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Template:Members of FIMA

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Members of FIMA (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Only one article of this WP:NAVBOX is on Wikipedia; which is even under AfD. First we create articles, then navigation boxes. Not the other way around. 🌞 শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪২২Bengali new year | nafSadh did say 19:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

So, which part of Navigation templates are a grouping of links used in multiple related articles to facilitate navigation between those articles within English Wikipedia -- you do not understand? 🌞 শুভ নববর্ষ ১৪২২Bengali new year | nafSadh did say 06:55, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
There are plenty of navboxes with redlinks in them. People create navboxes either before or after the relevant content is created. This also helps note which articles need to be made. If the grouping is useful, why not. See Template:Hospitals in Jordan as example. 103.7.250.251 (talk)
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Template:Cinemassacre Productions

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:51, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cinemassacre Productions (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Much of the content of this template has been deleted or is nominated for deletion. By the time it's all over, it will list one company, one actor, one show, one movie, and two related companies. Given the lack of content, the template seems completely pointless. Bueller 007 (talk) 08:31, 16 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox tram

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The result of the discussion was mergePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:53, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox tram (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Infobox train (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Redundant to ((Infobox train)) - and the distinction is blurred, on some metro systems. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:07, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly, the tram infobox has some categories of information that are specific for trams and that are currently not used in the infobox train. Unless all of the categories, such as minimum curve, axleload, steep gradient, are implemented into the train infobox, the tram infobox cannot be called redundant. These are all information that are extremely relevant as regards the possibility of use of certain trams in given cities.
The distinction is somewhat blurred with some light rail systems, but not as regards tram vs. train per se. Cimmerian praetor (talk) 20:52, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Specifically, the train infobox does not have the following parameters: articulations; assembly; class; designer; driven wheels/wheels driven; lowfloor; minimum curve; predecessor; steep gradient; and successor. The train infobox does have an axle load parameter. Alakzi (talk) 21:00, 17 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Lake Charles, Louisiana

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:20, 9 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Lake Charles, Louisiana (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The template has no likelihood of being used. It repeats the sections already on the article, and is useless on any other Wikipedia article. Magnolia677 (talk) 21:10, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Multihulls

