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Closing instructions

Deletion discussions

On this page, deletion or merging of templates (except as noted below) is discussed.

[edit] How to use this page

[edit] What not to propose for discussion here

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

[edit] Reasons to delete a template

  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

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.

[edit] Listing a template

To list a template for deletion or merging, follow this three-step process (replace TemplateName, not including the namespace identifier "Template:", with the name of the template to be deleted unless otherwise noted):

I
Tag the template

Add one of the following codes to the top of the template page:

  • For deletion {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
  • For deletion of a sidebar or infobox template {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|type=sidebar}}
  • For deletion of an inline template {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|type=inline}} or {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|type=tiny}}
  • For merging {{Tfm|ThisTemplate|OtherTemplate}}
  • For merging an inline template {{Tfm-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
  • Do not change PAGENAME to the actual name of the page. The command "subst:" requires the text "PAGENAME".
  • Do not substitute either template.
  • If the template to be nominated for deletion is protected, either put the notice on its /doc (documentation) sub-page inside <includeonly>...</includeonly> markup; or put the notice on its talk page (without such markup); or use {{editprotected}} on the talk page to ask an admin to add the notice to the template.
  • If placed directly into the nominated template, consider using <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the Tfd notice if it is likely to be disruptive to articles that transclude that template. However, make sure to publicise the Tfd in the appropriate WikiProject, noticeboard, etc.
  • Do not mark the edit as minor.
  • Include in the edit summary the phrase
    Tfd: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:TemplateName]] or
    Tfm: Nominated for merging; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:TemplateName]]

If the template has been nominated before, use "TemplateName (2nd nomination)", "TemplateName (3rd nomination)", etc.

If you are nominating multiple related templates, replace TemplateName in the edit summary with an informative discussion title, and use {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}}, {{Tfm|ThisTemplate|OtherTemplate|TemplateName}} or {{Tfm-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} instead of the versions given above, using the same discussion title for TemplateName (but not for {{subst:PAGENAME}}, which must remain the name of the template being Tfd tagged). If you were nominating a lot of navboxes about American films, you might use "American films by decade", for instance, as the TemplateName.

If a template is intended to be substituted, wrap the {{Tfd}}, {{Tfm}} or {{Tfm-inline}} template in noinclude tags: <noinclude>{{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}</noinclude>

The Tfd template, in the form {{Tfd|type=inline|literal name of template|TemplateName}}<br />, should be added to the top of any categories that would be deleted as a result of the Tfd, using the same TemplateName value and edit summary as the template(s), and the actual name of the template (minus the prefix Template:). Note that it is {{Tfd|type=inline}} followed by a line-break; the wording of {{Tfd}} without the inline is not suitable for category use.

II
List the template at Tfd

Follow this link to edit the section of Tfd for today's entries.

Add this text to the section, at the top:

  • For deletion {{subst:Tfd2|TemplateName|text=Your rationale for nominating the template. ~~~~}}
  • For merging {{subst:Tfm2|TemplateName|OtherTemplate|text=Your rationale for nominating the template. ~~~~}}

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

  • {{subst:Tfd2|TemplateName1|TemplateName2|title=SectionHeading|text=Your rationale for nominating the template. ~~~~}}

replacing TemplateName1, TemplateName2 etc. with the name of each template (supports up to 20 different templates), and SectionHeading with an informative discussion title for the nomination.

If this is a deletion proposal involving a template and a category populated solely by templates, use {{Catfd}} together with {{Catfd2}} or {{Catfd3}} (depending on the complexity of the nomination).

  • Make sure to replace TemplateName with the same value as used in step 1, above (usually the template's name, excluding the "Template:" prefix).
  • Use an edit summary such as
    Creating deletion discussion entry for [[Template:TemplateName]]

    replacing TemplateName as above.
III.
Notify users.

Consider adding

on relevant talk pages to inform editors of the deletion discussion. Use an edit summary such as
Adding notification that [[Template:TemplateName]] is up for discussion.
replacing TemplateName as above.

It is considered civil to notify the creator and main contributors of the template that you are nominating the template. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template.

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

[edit] Discussion

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 before the template page is deleted.

Templates are rarely orphaned (made to not be in use) before the discussion is closed.

Contents


[edit] Current discussions

[edit] May 6



[edit] May 5

[edit] Template:2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup

Template:2011 NASCAR Sprint Cup (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Has no purpose in race articles. Also same information is displayed on the season article. Nascar1996 (talkcontribs) 20:08, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Thessaloniki

Template:Infobox Thessaloniki (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Should use the settlement infobox P. S. Burton (talk) 14:50, 5 May 2011 (UTC)


[edit] Template:Hang on

Template:Hang on (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Per consensus found at this discussion this template should be tagged with {{Tdeprecated}} and then deleted once all transcluded instances are cleared from WhatLinksHere. :| TelCoNaSpVe :| 09:15, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

An admin needs to add {{Tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}} to the template to complete the listing process, hasn't happened yet. Monty845 22:02, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
Speedy close, the discussion is still open from 23 April 2011. Comment there rather than opening a new thread. Frietjes (talk) 23:20, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WikiProject Nature

Template:WikiProject Nature (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

The wikiproject associated with this banner never really took off and the WikiProject page was recently redirected to WikiProject Biology. There is no need for the banner if there is no project. If needed we can always recreate it later. Kumioko (talk) 02:45, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] May 4

[edit] Template:Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge

Template:Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

I was about to remove the ridiculous entries for Diana, Princess of Wales as her "mother in law" and Camilla as her "step mother in law" then it occurred to me that the whole template was just preposterous nonsense. I mean shall we list the Queen Mum as her "great grand mother-in-law"? This is quite useless. No doubt a royal family navigation box will be on her bio, and that's enough. Scott Mac 23:29, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

And yet you saw fit to add her dog? This seems a bit inconsistent. In any case keep the template as a useful way of navigating around Middleton articles. StAnselm (talk) 23:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
An identical one for Prince William (revering the "in law" and natural family polarity) is on those same articles. It just looks ridiculous.--Scott Mac 00:22, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Episode list unused sub-pages

Template:Episode list/24 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/7th Heaven (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Avatar (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Avatar1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Avatar2 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Avatar3 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Battlestar Galactica (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Burn Notice (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Friends (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/FriendsS1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Futurama (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Hercules (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/House (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/House/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Jericho (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Lost (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Lost/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/LostS4 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Miss Marple (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Numb3rs (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Prison Break (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Prison Break1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/QuestionTime (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Sea Patrol (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Seinfeld (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Star Trek: The Original Series (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Stargate (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Stargate SG-1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Supernatural (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Supernatural/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/Supernatural/doc/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/The O.C. (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/The Office (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/The Office/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/The Strip (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/The Wire (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/casualty (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list/casualty/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list2 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list2/doc (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Episode list (no image) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Colbert episode list (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Delete as unused: All are sub-pages of {{Episode list}} (except for the last in the list) and redirect to that template. This excessive list also floods the documentation page of that article with redirects that loop back to it making the few remaining valid templates get lost in the crowd, so to speak. — CobraWiki ( jabber | stuff ) 22:08, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Spinout

Template:Spinout (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Spinout/title (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Spinout/link (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This is a little used, broken template that isn't particularly useful and very awkward to use. First, it's broken because it doesn't bold the title like it's supposed to, see basic oxygen steelmaking and electric arc furnace. Second, it requires all sorts of crazy extra "onlyinclude" code, that is easy to break. Third, generally speaking, the introduction of an article isn't the best summary for a higher level article. For instance, the basic oxygen steelmaking article lists numerous other names for the process that should really be left out of the summary at steelmaking. Wizard191 (talk) 16:55, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Commercial logo rationale

Template:Commercial logo rationale (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Although this is meant to be subst, I feel it is redundant to {{Logo fur}}. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:12, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:PD-art-uk

Template:PD-art-uk (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This had been re-directed to PD-art , but I'm not so sure. Hence I've re-instated the template with a minor wording change.

However, I'm not sure a license tag vs a restriction tag is the best way of handling images from sources that are less favourable to PD-art terms.

