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The result of the debate was DELETE -- Francs2000 | Talk 02:24, 18 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

List of articles related to Nikola Tesla[edit]

This is a template in the main article namespace, as of now included in Nikola Tesla and Magnifying Transmitter. This is not only unusual, but also irrating and inspires some fear, that it will finally end up in any article in Category:Nikola Tesla.

See also Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion#List_of_articles_related_to_Nikola_Tesla. I'm unclear which process applies. Pjacobi July 6, 2005 20:37 (UTC)

When in doubt, VfD takes precedence. Since this page is not in the Template: namespace, TFD doesn't handle it. -- 6 July 2005 20:49 (UTC)

• Keep, but de-transclude it so it no longer acts as a pseudo-template. I see no harm if the page can be transformed into a normal list of articles, much like what we have elsewhere. -- Netoholic @ 6 July 2005 20:49 (UTC)
• Keep Notable Tesla. More seriously, convert this into a template that can be used in Tesla articles. Klonimus 9 July 2005 03:27 (UTC)
• Delete - there is a Tesla cat, how much more do we need? (Pj: don't forget to vote!) William M. Connolley 2005-07-06 22:46:49 (UTC)
  • Note to closing admin, WMC is on a self described mission to purge Wikipedia of what he thinks is tesla-cruft. See also Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Tesla's_Tributes_and_honors where a whole bunch of information was split from the main tesla article (at WMC's insistance), and now he nominates that article for deletion. Klonimus 9 July 2005 03:27 (UTC)
• Delete, category is sufficient. Dcarrano July 6, 2005 23:46 (UTC)
• Delete. Redundant with the category system, and it's being used as a template -- when it's in the article space and not formatted appropriately for a template. --Carnildo 6 July 2005 23:56 (UTC)
• Delete - this is why we have categories. -- BD2412 ^talk July 7, 2005 01:12 (UTC)
• Delete - there is a category for tesla already! Salsb 7 July 2005 03:48 (UTC)
• Delete. Categorify. Radiant_>|< July 7, 2005 08:57 (UTC)
• Categorify <>Who?¿? 7 July 2005 10:42 (UTC)
• This vote from WP:TFD relates to this article: "Oh God, it's the Tesla cruft again! KILL IT! KILL IT DEAD! Snowspinner July 6, 2005 20:35 (UTC)". I'll let the closing admin decide if it's relevant. Radiant_>|< July 7, 2005 12:56 (UTC)
• Delete. Either it's directly relevant and should be in the Tesla article and/or category, or it's not. Most of this list is the latter. -Sean Curtin July 9, 2005 03:34 (UTC)
• Delete. Dunc|☺ 9 July 2005 11:01 (UTC)
• Delete. --Calton | Talk 04:51, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. "List of articles related to" anything is what we have categories for. — Trilobite (Talk) 15:55, 12 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete: categories, quasi-template, cruft eritain 22:35, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. Categories, internal links, and navigation templates are better ways of alerting readers to other articles of interest. -Willmcw 23:06, July 14, 2005 (UTC)
• Keep, 'merge w teslas article. He is one of the coolest people ever, btw. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 01:35, 15 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep And maybe move. The List of articles related to Nikola Tesla]] is well organized and is necessary for user:William Connolley's pseudoscience project. It should stay.
  1. If it has to be "moved", i.e., retitled slightly, that's okay, as long as we keep the REDIRECTS so it doesn't get lost. Uncle Ed
  2. I count 12 delete and 4 keep. Is 75% enough to delete? Uncle Ed 16:32, July 16, 2005 (UTC)
  • • Yes, kill it. I always say een 70-30 is a consensus... :-) William M. Connolley 17:33:00, 2005-07-16 (UTC).

Note that this was originally on TfD, and only brought here, as someone pointed out, that TfD is only for the Template namespace. What I primarily wanted to achieve, was to outrule its use as a template, i.e. transcluding it with ((List of articles related to Nikola Tesla)). I count only two votes against this intention, and these two also have reservations:

• Klonimus wants it as a Template but in the Template namespace and possible reformatted
• Sam Spade wants the content in the Tesla articles but not as transclude, but by copy+paste.

Hopefully I've summarized this right. --Pjacobi 17:22, July 16, 2005 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.