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Template:Paraphilia-related support groups

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:06, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

unused and blanked Frietjes (talk) 14:17, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Batsmen with a ODI batting average above 40

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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 14:11, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

As per discussion, this template is no more useful with deletion of the page List of cricket batting averages. Also, 40 number is arbitrary. Greenbörg (talk) 01:00, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The size can be changed by raising the inclusion threshold from 40 to 45. I don't understand what you mean by the the inclusion of the Netherlands. It lists ODI players by country - the Netherlands has had a couple who qualify, but is no longer an ODI country. StAnselm (talk) 00:09, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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It will be useful if you show some coverage in WP:RS for this benchmark. Greenbörg (talk) 15:15, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
As I've said in the past, I would be happy to raise it to 45. StAnselm (talk) 20:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Well, the parent article is now List of One Day International cricket records, which lists the top five averages. StAnselm (talk) 20:31, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Myeloid blood tests

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The result of the discussion was Split. Go ahead! (non-admin closure) Winged Blades of GodricOn leave 06:17, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Propose splitting Template:Myeloid blood tests.
Proposing to SPLIT the template into 2 templates, one relating to clotting, and one relating to RBCs and Hb. It's unusual to have these two topics grouped together, and I don't think the fact that RBCs and platelets are of myeloid lineage justifies this. Thoughts? Tom (LT) (talk) 01:44, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:8TeamBracket-with third-fifth-seventh

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:8TeamBracket-with third-fifth-seventh per the rather thorough breakdown of the differences in the discussion. Primefac (talk) 14:16, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:8TeamBracket-with third-fifth-seventh and Template:Round8-with play-offs.
Nearly the same, only excluding the seedings. 333-blue 10:05, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Islamic terrorism in Europe (2014–present)

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. There are definitely some valid concerns regarding this template, and the OR/SYNTH possibilities of "what do we include here". There are also valid reasons for keeping, namely the navigation aspect. The actual vote counts are almost split. Compounding the issue is the presence of two templates, of which comments either pertained to one or the other (but rarely both).

I recommend that a discussion take place to determine the "rules" for including wikilinks in these templates. If this can be sorted out (and possibly also a name change discussion) then I suspect many of the issues regarding these templates will be solved. However, iff these changes are made and there are still valid concerns for deleting the templates, there is no prejudice against renomination, though waiting 2-3 months would be ideal (if only to allow for discussions to start/finish appropriately). Primefac (talk) 14:46, 2 October 2017 (UTC)[reply]