Hence this TFD nom to try to 'settle the matter'... Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:59, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Biopic fur

Template:Biopic fur (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Self-Nom: This appears to be an abandoned attempt to create a templated method of generating FUR for 'biographical' images. As this is seemingly unused and is a long way from being usable, I am nominating it so there is a debate about the need for a template like this.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WhoseMap

Template:WhoseMap (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Self-Nom : This was created with the intent of trying to improve the attribution given to map represented data. Namely that the base-map used was attributed as well as the data source. Partly developed because of concerns about 'database' right in Geo-Data. I'm not sure this template is the right approach and hence this nom. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:41, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:WhoseData

Template:WhoseData (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Self Nom: This is used on a small number of images. However, I'm not sure it's the best approach to use in ensuring that the Data source as well as physical source of an image is attributed. Partly developed because of differences in 'database' rights between the UK and US. Is a template like this actually needed? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Uw-photo-advisory

Template:Uw-photo-advisory (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Self-nom : This was originally drafted as an attempt to have a polite user note to leave when placing a 'quality' concern on a file description page in relation to an image. However there doesn't seem to have been any development work done it. I am nominating this to TfD so that I can get feedback, as to the actual need or otherwise for a template like this.Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:36, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:USgovt

Template:USgovt (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused redirect to existing {{PD-USGov}} . Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:37, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Sofades

Template:Sofades (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused, all settlements in the template are red links. Markussep Talk 08:29, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Actinium

[edit] Template:Academic degrees of Denmark

Template:Academic degrees of Denmark (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:13, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:About plugcomputer

[edit] Template:Abkhazian railway

Template:Abkhazian railway (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ARD-12 class floating dry dock

Template:ARD-12 class floating dry dock (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:10, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:APRA party

Template:APRA party (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:09, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ALeague AIS colour

Template:ALeague AIS colour (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:08, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ALPB roster

Template:ALPB roster (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AIM 50 companies

Template:AIM 50 companies (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:07, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AFL player statistics legend

Template:AFL player statistics legend (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:04, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AFL event

Template:AFL event (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:04, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AFLCA Champion Player of the Year

[edit] Template:AF1 team

Template:AF1 team (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 06:00, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ACTAFLclubs

Template:ACTAFLclubs (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:58, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AB-Kreuz

Template:AB-Kreuz (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:57, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AB-FedRep

Template:AB-FedRep (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:56, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Chloride

Template:Chloride (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:54, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Chlorides

Template:Chlorides (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:51, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Chopin works

Template:Chopin works (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Christian Democratic MP 2006-2010

Template:Christian Democratic MP 2006-2010 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Cite Audio

Template:Cite Audio (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:48, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Cite Compert Con Culainn II

[edit] Template:Cite TBDD II

[edit] Template:Cite gni

Template:Cite gni (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:47, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Cite note-15

Template:Cite note-15 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:46, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:A-PL-nr

Template:A-PL-nr (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:A-PL-header

Template:A-PL-header (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:45, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2010-11 Hockey East standings (men)

Template:2010-11 Hockey East standings (men) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:44, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2009–10 AIHL Champions Cup bracket

Template:2009–10 AIHL Champions Cup bracket (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2009-10 OUA hockey East standings

Template:2009-10 OUA hockey East standings (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2007–08 Big 12 women's basketball standings

Template:2007–08 Big 12 women's basketball standings (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database reports/Unused templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:42, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2007 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log

Template:2007 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball game log (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 05:40, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:EmperorsCupBracketR1R3

Template:EmperorsCupBracketR1R3 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template MicroX (talk) 05:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Sorry, I completely forgot about that one. Must have nominated for speedy deletion myself. —WiJG? 07:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:EmperorsCupBracketLast16

Template:EmperorsCupBracketLast16 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. MicroX (talk) 05:03, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Same as the above. —WiJG? 07:27, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:USSCOTW

Template:USSCOTW (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template is no longer needed. The US Southern Wikipedians Collaboration of the month never really took off and died out some years ago. No articles link to this template. Kumioko (talk) 03:53, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:AtlantaCollaboration

Template:AtlantaCollaboration (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. No meaningful edits in a couple years. The atlanta collaboration never really took and this template is unneeded. Kumioko (talk) 03:47, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Arizona Spring Training

Template:Arizona Spring Training (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. This templates use seems exceptionally complicated which may be a reason it hasn't been used. Kumioko (talk) 03:12, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

Keep, with caveat – It was originally on the Spring training page, along with Template:Florida Spring Training to show the location of all parks in relation to the rest of the state. It looks like they both were taken off that page. It should be determined if they have a place on that page before deleting either one. If they're no longer needed in that article, then I guess the best course of actions is, in fact, to delete them both. EaglesPhilliesFanInTampa 03:43, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:3~

Template:3~ (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template with no associated documentation. Unlikely to be used. Kumioko (talk) 03:06, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:5~

Template:5~ (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template that has no documentation. Its unlikley to be used Kumioko (talk) 03:05, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Copy to Wiktionary

Template:Copy to Wiktionary (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Copy to Wiktionary list (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Propose merging Template:Copy to Wiktionary with Template:Copy to Wiktionary list.

  1. This is the only transwiki template that has another template that is redundant.
  2. This other redundant template (Copy to Wiktionary list) is used on only a few articles.Curb Chain (talk) 00:39, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:PD-PRGov-IPC

Template:PD-PRGov-IPC (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Template based on inadequate OTRS communication. Per WMF counsel "the reasons given in the email are not by themselves sufficient to establish that the photographs are in the public domain". See the related discussion at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2011 March 28#File:Roberto Clemente4.jpg VernoWhitney (talk) 14:50, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] May 3

[edit] Template:2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga table

Template:2010–11 Austrian Football Bundesliga table (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:27, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2010–11 Cleveland Cavaliers pre-season game log

Template:2010–11 Cleveland Cavaliers pre-season game log (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:26, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2011 AFL Rising Star

Template:2011 AFL Rising Star (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:25, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2011 Rugby Super League Table

Template:2011 Rugby Super League Table (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:24, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2011 Torneo Intermedio

Template:2011 Torneo Intermedio (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:23, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] 2011 USA Sevens Fixtures Pools

Template:2011 USA Sevens Fixtures Pool A (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:2011 USA Sevens Fixtures Pool B (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:2011 USA Sevens Fixtures Pool C (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:2011 USA Sevens Fixtures Pool D (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template? Please help clear the backlog at: Wikipedia:Database_reports/Unused_templates Sfan00 IMG (talk) 20:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:2011 WNBA schedule

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[edit] Template:3. Liga top scorers

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[edit] Big 12 women's basketball standings

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See 2010 December 23 Frietjes (talk) 20:09, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] English cricket seasons

[edit] Template:1995 K-League Best XI etc

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[edit] Template:Cities of Turkey

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[edit] Template:Citizen corps

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[edit] Template:CityRail Western

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[edit] Template:City Verbs

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[edit] Template:City of Waterloo

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[edit] Template:Citytrain fleet

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[edit] Template:Citytrain railway lines

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[edit] Template:Class box Beskytteren frigate

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[edit] Template:Class box Ishikari frigate

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[edit] Template:Class box Jeanne d'Arc cruiser

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[edit] Template:Class box Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier

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[edit] Template:Claxton Shield Champions

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[edit] Template:Clinton Impeachment

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[edit] Template:Club de Deportes Cobreloa

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[edit] Template:Coalition governments of the United Kingdom

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[edit] Template:Coalyard Miniature Railway

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[edit] Template:Coast Daylight

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[edit] Template:Cognition

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[edit] Template:Collab-arch-image

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[edit] Template:Collaboration

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[edit] Template:Collectivism

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[edit] Template:CollegePrimaryColor

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[edit] Template:CollegeSecondaryColor

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[edit] Template:College Gameday (football)

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[edit] Template:Colleges and universities in Central New York

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[edit] Template:Colleges and universities in New York's Capital Region

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Unused-template. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:23, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Colleges and universities in the North Country

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Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Zamboanga City land usage

Template:Zamboanga City land usage (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

unused wrapper for yet another unused template. Frietjes (talk) 19:19, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Cologne–Frankfurt

