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Template:Fox Kids

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The result of the discussion was delete as too large to navigate, largely redundant to the corresponding list article, and not a useful grouping due to the weak relation of the shows listed. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:36, 21 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Fox Kids (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This massive template is impossible to navigate. The original formatting set things up by the type of program (live action vs animated) and the production company behind the program. My attempt to reformat it into a list by year of debut was undone until I discovered the template today and fixed it, again (on 06:10, 20 October 2011 (UTC) this was undone). I do not think this massive block of text that takes up most of a page is redeemable in any way unless there is some way to make it even more compact in either the current or previous form. —Ryulong (竜龙) 21:30, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

If you want to debate what sort of exact criteria merits a list of network TV shows "related" to ex-other, then we're going to be in for a very long and perhaps confusing debate. While we're on this, you might as well argue whether or not sitcoms that have aired on one particular network are actually related to each other (i.e. shot with in a multi-camera or single camera format or shot with or without a laughtrack). BornonJune8 (talk) 11:36 p.m., 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Delete Per TonyTheTiger's comment, I don't think there is a common theme, so I have changed my !vote to delete.Curb Chain (talk) 04:58, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Aren't these all kids shows?--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 05:09, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
That's a simple explanation. They are all multifarious and diverse. They have no theme linking them together.Curb Chain (talk) 06:01, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
You're really, really overthinking this one. Of course stuff like this is going to be "diverse" if they aren't going to air shows from one particular animation studio/production company. The bottom-line is that at the end of the day, they fall under the Fox Kids umbrella. BornonJune8 (talk) 11:31 p.m., 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Other than that, there is no theme. This is adequately covered by the list, unless, it should be renamed List of Fox Kids programs or as my original suggestion listify into the separate article List of Fox Kids programs.Curb Chain (talk) 06:45, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Like everyone is going to immediately find or know where the list of Fox Kids programs is at on Wikipedia. The template (keep this in mind) is or should be for a casual user first and foremost. BornonJune8 (talk) 11:38 p.m., 19 October 2011 (UTC)
No, categories do that.Curb Chain (talk) 06:46, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Categories sometimes if not often, aren't as "simplified" or well organized per se than a potentially easily accessble navbox. Sometimes, depending on the topic, one particular category could last for pages and pages at a time. BornonJune8 (talk) 12:13 p.m., 20 October 2011 (UTC)
Unfortunately, this is what happens.Curb Chain (talk) 07:31, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Where exactly in Wikipedia is that sort of thing the official rule/mandate!? And how isn't a template about Fox Kids not about a "single subject" (I'm confused by that particular remark)? What's not to say that there can't be "both"!? And what is so wrong with wanting to focus on a specific time of the day/genre that a network airs programming like late at night or during the day (when morning news shows, game shows, and soap operas are on)!? This is very, very different that simply focusing on virtually every single program to ever air on one particular network regardless. BornonJune8 (talk) 11:28 p.m., 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Categories allow readers to navigate between Fox Kids shows. Such a nav box is not necessary, as navboxes should link to related content, but these shows are not. Fox Kids is not a significant part of TV history; if anything, it was a commercial enterprise.Curb Chain (talk) 06:05, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
We get it. Fox Kids is important. That's why we have an article on it. But this template is impossible to navigate in either the form I put forward or the one you want to use which organizes the items by whoever owns the copyright on the program. I frankly don't care what the template looks like. It just doesn't work for Wikipedia in either of its forms. If you so wish, I'll go back to the version prior to my edits and we can delete that one instead.—Ryulong (竜龙) 06:07, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Regardless a template for Fox Kids is really no different than templates devoted to other divisions (i.e. news and sports) of the Fox network or any other major broadcast TV network like ABC, NBC or CBS. And of course Fox Kids was also a "commercial enterprise" (I never said that it wasn't at all), that doesn't necessarily make things less important or informative. And how can you sit there and say that navboxes for the exact TV network that first aired said shows isn't important within itself!? With that being said, would you prefer there to solely be categories (which aren't right in front of you unlike a template, thus you can't see the years that they were on the air, the production studios and what not) devoted to those particular divisions too. BornonJune8 (talk) 11:20 p.m., 19 October 2011 (UTC)
I'm going to take a different direction with our side of the argument:
If you are including years that they were on air, this information should be on a list, as navboxes (as this template is for use as a navigational implement) should be used to navigate. If you insist on including years in the template, is content forking information that should be in an article (in a list in the case), instead duplicating on the template.Curb Chain (talk) 06:56, 20 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Orphaned software release templates

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 23:58, 6 November 2011 (UTC) Included in this TfD are all pages in this list that are subpages of:[reply]

These templates are often not deleted when a user removes the template from the infobox. Like my previous TfD on S-line subpages, there can be an age minimum for deletion. But because of the rapid-changing nature of software, I propose that the age limit be 6 months, not one year. And soft deletes only, not hard ones. — Train2104 (talk • contribs • count) 21:16, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Network templates 2

