (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This checks whether parameter two is a factor of parameter one. It was created four and a half years ago and is currently transcluded on its own doc page, thence on the template page and nowhere else. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Ifbetween
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ifbetween (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This evaluates its first numeric parameter to see whether it is in the closed range defined by its second and third numeric parameters. This template is also four and a half years old and without any transclusions at all. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment Yes, it does sound useful but it has yet to prove useful ... after four and a half years. Hence moving it to another wiki makes sense: if we ever find a need for it, we can copy it back. JIMp talk·cont 03:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment You'll notice that ((between)) is transcluded only on its own talk page. JIMp talk·cont 03:28, 17 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Lz12
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:36, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Lz12 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This adds leading zeros to a number until there are twelve digits before the decimal point (or where the decimal point would be). ((padleft:(({1))}|12|0)) does a similar job but with a few important differences.

The code of ((lz12)) could be rewritten to make use of ((padleft:)) but the question would be "What's the point?" What is the point of ((lz12))? It was imported from meta four years ago and is currently used only on itself. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Digit
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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Digit (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This gives the numeric value of the digit in a specified numeral system. This is almost five years old and is never used. JIMp talk·cont 02:21, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:France Close Up

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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 18:35, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:France Close Up (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Orphaned template and the "Arts" section seems pretty broad in scope if we are going to include all French Artists :) Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:11, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Portal/Images/Military of Germany

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The result of the discussion was speedy delete (NAC). Frietjes (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I made a capitalization error when creating the page. The correct template is located @ Template:Portal/Images/Military of germany. Please delete the wrong one. MisterBee1966 (talk) 14:07, 13 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I tagged it as ((db-author)), next time you can do the same, rather than opening a TFD. Thank you. Frietjes (talk) 15:44, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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