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Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:18, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Colombian Wars of Independence Battlesites

Template:Colombian Wars of Independence Battlesites (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:17, 3 May 2011 (UTC) Populate linked articles? Sfan00 IMG (talk) 17:34, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Colombian legislative election, 2006

Template:Colombian legislative election, 2006 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template, containing data that would be better as part of an article. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 19:16, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Colombo

[edit] Template:Coloradotasks

[edit] Template:Infobox Royal London Asset Management

Template:Infobox Royal London Asset Management (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Don't need a template for one infobox, and article doesn't exist. Frietjes (talk) 19:08, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Mahjong

Template:Mahjong (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Delete: Stripped of its red links and with overlong blue ones pared back it has very little content, all of which is linked in the main article. There is already a category, with more articles but too varied to add. JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 18:24, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:B1118

Template:B1118 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Arbitrary way to group settlements together, by a minor road that passes through them all. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:B1116

Template:B1116 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Arbitrary way to group settlements together, by a minor road that passes through them all. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 15:46, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:B1079

Template:B1079 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Totally arbitrary way to group a collection of villages together. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 15:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox education in India

Template:Infobox education in India (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused infobox template. If this were ever determined to be necessary, it probably should be recreated using standard {{infobox}} formatting. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Idaho school

Template:Infobox Idaho school (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused very-specific infobox. Template:Infobox school would work just fine. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:34, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox education in America

Template:Infobox education in America (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. Essentially like Template:Infobox school, but with United States hard-coded as the country. Unnecessary. Calliopejen1 (talk) 14:29, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:IoEurl

Template:IoEurl (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused external link template. — This, that, and the other (talk) 11:09, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ColtsInvite

[edit] Template:Comics-trades

[edit] Template:Comicswikia

[edit] Template:Comments transclusion

[edit] Template:17thcentmin

Template:17thcentmin (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:11, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Additional, seemingly duplicates parts of {{English ministries}} Sfan00 IMG (talk) 16:57, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:100 Numbered subpages

Template:100 Numbered subpages (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:09, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Ghana Law

Template:Ghana Law (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This is a mess and only links a couple of articles. —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 08:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Youth Empowerment

Template:Youth Empowerment (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Appears to be a pet project template of a single person. Concept and content is not what could be called neutral (NPOV). Almost all topics within the template, coincidentally I'm sure, are heavily edited by this man ("Freechild"). Ratheton (talk) 20:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Delete - NPOV. Appears crafted to deliver a message Drenver (talk) 02:59, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

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) 03:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
note - Template author now notified. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:21, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Thank you for extending this courtesy Plastikspork. • Freechildtalk 04:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Keep. Youth empowerment is a field of study in higher education and a professional area of practice. The template is designed to reflect topics within that conversation. If its an incorrect usage of a navigation tool then it should be deleted. • Freechildtalk 04:14, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Neutral - I'm still not wildly supportive of this template. It still smells of POV. However, it's vastly improved from the template the version that I wanted to delete back in 2007, and I think it probably meets guidelines. --Orlady (talk) 02:55, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] May 2


[edit] Baseball rivalry templates

Template:Mets–Phillies rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Cardinals–Cubs rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Dodgers–Giants rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Mets–Yankees rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Yankees – Red Sox rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Yankees–Dodgers rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Yankees–Giants rivalry (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

These templates serve no purpose. They do not provide any internavigability that is not already covered by the team-specific navboxes or within the lead articles. In addition, some are painfully colored. — KV5Talk • 23:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

  • Well said. — KV5Talk • 00:02, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Hutton Grammar School

Template:Infobox Hutton Grammar School (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template, seems to have been destined for use only in one article (?). Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:08, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Bus Route

Template:Infobox Bus Route (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template has been superseded by {{Infobox bus line}} and is now orphaned except for links in non-article space. Bility (talk) 22:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Should we just redirect to {{Infobox bus line}} so that that one is easier to find? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Calliopejen1 (talkcontribs)

[edit] Template:Association football game sheet

Template:Association football game sheet (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Not a preferred format and agreed to not be used by this discussion. Digirami (talk) 20:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox community

Template:Infobox community (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused infobox template. Not clear when this would be an appropriate infobox to use, as opposed to an infobox summarizing demographic statistics for a better-defined area. (See complaints on template talk page.) Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:15, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Area code AL

Template:Area code AL (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

I just created Template:Area code box/states, which does the job of this template and every other state/territory/country-specific template that was essentially a subtemplate for Template:Area code box. Now these are all orphaned and should be deleted. This deletion request includes every template in Category:Area code templates except Template:Area code box, Template:Area code footer, Template:Area code list, and Template:Infobox Mass Area Code. Calliopejen1 (talk) 20:11, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Primera Division Uruguaya playoff

Template:Primera Division Uruguaya playoff (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused bracket MicroX (talk) 19:20, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Delete It's pretty much a duplicate of this. Digirami (talk) 20:40, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Round10-MLSformat

Template:Round10-MLSformat (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. MicroX (talk) 19:06, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Milan Metro/next

Template:Milan Metro/next (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template , Deprecated Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:07, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Trimerophytina

Template:Taxonomy/Trimerophytina (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused, deprecated template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:03, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Heterokonta

Template:Taxonomy/Heterokonta (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused, Deprecated template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:02, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Albuginales

Template:Taxonomy/Albuginales (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated, unused template Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:00, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:OPSI

Template:OPSI (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused deprecated template, migrated use to {{UK-LEG ext}} or {{UK-LEG}} Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:47, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Italian ethnicity

Template:Italian ethnicity (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Simperseded by infobox at Italian people. Broken, and, consequently, unused. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:49, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Iraq-war

Template:Iraq-war (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Superseded by {{Campaignbox Iraq War}}. Unused. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Istiea

Template:Istiea (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Single use template that is superseded by the hierachical list in the infobox at Istiaia. Unused. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:40, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps

Template:Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Superseded by {{IRGC}}. Not a clear-cut redundancy, but that one provides more pertinent links than this one does. Unused. — This, that, and the other (talk) 10:26, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Cleanup-jargon

Template:Cleanup-jargon (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Technical (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Propose merging Template:Cleanup-jargon with Template:Technical.
cf Template_talk:Technical#Merge_with_template:cleanup-jargonCurb Chain (talk) 09:51, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Ecozones

Template:Ecozones (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused, deprecated —Justin (koavf)TCM☯ 09:28, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Dictyoptera (2nd nomination)

Template:Taxonomy/Dictyoptera (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused deprecated template. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Insectivora (2nd nomination)

Template:Taxonomy/Insectivora (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused deprecated template. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Taxonomy/Lipotyphla (2nd nomination)

Template:Taxonomy/Lipotyphla (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused deprecated template. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:14, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Canada_CP_2006

Template:Canada_CP_2006 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, all transculusions migrated to use {{Canada census}} Sfan00 IMG (talk) 08:58, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Use British English

[edit] Template:16TeamBracket-TTProLeague

Template:16TeamBracket-TTProLeague (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Exact copy of Template:16TeamBracket. TTPro League Template is not in use by any tournament article. Should be deleted. MicroX (talk) 04:32, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Digirami (talk) 20:41, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward FemaleLeadMotionPicture 1994-Present

Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward FemaleLeadMotionPicture 1994-Present (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template is redundant with Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward FemaleLeadMotionPicture 1994–2000 and Template:ScreenActorsGuildAward FemaleLeadMotionPicture 2001–2020. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 03:42, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] May 1

[edit] Template:Island Def Jam Recordings

Template:Island Def Jam Recordings (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Delete As far as I understand, there's no entity known as Island Def Jam Recordings or Island Jam Recordings. Although the management has been merged into The Island Def Jam Music Group, the various sub-labels still function with relative independence. A template covering all the activities of The Island Def Jam Music Group would have to include a list of artists too long to be of much use. (See List of current Def Jam Recordings artists, List of Mercury Records artists and List of current Island Records artists) Pichpich (talk) 18:28, 1 May 2011 (UTC)


