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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 06:51, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:SBN Mindanao (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Delete. Insufficient links for useful navigation. 121.54.54.236 (talk) 23:12, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete. There are too few links to have a need for a navbox. Stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 06:46, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was relist at Nov 22. Primefac (talk) 05:07, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:How long ago (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This template should be deleted for 3 main reasons:

1. The code is a mess
2. It doesn't take into account 100- and 400-year leap-year rules
3. its function is better served by ((For_year_month_day)), to which reasons 1 and 2 do not apply

A bot could be used to handle current instances of the template's use, and at that point, I wouldn't see any reason to keep this template. Esszet (talk) 20:40, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep. Why do we care about 100- and 400-year leap-year rules? This is a userspace template meant to express how long ago it was that you joined Wikipedia; the last non-leap-and-end-of-century year was more than one hundred years before Wikipedia was established, and we have more than eighty years before the next one. The other template is meant for mainspace; having separate templates for separate purposes makes the metadata more clearly separated. Nyttend (talk) 22:32, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No, there is for that ((User Wikipedian for)) and several others, none of which appear to be based on this one. Its main use appears to be in ((Missing for)) and similar templates, which could easily be edited to use a different age calculation template. Esszet (talk) 23:54, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• merge with ((age in years, months and days))? updated the documentation to show that they are identical? 98.230.192.179 (talk) 05:17, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) BethNaught (talk) 13:51, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:Biyi Bandele (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Insufficient links for navigation, best dealt with using a "See also" section. NSH002 (talk) 19:45, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete per nom. Only 2 items, seriously? - HyperGaruda (talk) 11:42, 20 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Primefac (talk) 05:03, 22 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:New Britain Bees (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Navbox for newly created team. It has links but 1- They're to the team article where there is scarce information, 2- links to rivalries but how is there a basis for a rivalry when a team hasn't started played yet. It is WP:TOOSOON for this navbox. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 17:17, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - Almost half of the navbox links are redirects to the main article for a newly franchised minor league team whose notability per WP:ORG and WP:GNG is marginal if not dubious. I would also like to know how a team that has never played a game has two "rivals" listed -- how does that work? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:50, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment @Dirtlawyer1:. The article is about a new team in a pro sports league that has an almost 20 year history. Is the level of ball high enough to be notable. I don't know, there would have to be some discussion and all its team articles to form a consensus. As the league and all its teams have articles at the moment, so should this team....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 18:08, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • William, it is axiomatic that notability is not inherited, so the notability of the other teams in this minor league is not determinative of the notability of the new expansion team. That said, notability is only tangentially at issue in this TfD; the question is does the navbox serve a valid navigational function per the WP:NAVBOX criteria, with multiple redirects to a single article about the expansion team, and two links to other league-member teams who are purported "rivals" even though they have never played the subject team? Considering those facts, I think this should probably be deleted and/or userfied. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 03:15, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keep. (non-admin closure) BethNaught (talk) 08:04, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:Milwaukee Panthers football navbox (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Navbox with just one link. ...William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 14:57, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Delete - One-link navbox for a defunct program. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 17:51, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are now six or more links in the navbox, and I am striking my "delete" !vote. Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 06:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Keep More articles have now been created. Ejgreen77 (talk) 04:55, 12 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep; navbox now has seven linked articles. Jweiss11 (talk) 06:15, 13 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was SNOW keep. There is such a clear an unambiguous consensus that there is no point taking up editors' time any more. It is obvious what the outcome is going to be. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 18:15, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:Primary sources (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Third-party (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Primary sources with Template:Third-party.
((Primary sources)) and ((Third-party)) refer to two distinct issues that have the exact same solution: Look for secondary sources that are independent of the subject.

In other words, it is possible to treat ((Primary sources)) by looking for affiliated but secondary sources, but that's a wasted effort that nets the article a ((Third-party)) instead. And vice versa: Looking for primary sources that are independent of the subject is a wasted effort that only gets the ((Third-party)) replaced with a ((Primary sources)). At the end of the day, an article needs significant coverage in reliable secondary sources. Codename Lisa (talk) 08:41, 5 November 2015 (UTC) Codename Lisa (talk) 08:41, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• The templates signal two distinct problems to the (passive) reader, though: ((Primary sources)) warns about potential OR and notability problems. ((Third-party)) is a hint that the reader might be facing advertising or propaganda. QVVERTYVS (hm?) 09:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Sure. That's exactly what I said. But the solution is the same, not to mention how often the problems come hand in hand. —Codename Lisa (talk) 17:09, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I saw this on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(programming_language) article. i don't have an opinion and don't understand the arguments for or against but i was told to help reach consensus. so i abstain. thank you for Wikipedia and have a blessed day :) 49.144.200.69 (talk) 12:33, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• If this discussion would result in a decision to merge, the direction should be to merge Third-party into Primary sources, which is better known. The merger might be a good idea, and I don't think agree with Qwertyus' argument against a merger. Debresser (talk) 15:44, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• I am open to negotiation about the target of the merger. Maybe ((Citation fidelity)) or ((needs secondary))? —Codename Lisa (talk) 17:09, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Those titles don't currently exist. Are you suggesting renaming and/or merging to a new target, or did you give the wrong names by mistake? Nyttend (talk) 22:34, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Having two distinct templates helps keep track of the different problems, both for editors and readers. It is very important that we have proper ways to indicate problems to readers, because a generic message "this article has problems" like Template:Cleanup has isn't going to help. The issues don't have the same cause, effect or implications, and neither do they have the exact same solution (albeit similar solutions). A secondary source doesn't necessarily need to be a third-party source. CFCF 💌 📧 15:53, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both - I concur with @CFCF:, that "A secondary source doesn't necessarily need to be a third-party source". --Jax 0677 (talk) 18:59, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep These are different problems, as noted by CFCF. The typical recent-events article is full of primary sources, especially news reports published around the time of the event in question, but they don't generally lack third-party sourcing. Meanwhile, the lack of third-party sourcing is common with articles about companies; it's easy to find articles that cite a company's own "Our Awards" page, which is a secondary source because it postdates the times of the awards in question, but problematic because it's closely related to the subject of the article. Third-party secondary sources will indeed solve both kinds of problem, but the warning message ought to mention one or the other, rather than giving readers the choice between "it's not written by an uninterested party" and "it's not based on earlier work". Nyttend (talk) 22:44, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Indeed and "reliable third party secondary sources" would solve either of those problems, or unreliable sources (or indeed lack of sources) and so on until we have just one tag "Improve"... All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:57, 6 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]
    
