< October 18 October 20 >

October 19

Template:List of people who have been considered deities

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was histmerge. Alakzi (talk) 10:33, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure what this is but we don't normally have templates for talk page discussions. Suggest that the contents of this page be substituted onto Talk:List of people who have been considered deities and the template deleted. Ricky81682 (talk) 23:48, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Checked by CheckUser

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Delete. (non-admin closure) Primefac (talk) 02:19, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This template is apparently a good-faith effort at encouraging transparency, but because checkusers are bound by the privacy policy and also because they do not wish to make merely being checked a "scarlet letter" it is highly unlikely this will ever be used by any actual checkusers. The user who created the template sent an email informing the functionaries of its creation and every single reply in the subsequent thread was from one CU or another indicating they would not use it. No harm, no foul, but we don't need this as it will not (possibly can not) be used. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:11, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

That's what ((checkuser block)) and ((checkuserblock-account)) are for. The main concern here is that nobody sees a need to tag someone as having been checked when no wrongdoing is found. Beeblebrox (talk) 23:04, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Busy3

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was relisted at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 October 30#Template:Busy3. Alakzi (talk) 10:34, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This was part of a recent batch nomination of templates. I'm renominating this one (per WP:NPASR) because it's easily the worst of the lot; it's basically a fork of ((Busy2)) that has got slightly out of sync, with the only substantive difference being the mention of consensus reality (via an interwiki link, for some reason) rather than real life. As such, it's most comparable to a WP:POVFORK, or perhaps an idiosyncratic equivalent to a userbox, but I doubt this change is going to be sufficiently commonly wanted to be templated.

The only current user is User:MECU. If a template with the diverged wording is wanted, I can understand userfying this (so as to save having to rewrite the template every time the user in question comes on and off busyness), but it's not going to be a sufficiently generally applicable template to hang around in mainspace. If nobody wants to userfy it, just delete it (and replace existing transclusions, likely just the one, with ((Busy2))). --ais523 22:04, 19 October 2015 (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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:GBLinks

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was relisted at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 October 29#Template:GBLinks. Alakzi (talk) 17:36, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Delete or re-code and re-scope: This template adds the following note the top of a "References", "Sources", "Footnotes", or "Further reading" section:

It is not possible to guarantee that all books cited in any section full of reference/citations will consist exclusively of public-domain (or open-licensed) works freely available in full text as described by this template. Any of billions of people in the world can add any new source at any time. The vast majority of available sources, even for topics pre-dating the copyright cutoff year, are not free, full-text sources in such archives. Generally only primary sources are available in this manner, and WP articles should not rely heavily upon these, as a matter of the policy I just linked to.

If a template like this is needed, it needs to be made more concise, site-specific (((GB link)), ((IA link)), etc., or perhaps ((Via|GB)), etc. ), and used inline in singular, specific citations, e.g.: <ref>((cite book ...)) ((GB link))</ref>. An output of "(Full text via Google Books.)" would be entirely sufficient.

I actually agree something like that would be useful (Google Books, for one, requests such attribution in return for the amount of resources it has thrown into its digitization project). It should be meta-templated so that it can be used for other forms of "via" attribution of this sort – many of the paywall keys we're given via WP:LIBRARY are granted with the expectation that the databases we're using to find these sources will be credited, but this is presently a hassle to do manually. It would be nice to be able to do ((Via|OxSch)) and to generate something like "(Subscription required. Access provided to Wikipedia editors by Oxford Scholarship Online.)", or whatever is needed for the case at hand; the WP:LIBRARY people can just update a #switch list of what the output should be.

That said, I'm not sure saving and reworking this simplistic template is the best way to do that. Given that it's already been deployed at the top of various refs sections, it may be better to simply delete it and then create a new inline meta template for this. I'll be happy to do that myself. No code in the extant template needs to be salvaged. My quote of it's output above is all it does.

 — SMcCandlish ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ʌ≼  19:14, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Uw-nnaddition

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was speedily deleted WP:CSD#T2 by NativeForeigner. --ais523 04:01, 20 October 2015 (UTC)

This template seems to contradict WP:NNC. Ahecht (TALK
PAGE
) 17:30, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:UST Global

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Relist at October 27. Primefac (talk) 02:44, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

provides no useful navigation. Frietjes (talk) 16:51, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Western European colonization of Ukraine

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Delete. Creator even voted to delete it (non-admin closure) Primefac (talk) 02:22, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Ridiculously misleading title for a navbox. Lists some British and Spanish people who were prominent expatriates in what is now Ukraine during the Imperial Russian era. WP:OR if nothing else. —  Cliftonian (talk)  10:05, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Animated Series

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Relist at Oct 27. Primefac (talk) 02:43, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

All the links are to the same article, so this does not function as a navigational aid. Rob Sinden (talk) 09:50, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Calabarzon radio stations

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Keep. This is more of a procedural close, as redirects need to go through RFD. The templates they redirect to are currently being discussed at October 20 (non-admin closure) Primefac (talk) 02:29, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Unused templates. 121.54.54.170 (talk) 05:59, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

these are redirects? Frietjes (talk) 14:49, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
User:SuperAstig keeps reverting these templates to his preferred template names that do not match their respective parent article titles. See Region 4A, Region 7 and Region 11. User thinks he WP:OWN these template creations of his.--RioHondo (talk) 15:03, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Agree that the targets should be removed also - it seems User:Superastig keeps moving them around. --Rob Sinden (talk) 12:03, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Mayors of the largest 50 US cities

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was relisted at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2015 October 29#Template:Mayors of the largest 50 US cities. Alakzi (talk) 17:34, 29 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This navbox is arbitrary. Navboxes are intended to allow quick navigation between pages that are closely related, but I cannot imagine a situation where one would want to navigate from the page of the mayor of Omaha, Nebraska to the page of the mayor of Oakland, California. Fifty is an arbitrary cutoff to the navbox, and the cities that make up this navbox will constantly change as populations shift. This seems like an attempt to include the fact that so-and-so is the mayor of the Xth largest city in an article, but that can and should be done in article text. ~ RobTalk 20:25, 17 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Opabinia regalis (talk) 04:46, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Degrassi episodes

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Delete. (non-admin closure) Primefac (talk) 02:32, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

No longer needed, the show has ended. 117Avenue (talk) 03:41, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Vojko Herksel Cup seasons

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was keep for now. Renominate if/when consensus is found to redirect the articles. Alakzi (talk) 12:57, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I just redirected all the articles on this template, so it's obsolete Pokerkiller (talk) 22:46, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 03:01, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).

Template:Tracy Hepburn films

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was keep. A convincing argument has been made that the navbox aids in the discovery of Tracy and Hepburn collaborations, and consensus appears to be that navbox creep is not a pragmatic concern. Rename the template at will. Alakzi (talk) 12:52, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

An actor and actress were paired in multiple films, but there is no need of a template listing these films. Skr15081997 (talk) 05:20, 27 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 01:57, 19 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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 template's talk page or in a deletion review).