[edit] Template:Aquaculture topics

[edit] Template:Biome

Template:Biome (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, Only 2 Transclusion which could be subst to an appropriate version. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:14, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Terrestrial biomes

Template:Terrestrial biomes (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, Only 1 Transclusion which could be subst to an appropriate version. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 13:14, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Major Towns of North Malabar

Template:Major Towns of North Malabar (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:North Malabar (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Propose merging Template:Major Towns of North Malabar with Template:North Malabar.
The two templates serve the same purpose are share most of the links. Muhandes (talk) 12:04, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Merge or delete, we now have template clutter which is mostly redundant.♦ Dr. Blofeld 09:12, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Footballbox1

Template:Footballbox1 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused fork of {{Football box}} WOSlinker (talk) 11:41, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] April 30

[edit] Template:Caption2

Template:Caption2 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Recently created and redundant to Template:Caption Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:24, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Image class2

Template:Image class2 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Recently created template, redundant to the existing Template:Image class Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:23, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

This is a copy of the Template but enables templates to hold a Coat of Arms image in Infoboxes, as I'm trying to role out on all the Pope related pages. This will also extend to all the bishops, cardinals and priests in the catholic church. Mangwanani (talk) 19:31, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The template has zero transclusions in article space, so I doubt it is needed. In addition, Template:Infobox manner of address, Template:Infobox settlement, and many other display Coat of Arms without using it. I see no reason why it is needed at all. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:53, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:CoA

Template:CoA (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Appears to be a verbatim copy of Template:Image. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:20, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

This is a copy of the Template but enables templates to hold a Coat of Arms image in Infoboxes, as I'm trying to role out on all the Pope related pages. This will also extend to all the bishops, cardinals and priests in the catholic church. Mangwanani (talk) 19:30, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
If this is deleted, perhaps the person deleting it would care to properly format Template:Infobox Christian leader so that the deletion of this Template doesn't mess up every single page that the Infobox is used on.................? Mangwanani (talk) 19:35, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
The template has zero transclusions in article space, so I doubt it is needed. There is nothing to properly format. In addition, Template:Infobox manner of address, Template:Infobox settlement, and many other display Coat of Arms without using it. I see no reason why it is needed at all. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 19:54, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Round16-2legs

Template:Round16-2legs (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Template is not being used (no transclusions) by any article/tournament. Should be deleted as it is no longer needed as better brackets exist. MicroX (talk) 17:16, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox VR station

Template:Infobox VR station (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, transclusions migrated to {{Infobox station}} Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:04, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:BLP IMDB-only refimprove

Template:BLP IMDB-only refimprove (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, Transclusions migrated per depreciation notice Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:58, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Canada CP 2001

Template:Canada CP 2001 (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Deprecated template, No transculsions, as template has been migrated to {{Canada_census}} Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:53, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Exit sign

Template:Exit sign (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Old template that is not in use. (The only transclusions were at the top of a section in a talk page archive that I have subst-ed.) Since the purpose of this template is to replicate the appearance of an exit sign, which is not something used in articles in place of an actual photo, its utility is non-existent. Imzadi 1979  06:57, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Millennium Technology Prize laureate

Template:Infobox Millennium Technology Prize laureate (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This is really not something that should be its own separate infobox. Template:Infobox person would be better, or any more other general infobox relating to the field in which the person worked. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:48, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Bay of Gibraltar

Template:Infobox Bay of Gibraltar (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Was used only on a single article. Now Bay of Gibraltar uses the standard Template:Infobox bay. Calliopejen1 (talk) 03:18, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Social indicators

Template:Social indicators (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Used only in one article, a rather haphazard selection of statistics to include, we already have Template:Infobox country demographics which does a better job. Calliopejen1 (talk) 03:11, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] April 29

[edit] Template:Infobox adult industry news

Template:Infobox adult industry news (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused template. Template:Infobox newspaper would work just fine, no big reason to have a specialized template. Calliopejen1 (talk) 17:32, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Click

Template:Click (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Using this template is deprecated to new wiki syntax.There is no use for this template because [[File:Example.jpg|link=Link title]] will work exactly the same as {{Click|image=File:Example.jpg|link=Link title}}.A520 | Talk me away! 10:37, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

Are you offering to fix the 8914 affected pages? -- John of Reading (talk) 11:12, 29 April 2011 (UTC)


[edit] Old discussions

[edit] April 28


[edit] Template:Infobox baseball stadium firsts

Template:Infobox baseball stadium firsts (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan template, don't think this is really the best way to present this information. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:52, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Neajlov

Template:Neajlov (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused. Frietjes (talk) 21:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Pleasantview

Template:Pleasantview (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Cut and past copy of Template:Big Brother endgame. No transclusions. Frietjes (talk) 21:16, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Cardiff Bus route

Template:Infobox Cardiff Bus route (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Overly specific template. Was used on three articles, and I replaced it with Template:Infobox bus line, which is a better solution. Calliopejen1 (talk) 21:34, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox LPP Bus lines

Template:Infobox LPP Bus lines (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Overly specific template. Was used on three articles, and I replaced it with Template:Infobox bus line, which is a better solution. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:23, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox West Midlands Buses

Template:Infobox West Midlands Buses (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Overly specific template. Was used on one article, and I replaced it with Template:Infobox bus line, which is a better solution.= Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:13, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox SPT Bus

Template:Infobox SPT Bus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan, overly specific template. Not sure which bus routes used to use this infobox and whether those articles still exist or have been merged.... Anyways, we have Template:Infobox bus line that does everything this template does and more. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Glasgow Citybus

Template:Infobox Glasgow Citybus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan template, all Glasgow Citybus lines now merged into main Glasgow Citybus article, if we need a similar template we have Template:Infobox bus line. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox First Bus

Template:Infobox First Bus (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan, overly specific template. Not sure which bus routes used to use this infobox and whether those articles still exist or have been merged.... Anyways, we have Template:Infobox bus line that does everything this template does and more. Calliopejen1 (talk) 19:08, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:MLB Year

Template:MLB Year (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unnecessary pipelink, violates the guidelines for use of pipelinks. Prone to misuse. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 17:45, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Baseball year

Template:Baseball year (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unnecessary pipelink, violates the guidelines for use of pipelinks. Prone to misuse. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 17:44, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox TransLink (SEQ) train station

Template:Infobox TransLink (SEQ) train station (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan template, overly-specific/non-standard, all TransLink stations already use Template:Infobox station which is working just fine. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:11, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Also the clone Template:Infobox QR Northcoastline station, which is only used by a few articles. Sw2nd (talk) 17:27, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Brisbaneferries Wharf

Template:Brisbaneferries Wharf (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan template, overly-specific/non-standard, all Brisbane ferry wharves already use Template:Infobox station which is working just fine. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:10, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Governorate of Tunisia

Template:Infobox Governorate of Tunisia (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Orphan template, overly-specific/non-standard, all governorates of Tunisia already use Template:Infobox settlement which is working just fine. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:06, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox Maldives uninhabited island

Template:Infobox Maldives uninhabited island (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Non-standard, overly-specific infobox. Was only used on about a dozen articles, and I replaced these uses with Template:Infobox Island. Calliopejen1 (talk) 15:02, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:El Salvador Squad 2011 Copa Centroamericana

Template:El Salvador Squad 2011 Copa Centroamericana (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This is not a notable tournament such as the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Euro, CONCACAF Gold Cup or FIFA Confederations Cup GoPurple'nGold24 04:07, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] WikiProject templates

[edit] Template:NFL Year

Template:NFL Year (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

The template turns a year's link to a link to the corresponding year's NFL season in articles (e.g. [[2000 NFL season|2000]]). Doing so violates our policies on pipe links. Such a template might be useful in a table, but making it a template like this gives the potential for pipelink abuse — I removed two egregious misuses from Monday Night Football and I'm sure I'm not alone. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Otters want attention) 01:15, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment I have no opinion in this debate, but I should mention that similar templates for baseball (Template:by and Template:mlby) exist.--Giants27(T|C) 01:26, 28 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] April 27