• Keep tags indicate problems not solutions, so as different problems they aren't redundant. Widefox; talk 23:04, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keeep a significant problem with tags is that people want to merge them as "too specific", those that are claimed to be "to general" get deleted, destroying the workflow. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 01:57, 6 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]
  
• Keep while solution may be the same for us on the backend, the impact on the viewer is different. ---- Patar knight - ^chat/_{contributions} 03:02, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Two distinct problems, with two different solutions.50.159.6.134 (talk) 10:18, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both. Two distinct problems, even if the solution is the same. Could get confusing otherwise. Me-123567-Me (talk) 17:42, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both. They refer to two different problems. That the issues can be resolved by doing the same thing doesn't matter. -- Whpq (talk) 18:35, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both. The request misunderstands the distinct underlying problems addressed by these two distinct tag templates (and this should have been discussed with expert users before opening this discussion, and wasting time). There is clear consensus. Please close this discussion out. [User:Leprof_7272] 73.210.154.39 (talk) 19:04, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep because they are two different problems. Secondary ≠ third-party. Stranger195 (talk • contribs • guestbook) 06:47, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both - Per Whpq and many others, these are two distinct issues. If necessary, make the documentation of the templates and on Wikipedia:Template messages/Cleanup clearer for users who may not be familiar with which one to use. Primary sources should refer to things like original documents and records which have not been published or commented on in reliable secondary sources, but on WP it is often used (wrongly) as shorthand for published sources written by the subject or someone closely affiliated to the subject. Voceditenore (talk) 09:03, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both templates in concurrence with User:CFCF. St John Chrysostom ^Δόξα_{τω ^Θεώ} 20:09, 7 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both per above.—Godsy^(TALK_CONT) 01:40, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both templates: two vs. three. 333-blue 07:39, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both templates, they tell readers different things. Pol098 (talk) 14:54, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both The ((Primary sources)) template leads editors to the statement that reliable secondary sources are "generally at least one step removed from an event", therefore editors ought to consider whether the affiliation of secondary source to the primary one is biased, to ensure that they don't get hit with a ((Third-party)) template. I don't agree with the statement in the proposal that: Looking for primary sources that are independent of the subject is a wasted effort that only gets the ((Third-party)) replaced with a ((Primary sources)). The ((Third-party)) template leads editors to the statement "Material available from sources that are self-published, or primary sources, or biased because of a conflict of interest can play a role in writing an article, but it must be possible to source the majority of information to independent, third-party sources.", if editors follow that instruction then they won't get hit with a ((Primary sources)) template. --The Vintage Feminist (talk) 16:44, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep both They are used for two different problems. Secondary sources is not the same as third-party sources. The Banner talk 17:18, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 03:55, 21 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Template:Region 7 Radio (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I know that this template has been nominated for deletion before but this one do not provide useful navigation; only been used in Template:Cebu City Radio. 121.54.54.239 (talk) 02:49, 5 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

• Are we sure that it won't be used more widely in future? Even if we are is it worth maintaining the same structure as in ((Region 3 Radio)), ((Region 11 Radio)), ((Region 4A Radio)) ? All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 02:14, 6 November 2015 (UTC).[reply]
  
• Delete. Useless nav aid.--RioHondo (talk) 03:42, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Strong Keep All: per User:Neutralhomer, based on previous discussion. SUPERASTIG 08:22, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Superastig, we are only talking about Template:Region 7 Radio, not those templates mentioned by Rich Farmbrough, and please do not use the previous discussion as your basis because the topic there is different from here. 121.54.54.171 (talk) 23:05, 8 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    • 121.54.54.171, this is the 2nd time I encountered such case like this. The templates mentioned by Farmbrough is related to the template discussed here. And this case is related to the one mentioned in my previous comment. Hence, I can use the previous discussion as my basis. And there's nothing you can do about it. (Case Closed on my part.) SUPERASTIG 09:18, 9 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• Delete per nom and RioHondo. Sixth of March 23:44, 15 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
• delete, pointless now that the templates have been deleted or redirected. Frietjes (talk) 19:25, 19 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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