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The result of the discussion was convert into a list. The prevailing argument (for deletion) was that these navboxes are (a) too large and (b) have an overly broad a scope. A corollary - perhaps - of the latter was Dirtlaywer1's red link argument: to keep the red links would mean to keep a navbox that's unwieldy, but to remove them would be misleading, as the navbox purports to be a complete listing of multihulls (or trimarans). There's no consensus here for the creation of new, tighter multihull navboxes, but that can be examined at greater length at another venue. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 13:28, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Multihulls (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Trimarans (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Navboxes with too broad scope, it cannot list all multihulls or trimarans. Already very big. Smartskaft (talk) 13:09, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • I note that the length is also very similar to Sailing vessels and rigs. prat (talk) 01:51, 14 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • The fact that another template exists is not a reason for keeping one, see WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. In fact, there is also a major difference between the two, where the scope of Sailing vessels and rigs is clear (types of sailing vessels and rigs) while the nominated ones list everything (concepts, types and individual vessels, sailing and motor) about their topic. This is simply not helpful for the reader, but would be in a list or an article on the history of multihulls. Smartskaft (talk) 06:42, 15 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
      • Actually, 'vessels and rigs' is even more vague than Trimarans or Multihulls, which specifically limits to at least a subset thereof. prat (talk) 05:44, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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  • We already have multiple categories (eg. Trimarans and Multihulls) though these do not only include boats themselves. My concern, which I feel remains very much valid, is that asking people to look at long lists destroys the context and structure of the information conveyed by the navboxes, which were created by someone else, discovered and found extremely useful by myself (actually searching for this sort of information), and have subsequently been significantly improved. A list or category would *not* be useful for conveying structured, temporal information about the limited number of modern multihull craft. We've basically listed the vast majority of them already, and it's an amazing, easily accessible resource. This is the whole point of why the navboxes have value. prat (talk) 06:26, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Your comment does not even begin to address the problem of red links (i.e. linking non-existent articles) in this navbox. Navboxes exist to facilitate reader navigation among existing articles on related topics -- this navbox is more than half red links. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:42, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Here's how you address that problem: pitch in! In the last few days I've found new sources to fill in the 1960s Trimarans (no red links left) and begin with 1950s (one left) and even a 1940s. It's thankless work but at least we can track it easily using the template. Do I see any assistance from anyone commenting here? No. If you'd take the time to look at the history, you'd see the number of red links has been steadily decreasing recently. prat (talk) 07:22, 14 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • No one is obligated to "pitch in" to save a navbox that has been created prematurely; see WP:TOOSOON. Create the articles first, then create a navbox for them. Frankly, however, when navboxes get this big, they usually work better as a list anyway. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:21, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • @Mamyles: No, the primary argument for deleting these templates is not that they are too long, but that they include too many red links. Template:Multihulls includes something like 138 RED LINKS, well over half of all those topics listed. Navboxes are intended to be used for reader navigation among EXISTING closely related articles, not as a road map for the creation of future articles that may or may not ever be created. In a nutshell: create the articles first, then create a navbox for them. There are nearly countless TfD precedents supporting this fundamental idea. The opportunity to convert this navbox with 138 red links to a list article is lifeline to preserve the content. I suggest that the template creator grab it. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:17, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Dirtlawyer1: Redlinks can easily be removed from a navbox, should any editor feel the need. Deleting a whole template would be an over-reaction to such a fixable problem. The redlink content will remain in the history, should the contributing editor wish to create a list based on it. Mamyles (talk) 21:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
If that's your solution, then implement it. That said, is this then an incomplete list? That problem can be a catch-22 scenario, but that is one of the problems with navboxes that are created before the articles are created for the listed subjects. It's a problem. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 21:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Hey, Dirtlawyer1, why don't you consider helping out adding the missing content? As pointed out, the red links that are left are disappearing quite rapidly anyway just with my recent rate of work (slowed at the moment due to travel). We all acknowledge the current situation is not perfect, but we're getting there. prat (talk) 13:14, 21 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Pratyeka: I have about 3,500 articles on three separate watch lists for multiple American college sports, Olympic swimming, and universities, as well as infobox and navbox templates for use in athlete and sports team articles; I'm in the middle of coordinating five separate and very involved discussions for the redesign of infoboxes to be used on literally tens of thousands of sports and university articles; and I'm trying to clean up 1400 American, Australian, British and Canadian Olympic swimmer articles. That's in addition to being an active discussion participant at TfD and AfD for sports-related subjects as well as a half dozen WikiProjects. I think I'm already doing my part, and, frankly, perhaps more than I should.
So, how about we not create navboxes before we create the red-linked articles, and how about we not demand that other editors help create and build out articles for prematurely created navboxes? We apply these same guidelines and principles to the navboxes for association football/soccer, American football, baseball, basketball, cricket, golf, gymnastics, hockey, lacrosse, swimming, tennis, etc., and every other subject on Wikipedia. Sailing is not special, and does not get to have its own special exceptions, rules and guidelines.
Bottom line: When a majority of the navbox content are red links to non-existent articles, the template should not have been created. So, request that the template be userfied to your sandbox, and recreate it when most of the links are blue for existing content. Then you're playing by the same rules as everyone else. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 05:45, 23 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Disagree & Template:Agree