[edit] Template:Datt Ganagapur

[edit] Template:NHL Draft progression

[edit] Template:Copyedit progress/Part1

[edit] Template:Infobox Muslim Saint

[edit] Nearest star systems navboxes

Template:Nearest star systems (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Nearest bright star systems (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 0 – 5 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 5 – 10 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 10 – 15 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 15 – 20 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 20 – 25 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Star systems within 25 – 30 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 0 – 10 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 10 – 20 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 20 – 30 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 30 – 40 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 40 – 50 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 50 – 60 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Bright star systems within 60 – 70 light-years (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

The two templates {{Nearest star systems}} and {{Nearest bright star systems}} are overly large for navigation templates. Furthermore they are full of redlinks which are inconvenient in a navigation template, and the sheer number of articles linked completely overwhelms the "What Links Here" functionality. Browsing articles which contain these templates, particularly those with two templates, with JavaScript turned off results in a huge box taking up the bottom of the article. In my opinion, this type of functionality is far better served with links to list articles (which are already present as List of nearest stars and List of nearest bright stars) than these huge and bloated navboxes. The various {{Star systems within X – Y light-years}} and {{Bright star systems within X – Y light-years}} are as best as I can tell only directly transcluded onto the two aforementioned templates, so I've added them in this nomination as well. Icalanise (talk) 18:15, 6 April 2011 (UTC)

  • Why 15 and 40 in particular? Why light-years rather than parsecs? This would just be an arbitrary selection of stars - not really ideal navbox material. Furthermore it is not clear why the threshold for "bright" should be where it is. Not everything needs a navbox. Icalanise (talk) 09:29, 11 April 2011 (UTC)

