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Template:The Linux Game Tome

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:54, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Linux Game Tome (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Sadly, the Linux Game Tome shut down last April and all links produced by this template are dead. Let's remove the template before someone hijacks the domain. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 22:02, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Urdu numeral

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (NAC) Fleet Command (talk) 11:49, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Urdu numeral (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Replaces Urdu numerals with images, completely unnecessarily. Like all other non-Latin scripts some users may have trouble viewing Urdu, but the solution is for them to switch/update their browser or OS, or install fonts in their current one. JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 16:56, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Western Arabic 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Eastern Arabic ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩
Perso-Arabic variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹
Pakistani variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹

If the numerals themselves are used:

Western Arabic 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Eastern Arabic ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩
Perso-Arabic variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹
Pakistani variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹

There will be no difference in the last two rows for the normal reader. (Which sould be there... Note the digits 4, 6 and 7. Urdu digit 4 is different from both Arabic and Persian. The 6 is similar to the Arabic one, but with a deeper groove. The 7 is more like the English less-than sign ‘<’, than the English ‘V’.) Hope I am clear. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 18:48, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I could get it them work by adding the following to my CSS: span[lang|=ur] { font-family: Urdu Naskh Asiatype; } I already had the font installed. The following table then works for me:

Western Arabic 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Eastern Arabic ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩
Perso-Arabic variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹
Pakistani variant ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩

And this is them done without the ((lang)) template:

٩ ٨ ٧ ٦ ٥ ٤ ٣ ٢ ١ ٠

--JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 23:52, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

About the discussion I've linked to, above: Urdu has another problem, too. Urdu shares the same letters with Arabic and Persian, with a few extended alphabets, but the shared letters vary in their shape when written in either of the three languages. Unicode again encodes just the Arabic one. What I currently do to resolve this is use ((lang|ur|((nq|...)))) to force Nastaliq fonts on the reader. Install any of the fonts in ((nq)) and check out this:
Western Arabic 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Eastern Arabic ٠ ١ ٢ ٣ ٤ ٥ ٦ ٧ ٨ ٩
Perso-Arabic variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹
Pakistani variant ۰ ۱ ۲ ۳ ۴ ۵ ۶ ۷ ۸ ۹

But again, this works natively for only Win 8/8.1 or Win Phone 8. Other mobile OS's don't support this. For other Desktop OS's you need to install a font first. —ШαмıQ✍ @ 05:47, 17 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox drug/Metformin

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:44, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox drug/Metformin (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused hard-coded infobox. Frietjes (talk) 16:32, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Assaf Bernstein

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:44, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Assaf Bernstein (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

One link. WP:NENAN. Rob Sinden (talk) 15:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator...William 16:17, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Leonid Prudovsky

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:45, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Leonid Prudovsky (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Two links. WP:NENAN. Rob Sinden (talk) 15:29, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator...William 16:17, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Ayelet Menahemi

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:45, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ayelet Menahemi (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

One link. WP:NENAN. Rob Sinden (talk) 15:28, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nominator...William 16:17, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Infobox web browser

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (NAC) No consensus to merge or delete. Fleet Command (talk) 11:52, 27 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox web browser (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

It can be merged with Template:Infobox software or become a wrapper. Magioladitis (talk) 07:16, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like that should work fine. --Pmsyyz (talk) 07:32, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Codename Lisa do you suggest that we simplify ((Infobox software))'s code? If it possible I would support that. -- Magioladitis (talk) 11:44, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Hi. If any of my concerns were strong enough, I'd have said keep or merge already. But they aren't and I don't know. You see, keeping them separate won't be bad because we can improve, change or spin off ((Infobox web browser)) further and have a different level of protection on it without risking impact on those one million (?) software articles. As for merging them, it is also easy, so I won't feel strongly about it. It is not like that ((Infobox OS)) fiasco. (I trust you know about it?) As for simplifying ((infobox software)), that's a separate issue; I am looking into it already.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 13:24, 16 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Microsoft

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn by nominator. The template has changed a lot since the nomination; its contents has been trimmed as most of the people here suggest. Codename Lisa (talk) 09:19, 26 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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

This gargantuan navbox accomplishes little besides link bombardment by the pretext of connecting irrelevant articles such as Raymond Gilmartin to Halo (series). Somehow this template is assuming to burden the load of categories and portals of Wikipedia too. We already have a fleet of 21 navboxes for connecting Microsoft subjects that can easily replace this navbox, including:

Note that we do not have edit consensus in favor of such gargantuan navboxes. For instance, there is no such thing as an infobox connecting the video games of all studios of Activision Blizzard. (That'd still have the benefit of being relevant, since all of them would be video games.) Codename Lisa (talk) 19:36, 3 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Second, no, that doc page won't disappear with the deletion of the template unless an admin deliberately delete it in a separate act. Not going to happen.
Third, that page is a template (see its Template: prefix), we can rename, move or customize it as we see fit. You just tell me exactly how you want it done and how should it look like. But again, not here; maybe in my talk page or the talk page of Template talk:Microsoft/doc.
Best regards,
Codename Lisa (talk) 01:10, 7 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Well. That's taken care of. Codename Lisa (talk) 15:49, 11 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:MG

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The result of the discussion was no consensus Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:37, 1 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:MG (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:MG/1 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Previous discussion: Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2012 January 1#Template:MG

It claims to assign a 'designated' maintenance group to an article/template, but WP has no way of designating such groups. There's only one group, ((MG/1)), with only one member, who has added this to many templates, even ones he/she has made no contribution to. Editors can check the template history for past contributors, or post to the talk page for those actively watching it. The page views for ((MG/1)) are less than one a day, so it's being ignored anyway. It serves no useful purpose and should be deleted. JohnBlackburnewordsdeeds 17:33, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Keep: This template is used on thousands of templates as a means of providing novice users with assistance should they need it. This template has been previously discussed in several forums. It has no nefarious use. If this template only helps a few dozen users, I believe it has merit.  Buaidh  19:59, 2 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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