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The result of the discussion was no consensusPlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:50, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Disagree (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Agree (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I may have a poor imagination, but I cannot imagine a reason to use these template other than !voting. Despite the warning at the top of the template pages, every single instance I clicked on with "what links here" (and there were a whole blessed lot of them, so I may not have looked at a representative sample) was for !voting. B (talk) 02:07, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • So, the other possible times this template could be used should not be accounted for? Regardless of how this template is used, WP:NOTAVOTE exists and should be followed in discussions. Steel1943 (talk) 16:02, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • What are those "other possible times"? I looked through the existing uses of the template and could not find any that were for something other than voting. If you know of another possible use, please let me know. If there is some legitimate process where "agree" and "disagree" are needed as responses, then we could facilitate that with a process-specific template like ((RFPP)), ((UND)), or ((EP)). (I don't know of any such process, but maybe there is one that you could point out.) --B (talk) 19:44, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • There's not a "legitimate process", per say, but I could see someone putting this template in a comment chain to clarify their stance. Just because an editor agrees or disagree with the previous comment in their discussion chain doesn't necessarily mean that they agree or disagree with the initial proposal/question of the discussion. Steel1943 (talk) 20:01, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • In the over 1000 uses of ((agree)) or over 500 of ((disagree)), can you find some examples where the use is as you describe but does not constitute voting? The uses I have clicked on mostly seem to be something like this (arbitrary example): Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Australian Consulate General in Chennai. The template is doing nothing but introducing a !vote. Here is another similar one. Here is one where everyone got in on the fun and used the templates to !vote. The "approved use" (for lack of a better term) on Wikipedia for this kind of template is for processes where the colored icons let you quickly look through a list of nominations and discern whether you need to do something. If I'm looking at WP:RFPP, I can quickly see which requests have been handled so I can handle the ones that still need to be processed. I just can't conceive of a use of these two templates that would be that kind of "approved use" and not really just a voting template. --B (talk) 20:14, 8 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@EoRdE6: Consensus can change. Daniel Case (talk) 21:14, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ya I know about that, I was referring to your reason which said ...but as we have demonstrated for years now we don't need them. EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!) 01:44, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@EoRdE6:If they were needed we'd be using them in this discussion. Besides, I think Alakzi's right when he says they can probably cause division and unnecessary escalation of rhetoric. Daniel Case (talk) 05:05, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Brad Pitt

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The result of the discussion was keep. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:22, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Brad Pitt (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. Rob Sinden (talk) 12:16, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Scott Rudin

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:40, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Scott Rudin (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. The implication is that once we start having crew navboxes for anything other than directors, the articles will be more navbox than article. Some films can have 5-6 producers, 3-4 writers, composers, editors, cinematographers, etc, etc. Rob Sinden (talk) 11:31, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There's an argument when the producer has significant contribution, but significant activity just means they've produced a lot of films, which is actually more of an argument to delete, as it's likely more indiscrimnate. --Rob Sinden (talk) 15:34, 23 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Brian Grazer

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:39, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Brian Grazer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. The implication is that once we start having crew navboxes for anything other than directors, the articles will be more navbox than article. Some films can have 5-6 producers, 3-4 writers, composers, editors, cinematographers, etc, etc. Rob Sinden (talk) 10:46, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Buck Henry

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:36, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Buck Henry (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. The implication is that once we start having crew navboxes for anything other than directors, the articles will be more navbox than article. Some films can have 5-6 producers, 3-4 writers, composers, editors, cinematographers, etc, etc. Once we remove the writing credits, only two films are left, which then falls foul of WP:NENAN. Rob Sinden (talk) 10:44, 9 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Damon Lindelof