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) 01:08, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JPG-GR (talk) 04:20, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
My points for consideration are as follows:
1. Icalanise’ proposal for the deletion of the nearest star and nearest bright star navigation bars is absolutely ridiculous. Just because the good intentions of Chermundy who originally prepared these have now become cumbersome is not justification for deletion. Deletion is the extreme approach in this case and not warranted. Modification or re-application in how it is applied may be necessary so that it becomes useful once more. I strongly disagree as to the deletion of all 15 nested navbars existing in two major groups. It is rather obvious to me that Chermundy may well have spent at least 500 to a 1,000 hours doing this altogether. The best solution I believe is made towards the end of my Point 9.
The amount of hours Chermundy may or may not have spent making these is totally irrelevant to whether these templates should be deleted or not. If you disagree, please show me the policy where the amount of effort a user spends should be a consideration in the deletion. Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Yes, it is relevant. You have knowledgeable people who contribute great quantities of time and then just give up when all that effort is just hacked and slashed so quickly. Wikipedia has lost many excellent editors that way. Most of this did not need to happen if issues like this were taken to the item discussion pages and worked on over time. You chose the extreme approach as the solution. The creative process is very time consuming; critics on the other hand can burn something in a few minutes. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 21:40, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Truly, my heart bleeds. Show me the policy. Icalanise (talk) 21:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
How about showing me the policy that navbars should be deleted. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 01:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
It would be nice if Wikipedia had a policy that an editor would have to make 100 articles or major contributions to articles per 1 deletion proposal. If 2 deletions were proposed then the person would have to have done 200 major contributions. If one wants to delete 1 template then the nominator would have to have added 100 helpful templates. This would change the whole scenario and cause people to really contribute and/or edit positively. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 02:41, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
Well it doesn't. Therefore your warm fuzzy bleeding-heart inclusionist feelings are irrelevant. Icalanise (talk) 06:10, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
2. It should be pointed out that Chermundy’s sub-navbox entries were never formally entered as a template into the general Wikipedia; they are nested into two primary templates. One will note that the “v” and “d” both appear red in the sub-navboxes. If the navboxes are kept, which I support, the subnavboxes should be separated and entered into the general Wikipedia as noted in my Points 6/9 below.
I nominated the navboxes as well for exactly this reason: that they are only included in the two main templates. Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
The nested navboxes were an excellent idea at the time they were created. At this time they have become cumbersome as a collective whole only. They can still be separated, kept, and applied where relevant. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 21:42, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
3. Icalanise’ argument as to “What Links Here” is overwhelming is totally irrelevant. There is no restriction as to the number of pages that link to a template. I would not recommend that as a way of searching for an article.
Really makes article maintenance quite difficult though, especially when dealing with redirects and article moves. Icalanise (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
When the navbars are separated the burden will be reduced. But this only concerns editors. General article reading users are not concerned with this. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 21:45, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
4. Icalanise does not have to use navboxes if he does not want to. These particular navboxes are already hidden - - one must directly click on them to use them.
I specifically mentioned browsing with JavaScript disabled. There is also the question of the amount of download by users of mobile phone platforms (increasingly common on today's internet) where strict download limits are the norm. Have you tried browsing these articles in a mobile browser without JavaScript? I have. Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Finally, now we are getting at the real truth here! You are using a cell phone. Cell phones are small and limited by their nature. Save your real searching when you have access to a regular computer. You will have to be patient if you are desperate for that desired piece of knowledge when using your cell phone. I would like to say the mobile systems are better but they are just not there yet. Perhaps Finland or South Korea could give us a few hints. I think the best solution would be to get a small netbook computer in your case. It would cost 1/3 that of a laptop, or less than a desk computer. Hook that up for mobile usage. Then you could have everything. I am sorry about the download limits. Unfortunately, information access costs for airtime. The various companies are enjoying the profits on overly priced access. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 21:54, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
WRONG. I am not primarily using a cell-phone, don't jump to assumptions. Actually these navboxes first came to my attention when running in my default configuration on a desktop browser with JavaScript disabled. I then switched to a mobile browser to see what the effect was there and was unpleasantly surprised. But your argument seems to be that we should screw all the users who are using anything other than a traditional desktop browser with JavaScript turned on, in deference to Chermundy's efforts in creating these bloated monstrosities of navboxes. Out of interest, have you investigated how this navbox works in a screen-reader? Would you tell a blind or partially-sighted user to save their real searching for when they can see? Icalanise (talk) 22:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Save yourself the agony, turn your JavaScript on. Or get a separate computer setup for your Wikipedia only use. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 01:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
So blind and partially-sighted users should save themselves the agony and get themselves some proper eyesight? You do realise that there are laws against discrimination against the disabled in many countries in the developed world? Icalanise (talk) 06:11, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
5. I disagree with RJH’s view. Searching procedure is determined by the user. One can search an article specifically, by wikilinking from an article, by category, by a list, by a navbox, or by a sidebar. I have used all forms personally in various article searches, including these actual navbars from time to time. If the navbars are dropped it would be equivalent to dropping search methods in a library catalog, that is, deleting search requests by author, subject, etc. and only leaving a title search. In all, it would definitely render searching rather difficult or useless.
Where did we suggest dropping all navbars? This is a discussion about these specific navbars. Each of these methods of navigation have their own strengths and weaknesses: I would argue that for the subset of articles that these templates link, navbars are not the most appropriate navigation method. There's no requirement to provide all forms of navigation. Icalanise (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
We are only talking on the germaine navbars to this subject. But now that we know you are having problems with a cell phone it brings the issue of all navbars into question. I believe that navbars are very important. Perhaps there exists an application that strips navbars, pictures, or anything that would eat up data download capacity. If not, then Administration in Wikipedia should consider an alternate access method for cell phones or e-book readers that addresses this, creating MobiWikipedia or something like that which would strip the data down to text only. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:03, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Actually most navboxes are great. Navboxes work best when there is a natural grouping of a small-to-moderate number of articles. This is not the case here: there is always going to be an arbitrary cutoff involved, and the number of articles here (at least with the present state of affairs) is huge. Icalanise (talk) 22:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Denested navbars will help. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 01:25, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
6. I disagree with 65.93.12.101's view. The purpose of the navbar is different than lists. Lists can be far more comprehensive. The purpose of the navbar is to get you to a specific article in less time or in a summarized format. I agree that they may have become too cumbersome. A solution to this would be to eliminate the nested navbar situation as it has now become burdensome. Each navbar could link to the other ones. Each navbar can be utilized directly to those star systems within in.
7. I am in agreement with Rursus in that it should be kept. Rursus thinks consolidation would help. I think the solution would be that as listed towards the end of Points 6 & 9.
8. I disagree with RJH’s point under Rursus’ entry. Yes, we should be able to navigate amongst star systems within ten light years using a navbar.
But why should we not also be able to navigate among systems within 10,000 light years using a navbar? Where do we draw the line? Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Someone might be interested in that, but I do not see this having been done in this case. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:05, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
But presumably if someone went to all the effort to make the huge navbox that would contain all such stars, the effort involved in its creation means it should be preserved at all costs, despite being incredibly cumbersome and so large that it would overwhelm even an article of featured-article size? Icalanise (talk) 22:15, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
9. I agree with 146.87.0.73 in that modification is necessary, but not necessarily in two templates. Two groups are dealt with - - bright nearest stars, and nearest stars (which include faint brown dwarf systems discovered in recent decades). I think separation of the navbars as noted in Point 6 would take care of the problem. One could then have systems progressing from the Earth in 10 light years or so spherical shells. That would be helpful to those stellar astronomers and searchers in the field.
10. Icanalise wants to know why 15 and 40 light years. From the person who made them this really is from some catalogs that were used by him. This is not necessarily defined officially in astronomy. Most catalogs are not like that. Ultimately, all articles in Wikipedia when properly done should also have appropriate navbar(s) for quick navigation. An excellent example would be the navbar used in the Warriors (novel series) sets of articles [recommended reading for those who like animal adventure stories (cats in this case). The stories interweave in a mystical way the Milky Way which is referred to as Silverpelt in the series’]. Bright stars are different than near stars as noted in Point 9 above. As to parsecs, this is not used by most in astronomy - - light years is the general term used.
Actually parsecs are the more common unit in the scientific literature. But this is irrelevant to the deletion discussion. Nevertheless "nearest star systems" or "nearest bright star systems" are not synonyms for "stars within 15 light years" or "bright stars within 40 light years", I want to have some idea why we should choose a particular arbitrary cutoff. Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Both the terms light years and parsecs are used in the literature. Parsecs especially for extragalactic astronomy. But we are dealing here with nearby stars to Earth/Sol. I am comfortable with both forms. One can just divide by 3 in your head. We could always put parsecs in parentheses. These articles are also for the general reading user who has to be able to relate to the subject. I think the general public would be more comfortable with light years than parsecs, but we digress on a whole separate issue. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:10, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
11. I agree with Marshallsumter as to modify. I disagree as to removing the red link entries. Categories should not have red linked articles. This situation is not the same for navbars. The navbars should contain a complete list. If the red links get overwhelming until articles are generated then one can delink them and leave them as black entries for the time being. Since progress is being made progressively over time on article creation I do not think this really is a critical thing that needs to be done. The red links can still be maintained for the interim. I disagree with Icalanise’ subpoint thereunder.
Per WP:NAV, red links should generally be avoided in navboxes. Icalanise (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
A minor matter. We just get rid of the red and leave it black. But this is insufficient to propose deletion of the navboxes. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
12. I disagree with Polyamorph’s sustaining of the article deletion nominator. Lists will handle all the detailed information. Navigation is still necessary with navbars, but limited as noted in my Point 9.
There's no compelling argument that navbars are required for navigation. We also have in-article links, list articles and categories that all can do navigation. There's no requirement that every form of navigation should be employed for every set of articles. Icalanise (talk) 06:48, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
I have found navbars to be the most useful of all searching methods, particularly from an editing point of view. I think they help and improve articles immensely. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:15, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
13. I agree with Clammybells’ modify proposal. I disagree with his belief that the bright stars are redundant. Icalanise seems confused thereunder by various responders. Ultimately Icalanise chose to propose deletion rather than do the work. Icalanise should be building up the encyclopedia not wrecking it or making it less useful. In this case it would be a lot of work. It is best that it be left as is and worked on as the time permits.
I would kindly ask you not to tell me what I should or should not be doing on the Wikipedia, there's no need to be condescending. I know some people get all religious about this kind of thing, but deletion of a navigation template is not wrecking the encyclopaedia: as has already been pointed out other forms of navigation which are perhaps better suited to this set of articles already exist. If deletion were actually about wrecking the encyclopaedia, we wouldn't have a deletion process. I don't get how you interpret me to be "confused" - I am merely trying to find out how people want the templates to be modified - this is NOT obvious from the template names/purpose. Is "nearest stars" a synonym for "stars within 10 light years" or "stars within 15 light years" or "stars within 40 light years" - last I checked this is not the case. Icalanise (talk) 06:37, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
When the navbars are separated and modified it will become more defined. As to condescending, yippee! I finally made it to a new adjective! I will just have to celebrate with a party. Yours truly, your Overlord (Childhood's End - Arthur C. Clarke), Thor Dockweiler (talk) 22:33, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
All joking aside, the bottom line is you do not care for navigation bars because you access Wikipedia from a cell phone. Well how about the mega millions of others who use regular computers? You do realize that all of this will take time. Wikipedia entries and modifications are done by people on a volunteer basis without pay. I would like to say that this could be instantly fixed in a day but even I know this may take a few hundred hours. You could send a check along for US$15,000 and I could hire a few of the long-term unemployed JPL/Cal-Tech (CIT)/STSCi people on a short term basis. Believe me some of them are getting desperate. It might get done faster. I am willing to do this project, but I was also working on other astronomical related Wikipedia matters that I am committed to. I will have to delay that in order to speed this project along. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 23:28, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
Look, just because I mentioned cell phones does not mean my objection stems from me primarily using a cell phone. In fact this is not the case, I usually use what you term a "regular computer" and had noticed the problems with these templates well before I began investigating how they would interact with non-traditional setups. I do happen to like to try other setups though so we can be sure that Wikipedia, which is one of the web's primary resources is accessible to all users, even those who are not blessed with a complete lack of visual impairments and those who happen to be using non-traditional ways of accessing the internet (ways which I should inform you are becoming more and more common). You seem to have convinced yourself I do not like navbars as a general rule: this is not the case, I like them when they are used appropriately. A navbar is not a universal tool: it has its strengths and weaknesses and sometimes they are not appropriate, especially when they grow overly large. And it also seems you only recognise creation of new content as having value to the encyclopaedia, while disregarding those who undertake smaller-scale maintenance work that is less flashy but helps maintain quality in the encyclopaedia. I'm willing to do this maintenance work despite the fact it is often disregarded by those who make sweeping statements about the evils of deletion and how these maintenance processes distract them from their lofty goals of content addition. You are saying my aims are unrealistic but you are the one who seems to want to change Wikipedia's entire model to one where contributors are paid for what they do, a far more radical change to the Wikipedia philosophy than anything I am proposing. Icalanise (talk) 06:21, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
14. I agree with -V=IR to keep. Rectifying does not necessitate deletion. Points 6/9 in my opinion are the best solution. For the time being it should be kept but people need to work on separating the navbars and appending appropriately to the various articles.
I am willing to do my part. Thor Dockweiler (talk) 01:55, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
[edit]

[edit] Template:Former possessions of Norway

Template:Former possessions of Norway (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template is problematic: it restates ancient territorial claims over current independent nations. What would happen if we did this all over the place: we would have a template Template:Former possessions of Germany which would include both Norway, Denmark, France and Poland. Somehow I don't think that would fly. There is no reason to make a precedent for replaying territorial disputes through wikipedia templates by allowing this template to exist. ·Maunus·ƛ· 22:11, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree that it is problematic as it is, and it was a mistake to add it to articles covering current countries/territories. It could perhaps live on in articles covering former territories and settlements, like Erik the Red's Land and Western Settlement, but in hindsight I wouldn't mind if it was deleted. You are right than such templates could set an unfortunate precedence. -- Nidator T / C 11:18, 10 April 2011 (UTC)
There are no similar templates for any other nation. This does set a precedent for making those. The statement of a Shetland official is largely irrelevant. I don't think the People of Iceland and Greenland are thrilled at being called "former possessions of Norway".·Maunus·ƛ· 12:58, 16 April 2011 (UTC)
Comment: You might care to look at Template:British overseas territories, which includes a sizeable proportion of the entire planet in its listed former territories. It is not the "statement of a Shetland official" but a letter from elected representatives on behalf of the people of Shetland. Do you have any evidence that it did not reflect their views? Ben MacDui 10:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
Comment: It would be easy enough to link the template to History of Iceland, History of Shetland, History of Orkney etc. and even the sections within them on Norwegian rule, which would emphasise the historical rather than modern aspect. Ben MacDui 10:18, 17 April 2011 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion so a clearer consensus may be reached.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, JPG-GR (talk) 04:09, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:American Social Conservatism