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The result of the discussion was No consensus. Various editors are advancing arguments that apply to only subgroups of this nomination. It has become impossible to untangle a consensus for individual templates in this debate. Clearly, this was an unsuitable group to nominate for mass deletion. Closing without prejudice to future nominations for a smaller group or individual items. SpinningSpark 23:21, 17 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:CBSNetwork Shows (current and upcoming) (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:ABCNetwork Shows (current and upcoming) (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:U. S. Network Shows footer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:USANetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:TNTShows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:TBSNetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Starz Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Showtime Network programming (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:OWNNetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:HBONetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:FXNetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:FOXNetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:E! (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:CWNetwork Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:CWNetwork Shows (current and upcoming) (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:CWNetwork Shows footer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:NBCNetwork Shows (current and upcoming) (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:FOXNetwork Shows (current and upcoming) (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:FOXNetwork Shows footer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:HBONetwork Shows footer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:HBONetwork Miniseries (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:HBONetwork Series (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:AMC Shows (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I am renominating this template based on the previous precedent set and the fact that the prior TFD closed as no consensus because of the confusion set about throughout the nomination. I will be limiting my nominations to solely the individual network templates. —Ryulong (竜龙) 21:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Keep This nomination is clearly a retaliatory response to an WP:ANI nomination. There was clear level of support for keeping these templates even after the list in the prior nomination was finally pared down to the list of templates above. I have previously suggested that various types of templates be nominated separately. The nominator clearly has made no attempt to determine which types of template are useful. I have before stated a very strong interest in keeping the current only templates even if the rest are deleted and would request userfication of them if there is consensus to delete.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:23, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Keep some, delete others based on the same reason as before. Kevinbrogers (talk) 21:25, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Procedural Objection The nominator is clearly trying to annoy me by nominating these templates and has no intention of properly notifying all creators of the content. I reminded him of this on the prior nomination and he resisted proper notification on that nomination as well. He is just notifying me to annoy me and not even contacting other editors who have created nominated templates.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 21:28, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
I have notified the other creators of the templates regarding this new TFD.—Ryulong (竜龙) 21:53, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

By the way, I browse Wikipedia through navbox templates not categories and lists, which are in effective to me because they are too burdensome to get to in order to find out the information that I need. This is one of the biggest reasons that I am so utterly pissed off with this second nomination that is trying to be POV and trying to prove a POV to a certain editor. I could say we need to delete the categories but that would not be in the spirit of the NOTDUP rule, which means I will not! I don't understand why this nominator had to do this a second time in the course of just ten days to two weeks, but it rather confounds be as being in bad taste like I said above.The Gypsy Vagabond Man (talk) 00:21, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Stop assuming bad faith. I am doing this because there was no consensus in the first discussion. And you are misuing the term "POV" here. Just because you find that these templates are useful, does not mean they are suitable for the project as a whole. Wikipedia ia not a TV guide. It is an encyclopedia. And providing a box of links to every single program currently on a single network is not encyclopedic.—Ryulong (竜龙) 04:51, 28 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oh, go ahead, SoWhy, and nominate categories for deletion. Please start with the most controversial (all categories related to religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, and criminal conduct) and then move on to the remainder (are there more categories than articles?). :-) --Bbb23 (talk) 23:00, 30 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  • Why should I? As I said above, just because I find them useless, does not mean that they have to be deleted. I have many faults but thinking what I think should be the rules is not one of them. On a more serious note though: I don't see why some people in favor of deletion think "delete navboxes, categories are enough" is a valid argument but would not think "delete categories, navboxes are enough" to be one. As I said above, as long as those templates don't actually cause any harm, I see no reason to have a peaceful coexistence, so everyone can use what fits their personal reading style. Regards SoWhy 09:12, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Wow, well navboxes by "decade" would definitely have been better than this FoxNetwork navbox we have now (which expands to almost twice the width of the page on my browser). I have a feeling if people had known that the result would have been that all the navboxes would simply be merged into one, then people would have voted differently. Since this has obviously been previously debated (in depth) - then what we should probably have is one definitive discussion about the creation/use of navboxes by network, period - instead of going through endless noms/votes about each template which ends up with what we have now - people voting to delete because navboxes are "too big", only to have the end result be even bigger navboxes. --- Crakkerjakk (talk) 04:19, 13 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Ruatoki School Teachers

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:20, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ruatoki School Teachers (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

doesn't navigate, and I merged the list with the parent article, so no information lost. Frietjes (talk) 20:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Albany Patroons

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:19, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Albany Patroons (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

defunct, so no current roster. Frietjes (talk) 17:36, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Aerial Combat

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:19, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Aerial Combat (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

template:Aerial warfare is used, this one isn't. Frietjes (talk) 17:33, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:19, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. Frietjes (talk) 17:27, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Joe Dante 2

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The result of the discussion was delete. SchuminWeb (Talk) 08:46, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Joe Dante 2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

A separate template for a director who directed a few episodes is highly abnormal in Wikipedia standards. QuasyBoy 14:56, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Ed, Edd n Eddy

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The result of the discussion was RELISTED 10/29/2011 log SchuminWeb (Talk) 08:49, 29 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Dexter's Laboratory

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:16, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Dexter's Laboratory (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Nominating myself for deletion per WP:NENAN. JJ98 (Talk / Contributions) 08:07, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Titanic officers

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:07, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Titanic officers (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This is redundant to ((RMS Titanic)). Lugnuts (talk) 07:28, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete ((RMS Titanic)) was intended to replace this one. Brad (talk) 18:28, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Delete redundant per Brad.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:40, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Neighborhoods of Mashhad

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Neighborhoods of Mashhad (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

There's only one article from this template that actually has an article. The rest are either other neighborhoods outside of the region or redirects. I suggest deleting the template. Inks.LWC (talk) 06:08, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Delete not useful at this time. Recreation would be O.K. when half of the articles have been created.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 23:42, 26 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Strexplode

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:03, 27 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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

Boom! Unused :) 76.113.124.50 (talk) 04:32, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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