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:38, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Damon Lindelof (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. Rob Sinden (talk) 12:33, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The implication is that once we start having navboxes for anything other than directors, the articles will be more navbox than article. Some films can have 5-6 producers, 3-4 writers, and if we allow these, it won't be long before people start to create navboxes for composers, editors, cinematographers, best boys and key grips... --Rob Sinden (talk) 10:18, 31 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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I don't know where the consensus discussion is, but from Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers#Filmography navbox templates: "templates containing filmographies are not supported by this project. Such templates should be nominated for deletion as unusable. Note that filmography navbox templates for work by film directors are not covered by this consensus." Therefore, per this guideline, only director filmographies are acceptable. --Rob Sinden (talk) 10:45, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Robsinden your short memory is a bit disingenuous. A few weeks ago, we had one of these discussions in which you pointed me to the section at Wikipedia:WikiProject Actors and Filmmakers#Filmography navbox templates and its supporting discussion which was a discussion about actors templates versus directors templates. No other types of templates were discussed. I pointed this out. And you did not contest that fact then. Now, instead you are pretending to forget where that discussion was and pointing back to a short project statement that was written in the context of actors versus director templates and acting like you don't remember the context of the supporting discussion. There has been no consensus regarding producer templates just like there had been no discussion a few weeks ago when we last had this discussion. Now, you are conveniently presenting this section that was written in another context as if now its context has changed. There was never a consensus building discussion regarding producer/writer navboxes. Would you be willing to have one before you run around changing the world of navboxes for the film industry.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 15:06, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Firstly, WP:AGF. I can only assume you're talking about this discussion? It seems I had a slightly softer approach to these crew navboxes then than I do now I've considered the consequences a little more! What I meant was that I don't know where the discussion regarding the wording is, and therefore I don't know whether producers, writers, etc were discussed at the time that wording was implemented. They may well have been. However, at face value, the wording is clear, and refers to all filmographies (it doesn't specify actors'), making one exception - directors. And let's face it, the intention is the same - to avoid navbox creep, something you if you would get if we allowed them for any member of a film crew, the same way we would if we allowed them for actors. If you consider auteur theory, it is generally accepted that the director is the "creator" of a film, and it makes sense that navboxes should be restricted to directors. --Rob Sinden (talk) 15:25, 10 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
No. In a previous TFD, you pointed us to a discussion that served as the basis for the directive that you are now pointing us to. It was a 5 or 10 year old discussion that only considered actor and director template. The point is that if you want to begin wiping out producer templates, we should have a discussion on the matter because the directive was based on a discussion of actor vs. director templates. Would you like to have a discussion at WP:FILM, WP:TV or WP:FILMBIO?--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 08:16, 11 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Robsinden where are you at? Since there has never been a discussion of whether producer template should exist (to my knowledge) and the directive that you keep pointing us to was based on actor vs. director templates, I continue to need to know whether you are willing to have a dialogue in an appropriate forum on the matter rather that a smattering of TFDs.--TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 05:41, 13 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. (nac) Alakzi (talk) 01:43, 28 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The relevant Wikiproject advises against any filmography navboxes except director navboxes in order to avoid navbox creep. Rob Sinden (talk) 13:53, 30 March 2015 (UTC)[reply]

To repeat the response I gave for another similar filmography navbox, the implication is that once we start having navboxes for anything other than directors (which is the only thing the project condones in the linked consensus), the articles will be more navbox than article. Some films can have 5-6 producers, 3-4 writers (Thor: The Dark World has 5, so imagine if they all had navboxes), and if we allow these, it won't be long before people start to create navboxes for composers, editors, cinematographers, best boys and key grips... --Rob Sinden (talk) 07:59, 2 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Like and Dislike