Template:American Social Conservatism (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Navigation template fails several tests: There is no article on the topic of the template, the topics do not refer to each other to a reasonable extent, the subject of the template is not mentioned in each article. Binksternet (talk) 23:39, 21 March 2011 (UTC)

I think that's an excellent recommendation. I agree those names are more representative.Lionel (talk) 20:52, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
What would be a fine idea is ruined by requirement found at WP:CLN that articles in a nav template "refer to each other to a reasonable extent". This is not found to be satisfied in the majority of articles in the template. Taking the first one, a pipe link from Judeo-Christian values to Judeo-Christian (already a red flag here), we see that the Judeo-Christian article does not say one thing about pro-life, the nuclear family, family values, the prohibition of drugs, the anti-pornography movement or school prayer. It also says not one thing about Mike Huckabee, Jerry Falwell, Pat Buchanan, William Bennett, William F. Buckley, Jr. or Robert P. George. See how we are trending? This kind of problem goes on and on throughout the members of the nav template, where most members do not discuss most of the other members "to a reasonable extent". This is not a cohesive grouping. I say delete the nav template and go with categorization. Binksternet (talk) 22:29, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
It is not a requirement. It is a guideline per WP:CLN. And anyway it's rendered toothless by "to a reasonable extent." And the nav box passes guideline #1, many articles demonstrate #2, and in reference to #4, two articles discuss the topic at length. If these guidelines were strictly applied to all navboxes 50% of them would be at TfD. Lionel (talk) 23:49, 22 March 2011 (UTC)
If you start ignoring Wikipedia behavioral guidelines you will be ignoring WP:COI, WP:AGF, WP:CANVASS, WP:Etiquette, WP:Gaming the system, WP:POINT, and WP:Disruptive editing. Guidelines are not lifted without extraordinarily good reason. Binksternet (talk) 00:12, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
We're not talking about behavior: we're talking about content. It's completely different. See WP:NOTLAW. But more importantly, I wasn't saying "refer to each other" is an official WP:GUIDELINE, but that it's a guideline. The actual text explains it best: "Good templates generally follow some of these guidelines..." Lionel (talk) 00:24, 23 March 2011 (UTC)
Accusing someone of POV pushing and also of showing a disregard for improving the encyclopedia are very serious charges. Are ad hominem attacks all you got PrBeacon? Lionel (talk) 01:00, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
disregard for improving the encyclopedia are your words, not mine. I don't pretend to know you well enough to discern whether you realize the imbalanced POV pushing, and discussion of such bias is not ad hominem as it is relevant to the topic. I also agree with the nominator for other reasons given. And while you're certainly allowed to respond to criticism, I think you've crossed the line into badgering everyone who Opposes (here and at the other TfD. -PrBeacon (talk) 17:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
This is not a category. I think you're looking for CfD. I guess this kinda bolsters Jclemens' point, eh PrBeacon? Lionel (talk) 05:10, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
No. -PrBeacon (talk) 17:07, 28 March 2011 (UTC)
  1. The nominator views the CLN guidelines as "requirements"
  2. An editor cast his vote based on "over-categorization"
I think this underscores a fundamental misunderstanding of the purpose of nav boxes by some of the participants here. Their value is not gauged by "requirements", but by guidelines, and nav boxes are not for categorization, they are for navigation. And we cannot overlook the fact that this discussion has begun to devolve along political lines, objectivity has been thrown to the wind to further ideology.Lionel (talk) 23:13, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
Nav templates are for navigating existing WP articles, but there is no article written for American Social Conservatism. There is an article Conservatism in the United States and also one for Social conservatism, but neither of these present a cohesive understanding of the topic which this template is supposed to map out. I continue to see that deletion is the answer, that is, until someone writes a coherent article on American Social Conservatism and works the topic tastefully into all the representative articles.
I would like to point out that, though the template author complains of arguments falling along political lines, he has not submitted any templates relating to American liberalism, populism or centrism, only American conservatism. Binksternet (talk) 23:59, 25 March 2011 (UTC)
I support nav boxes for all ideologies. Nax boxes can be expanded, they can be improved. In fact, I would vote "Keep" for this nav box:
How many articles in the above box refer to one another? None. Hmmm... What about a template without a matching article. Let's see what the fascists are up to... This should work:
The communists have one too {{History of Communist Nations}}; it's a side bar!!! Based on your interpretation of what should be kept these boxes would be deleted. There are hundreds if not thousands more nav boxes constructed in this fashion. Your nomination here sets a chilling precedent for mass deletion of nav boxes. Starting with these 3. I say "keep, keep, keep!" Lionel (talk) 04:36, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
Two of your three example templates are not used in a single article. Only the Swedish nationalism one is in use. I think a Tfd regarding the other two is perfectly appropriate. However, we are here discussing the one you authored, not these other three. Binksternet (talk) 16:35, 28 March 2011 (UTC)

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[edit] Template:User WP Cheers

[edit] Template:Captain

[edit] April 26

[edit] Template:Celebrity Clean Water Ambassadors of the Global Water Foundation

Template:Celebrity Clean Water Ambassadors of the Global Water Foundation (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Only used on one page. Content should be merged with parent article. There is no way we are going to put this at the foot of each person on the list. Frietjes (talk) 22:17, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Neighbourhoods and Suburbs of Tiruchirappalli

[edit] Template:Deadliest earthquakes

Template:Deadliest earthquakes (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

I asked on the talk page why this was a template but got no response. This template was only transcluded once at Lists of earthquakes, which I subst'd. I don't think it needs to be maintained consistently across articles (which might justify a template) since it was only used once. Axem Titanium (talk) 16:58, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

The intent was for it to be included in multiple articles, as is done with similar hurricane tables. But it has since been edited and expanded to be way too large for that to be feasible, so in it's current form it's not useful. — jdorje (talk) 17:22, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
Ok, thanks for clarifying that. Axem Titanium (talk) 00:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Tiruchirappalli

[edit] Template:Infobox ice sledge hockey player

[edit] Template:KK Bor RTB

[edit] Template:KIEVMETRO style

[edit] Template:Kylexywiki

[edit] April 24

[edit] Template:Retsam nav

Template:Retsam nav (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused and useless. 2.83.162.197 (talk) 21:30, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ProjectNav

Template:ProjectNav (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused and useless. 2.83.162.197 (talk) 21:27, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:River Song chronology

Template:River Song chronology (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Taking the unusual step of nominating a template I created for deletion. It was a nice idea, but I don't think it's going to work. Taking the latest episode ("The Impossible Astronaut"), River suggested that she will appear in a more-or less linear backwards way from her timeline, making this pretty much redundant. And these new episodes, although placed on the template by another user, are unclear whether they take place in River's timeline. I was wrong to assume we'd be able to place River in her personal timeline every time she appeared. U-Mos (talk) 21:25, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

You are correct about the Seventh Doctor being called Merlin. It was in the story entitled Battlefield. Good job on the memory front. MarnetteD | Talk 01:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox 5linx

[edit] Template:Welsh National League Division One teamlist

Template:Welsh National League Division One teamlist (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Navbox containing links to non-notable football club articles. The only bluelinks in the article are currently in the process of being deleted. – PeeJay 17:49, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:User zionist

Template:User zionist (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

I understood that POV userboxes were consigned to userspace by community agreement. I'm nominating this for deletion, but without objection to it being userfied (if someone wants it) and the redirect deleted. Scott Mac 15:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Symbol keep vote.svgKeep and move it to userpage space. (i'm in favor of giving my userpage for that matter if it helps.) --Oren neu dag (talk) 17:15, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
P.S.
Moving it back here would seem to be a good idea. --Oren neu dag (talk) 17:17, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Nocrap

[edit] Template:West Papua (Indonesian province)

[edit] Template:Thanthi group

[edit] Template:Multidel

Template:Multidel (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Appears to be largely deprecated in favor of {{Old AfD multi}}. I don't see this template serving any useful purposes that couldn't otherwise be served by the aforementioned template. At less than 500 transclusions it's not commonly used anymore, and it wouldn't be especially laborious to switch the rest to {{oldafdmulti}} if we needed to. elektrikSHOOS 03:58, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

Which deletion processes doesn't it support? elektrikSHOOS 05:51, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Last time I checked, anything that wasn't AfD. Only AfD links with "page", there's no option to select a deletion process for each entry. If it was changed to support all deletion processes equally, then it should be renamed oldxfdmulti. 65.94.45.160 (talk) 05:55, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
You should probably check again. It supports most any other discussion via parameters which allow you to specify custom links and/or captions for non-AFD processes (and DRV if necessary). You're right, the template title may be a bit misleading, but that's a separate discussion. elektrikSHOOS 22:45, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Gl-PENDING

Template:Gl-PENDING (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template matches two reasons for deletion as listed at WP:TFD. "The template is redundant to a better-designed template" — Gl-PENDING and its counterpart template, {{Gl-DONE}}, have both been superseded by {{Gl request}}, which combines the two deprecated templates into one. Because of this, Gl-PENDING "has no likelihood of being used". However, Gl-PENDING is still in use within two archives: Illustration Workshop 2010 and Photography Workshop 2010. If there is no objection to deleting Gl-PENDING, then I will personally go through the archives and replace the old templates with the new template (a very simple matter that won't require too much time or effort) before the deprecated template is permanently deleted. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 00:14, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

According to WP:TFD, "Templates are rarely orphaned (made to not be in use) before the discussion is closed", which is why I haven't subst'd or replaced these deprecated templates (including Gl-DONE, below) already. Since my TfDs haven't received any response of any kind, I think I can assume the templates are okay to delete. But I wouldn't mind having a "go ahead" from someone more familiar with this process to either update the template uses or to subst them (adding an incredible amount of bytes to each archive). I also would rather not close out my own nominations. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 19:11, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Gl-DONE

Template:Gl-DONE (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template matches two reasons for deletion as listed at WP:TFD. "The template is redundant to a better-designed template" — Gl-DONE and its counterpart template, {{Gl-PENDING}}, have both been superseded by {{Gl request}}, which combines the two deprecated templates into one. Because of this, Gl-DONE "has no likelihood of being used". However, Gl-DONE is still in use within four archives: Illustration Workshop 2010 and 2011, and Photography Workshop 2010 and 2011. If there is no objection to deleting Gl-DONE, then I will personally go through the archives and replace the old templates with the new template (a very simple matter that won't require too much time or effort) before the deprecated template is permanently deleted. – Kerαunoςcopiagalaxies 00:12, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] April 23

[edit] Template:Aihealue/taustaväri

Template:Aihealue/taustaväri (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused, and purpose unclear Plastikspork (talk) 23:53, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Inspector America

[edit] Template:Human Weapon

Template:Human Weapon (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template is useless. It links together the articles for the show, the hosts and several sketchy articles for episodes of the series, none of which are notable on their own and which I have proposed for deletion. Even if any of the episode articles survive the main article on the series links the contents without needing the enormous template. Harley Hudson (talk) 20:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:National football team women

Template:National football team women (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

There is no reason to have a separate infobox for the women's game. All but three parameters (Olympic apps, Olympic first and Olympic best) are included in the non-gender specific Template:Infobox national football team. If those three parameters were to be added to the latter template, then Template:National football team women would no longer be required. Jameboy (talk) 15:10, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Infobox National beach soccer team

Template:Infobox National beach soccer team (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Serves no purpose as is identical to the preferred Template:Infobox national football team. Jameboy (talk) 14:14, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Letter-NumberCombination

Template:Letter-NumberCombination (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Adds bloat to disambiguation pages by adding links that aren't helpful. Bxj (talk) 09:51, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Scandals in India

Template:Scandals in India (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template consists only of about 20 redlinks and 2 blue links. This is not a good use of a template, especially since many of these links are highly unlikely to ever have enough information for full articles. Qwyrxian (talk) 04:53, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

comment: There is nearly one scandal every week for fortnight, but in absence of documenting that at one central place, the people forget about them after some time. Each state must be at least having more than 100 scandals. But one person (me) can't have enough time and energy to list all those and collect from media of past. The template inspires the person visiting to start the article for his geographical location. In india corruption is the burning topic in news and India is one the verge of making a strong anti corruption law( can be checked from media news in past one month), so there is every and high possibility of all articles being created in next four months. At least the template should be given time till then. Thanks Mahesh Kumar Yadav (talk) 14:41, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
Then the template can be recreated at that time. As I commented on your talk page, we can't have a template with 24/26 links being redlinks. Furthermore, look at List of scandals in India by state. Most states have only a few (or even zero) scandals listed. Right now, almost none of those would actually qualify for an independent article. While redlinks can be used to help inspire new articles, I don't believe it's appropriate to actually create a template for that purpose. Qwyrxian (talk) 21:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
OK, The template can be deleted, if others feel so. No problem Mahesh Kumar Yadav (talk) 12:33, 26 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Hang on

Template:Hang on (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

No use after the button. ~~EBE123~~ talkContribs 20:06, 14 April 2011 (UTC)


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) 01:27, 23 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Keep. Especially for newbies, there may be some considerable time (minutes, hours) between when the editor wishes to contest and is able to put together an articulated statement of why. "hang on" means that the rationale is coming. It does not interfere with the speedy deletion if it's truly warranted, but if it makes an admin think, "hey, this was just posted 10 minutes ago, I think I'll hold off for a while," it's worthwhile. TJRC (talk) 01:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:ACC Wrestling

Template:ACC Wrestling (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused navbox with all red links. Logan Talk Contributions 01:13, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

I made this template with the intention of eventually creating the articles to go with it. If it's deleted now, I will just remake it at a later date when I get around to making the articles. Dincher (talk) 01:36, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] April 22

[edit] Template:Denver Public Library public domain images

[edit] Template:Do list

Template:Do list (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Despite the name, this does not "do lists", in the HTML sense, but makes pseudo-lists, which are neither semantically correct nor accessible. It is now redundant to the recently-improved {{Flatlist}}, which uses proper list markup (and can accommodate ordered lists, too). If the choice of separators is really required (this is debatable), these could be added to {{Flatlist}} by way of a switch. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 19:01, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Flatlist compact

Template:Flatlist compact (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Fork of {{Flatlist}}, used to apply a different style. If that is needed, a better solution would be to add a switch to {{Flatlist}}, or to add conditional CSS to Common.css Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:56, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

As the creator of this template, I agree completely that a switch in {{Flatlist}} would be a much better solution. The extra class ("hlist nomargin") already exists in common.css, but {{Flatlist}} does not make use of it at present - hence this template. I would request therefore, that this template is not deleted until after {{Flatlist}} is modified to make use of the "nomargin" class, so that we retain a template that is usable directly in navboxes, etc. Having looked, this template is now unusable because of the tfd notice associated with it renders it worthless for use as an example in navboxes. Delete. --RexxS (talk) 23:52, 22 April 2011 (UTC)
Thank you. If you need it for demonstration purposes, may I suggest a copy in your user space? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 14:04, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:USdollars

Template:USdollars (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Half dollar (United States coin) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Pennies (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)
Template:Coinage (United States coin) (edit|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Propose merging Template:USdollars with Template:Coinage (United States coin).
I think it is better for the reader to have a single unifying template. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:42, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

I agree, either extend it or have one for obsolete coinage. Frankly, I think, like RHM22, it could all be put in one template.--Wehwalt (talk) 15:03, 29 April 2011 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Do not move to commons - copyright subject

[edit] Template:LOSS UN

[edit] Template:Irreligious people

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