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The result of the discussion was Keep. ☺ · Salvidrim! ·  21:17, 13 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Like (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Dislike (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Wikipedia is not social media, and these 2 templates I'm nominating are a clear example of social media. --TL22 (talk) 14:10, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Well that may be true, and it may be harmless, but being harmless isn't a reason for keeping. Its not actually useful anyway, its just serving for voting wheter you like or dislike it, and Wikipedia is not about majority votes, its about consensus. --TL22 (talk) 15:05, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, and prior consensus has been to keep these templates. The problem with so many TfDs that are not based in actual policy or the guidelines, is that they are exactly nothing more than a "vote," because in the absence of a basis in policy or the guidelines, there is nothing else upon which to base the "consensus". Sorry, been there, done that. You say "it's not a vote"; I say "you don't like it," nothing more. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:23, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
BTW, I see that you are a personal user of "user boxes". What purpose do they serve? Are they not similar to social media, in the same fashion as you suggest here? Perhaps we should have a discussion about whether all user boxes should be deleted, because they are harmless, serve no purpose in articlespace, and are used simply because some editors like them (while others do not). Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:35, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
User boxes in templatespace do generally serve a purpose, e.g. indicating an editor's knowledge of a foreign language or their user rights. Also, user boxes have no effect on discussions. Alakzi (talk) 15:57, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Sorry, Alakzi, but I must disagree with you here. There is no evidence of this template being "divisive," except for the repeated attempts to delete it. There are ample precedents and plenty of evidence of the long acceptance of multiple varieties of templates in templatespace -- not used in articlespace -- including barn stars, user boxes, service awards, etc. This is a harmless bit of fun -- not everything in non-article space has to be "serious bidnez". Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 15:18, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • They fall under the banner of unhelpful iconography. It'd be impossible to present any substantial, concrete evidence as to their effect; personally, I do get rather annoyed and distracted by them. Regardless, the number of times these "like" buttons have been nominated for deletion ought to serve as an indicator. I disagree on littering templatespace with "harmless" banners, awards, and the like. Alakzi (talk) 15:48, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please read WP:NOTFACEBOOK: it has nothing to do with this discussion, but it does prohibit the use of Wikipedia for four specifically identified activitities -- none of which has anything to do with a thumb's up icon. Please feel free to quote any provision of NOTFACEBOOK which you believe is applicable to this discussion. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:17, 29 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please read WP:NOTFORUM: there's nothing there that applies to this discussion, either. NOTFORUM prohibits (1) advocacy, propaganda, or recruitment; (2) opinion pieces; (3) scandal mongering; (4) self-promotion; and (5) advertising, marketing or public relations. Each of those probibited activities is explained. There is no reasonable interpretation of NOTFORUM that prohibits this thumb's up icon's existence in template space or its use in user and talk space. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 04:24, 5 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think ITSUSEFUL arguments are really that bad in a TfD. I think we are looking to keep templates based on their usefulness. ― Padenton|   08:39, 6 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, Facebook's copyright application for their thumb's up icon remains stalled at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, as it has been for something like two years, over a protest by TiVo, which apparently has a similar icon of its own. In any event, our "dislike" icon should be changed to match our "like" icon to avoid any potential future copyvio issues. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 16:45, 11 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Old Test Edit Warnings

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The result of the discussion was keep Test, Test2, Test3, Test4, Test5, and Test5i, and redirect the rest. Feel free to renominate any here (or the redirects at RFD). Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:01, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Test (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test1))
Template:Tests (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test1))
Template:Test intro (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → Delete
Template:Test1a (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-delete1)) (Already redirected)
Template:Test1article (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test1))
Template:Test2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test2))
Template:Test2a (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-delete2))
Template:Test2article (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test2))
Template:Test2del (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-delete2))
Template:Test3 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test3))
Template:Test3a (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-delete3))
Template:Test3article (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test3))
Template:Test3ip (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-test3))
Template:Test4 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vandalism4))
Template:Test4alt (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vandalism4))
Template:Test4aalt (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-delete4))
Template:Test4article (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vandalism4))
Template:Test4im (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vandalism4im))
Template:Test4im-alt (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vandalism4im))
Template:Test5 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-block)) (Already redrected)
Template:Test5i (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vblock)) (Use the indef=yes parameter)
Template:Test6 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages) → ((uw-vblock)) (Or delete as 5 serves this purpose already)

Propose redirecting to new templates. These templates have grown and spread into a uninteliable mess of random templates, most of which use odd language which goes against current guidelines. For example, the block notices don't inform blocked users about how to request an unblock, in fact they don;t even mention that it is possible. See also Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 March 27#Old Spam Warnings. Thanks! EoRdE6(Come Talk to Me!) 18:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:39, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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Uw-restore

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:49, 8 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Uw-restore1 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Uw-restore2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Uw-restore3 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Uw-restore4 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unecessary and redundant combination of ((uw-ew)) and the uw-disruptive series. TL22 (talk) 12:12, 18 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's it? Just a vote? --TL22 (talk) 20:34, 20 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
These templates are not as useful, there is other template that would cover more advice and warning than these. Hajme 00:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, but please always remember to put a reason on your vote. --TL22 (talk) 20:32, 24 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Relisting comment: Seems that no one taken action yet, so I'm relisting this. --TL22 (talk) 12:47, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, TL22 (talk) 12:47, 26 April 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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