This template is highly selective and relies on individual points of view as to what is and is not included in this. This template will also easily and unstoppably fall foul of the rules on original research due to the very nature of what is and is not terrorism. The template will also fall foul of recent-ism and pure news coverage, due to the nature of this topic. Finally and fatally in my opinion for this template, there is no need for this unnecessary duplication of information which is already included in list format on the page which this article takes all of its information on. This is a redundant template of duplication. Sport and politics (talk) 10:35, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The navigation is provided by the main article, linking these articles together in this manner is a form of WP:synthesis. which is part of the WP:OR policy, and not allowed. Sport and politics (talk) 10:45, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Elementary my Dear Watson! I won't bother to ask how you divined the skin-colour, social class, political affiliation and geo-location, of those who disagree with you. Can you not see the difference between an actual war and largely random phenomena? What exactly unites Kurdish terrorist acts in Turkey, seperatist acts in Russia and lone wolves in western Europe? At the very least criteria should be coherent. This is almost as silly as "robberies committed by left-handed people". Pincrete (talk) 23:13, 2 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
WP: SYNTHNOT. That only applies to original research by synthesis, not just any synthesis. Calicodragon (talk) 22:02, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
You're comparing a template to categories, which is an entirely different subject. We're not discussing Category:Islamic terrorism in Europe here.
While it is in theory true that European security and legal authorities designate which acts are Islamic terrorism (we could, and sometimes do, use Europol as a source), what counts as "Europe" is neither obvious nor uncontroversial (should Russia and Turkey be included? Should it perhaps be limited to the EU or Western Europe?) – and more to the point does not really reflect WP:Reliable sources, which as I pointed out in the RfC mentioned above refer to terrorist activity in the West.
The start year, 2014, is also not supported by the sources. Looking at the main article, it seems to have been chosen based on the Jewish Museum of Belgium shooting. That's textbook WP:Original research.
As it stands, the scope is a compromise between several possible but irreconcilable scopes. For example, the infobox describes it as part of the spillover of the Syrian Civil War, but the list isn't limited to attacks that are related to it. Apart from being WP:Synthesis, it also runs afoul of WP:LISTCRITERIA, which says Selection criteria (also known as inclusion criteria or membership criteria) should be unambiguous, objective, and supported by reliable sources. That is simply not the case here. TompaDompa (talk) 11:27, 3 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • I'm going to ask the closing admin to ignore, and deduct, this vote from the initial tally (don't pretend you don't do a numbers tally first) and then again from the consensus decision. The templates are heavily used; 2016 Nice attack, 2016 Brussels bombing, 2017 Stockholm attack etc and etc (just look at the templates themselves as they appear on many of the linked articles) while the rest of the !vote has nothing to do with any policy/guideline or even essay. This is a common !vote from AlfaRocket who is a relatively new editor and needs much more experience and familiarity with policy before attempting these discussions. Mr rnddude (talk) 11:41, 27 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @TBrandley:I invite you to demonstrate this simplicity on the talk page of the main article. I have a strong feeling the sweeping claim will be ripped apart on the talk page. Sport and politics (talk) 09:54, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • @User2534: Critical. Wow! That's amazing. What have we been doing all this time. Stuck with orphan articles we would never have been able to find. We would never have realised our errors until you came along and pointed out this magic. Oh wait, in-article links and categories exist. Sport and politics (talk) 09:54, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not all Muslims who commit crime are terrorists, reading a comment which states or implies that that is the case, or even potentially is the case, is just incredible. Sport and politics (talk) 16:09, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • Obviously there is also non-terrorist crime performed by Muslims. You parsed my comment the wrong way - I meant that if the alleged perp of a terrorist attack was Muslim - we should (with perhaps few exceptions - e.g. a clear other motive) classify it as an Islamic terror attack - which is a simple, non-POV, criteria. Regarding separating between crime and terror - well - that is typically done as per the motivations or inferred motivations of the attacker. Terrorism is violence to achieve political goals and may be classified either via the statements of the attacker (or his known affiliation) or via the lack of any criminal gain from the act (i.e. no plausible other reason for the attack) - however as editors we usually do not have to classify terror vs. crime - as investigators/other sources will typically state this is treated as a terror attack - editorial classification is usually only an issue in breaking recent news articles (which have a whole raft of issues) - and not a few months (and all the more so few years) from the event.Icewhiz (talk) 16:17, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • This is more a discussion on the scope of the main article. A discussion on that was recently had and I invite you to take a look at how complicated that ended up being. It may sound simple but its implementation is like squeezing toothpaste out of a crowbar. Sport and politics (talk) 17:00, 5 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that objective criteria are possible, however I disagree strongly with those Icewhiz proposes, which are irrational as well as being WP:OR. The idea that every possibly terrorist event allegedly committed by a muslim (how would we know? name looks muslim? ancestry is middle eastern?) bypasses normal WP:V and WP:BLP to become presumed 'Islamic terrorist' until proved otherwise, would be laughable, if it were not precisely what is happening in this topic area daily. I say possibly terrorist event because at an early stage, often all we know is that police authorities say that they are launching a terrorist enquiry. Editors are happy to treat that as proof that the event WAS terrorist, rather than "may well have been". Fairly obviously, one of the first jobs of any enquiry - fraud enquiry, murder enquiry, Yeti enquiry is to establish whether the fraud/murder/Yeti is real. Pincrete (talk) 13:29, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
When Basque terror was "live", or the British/Irish troubles - such assumed triage based on the perp's identity was routine. Ascertaining the ethnicity or religious background (e.g. the Protestent/Catholic proxy during the troubles - or in this case - Muslim identity) is typically readily available and widely published. Usually, live perps (BLPs) are less of a problem (classification wise) as they are charged, brought to trial, etc. - so you usually have quite detailed sources (possibly not right after the event - but a few months later - definitely). Where you typically have a problem is when the perp dies - in which case one doesn't always have a detailed investigation into the motivations of the dead Muslim who shouted "Allahu Akbar" before carrying out the attack (you typically get his social media activities, what he said to neighbors, etcs.). In any event, in the strict literal sense a Muslim carrying out an act of terror meets "Islamic Terrorism" (just as a Basque by ethnicity would meet "Basque Terrorism").Icewhiz (talk) 13:41, 6 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I don't know about ETA, but I know that who had perpetrated a particular bombing etc. during the Irish 'troubles' was almost never dependent on what you call 'triage' since reliable lines of communications between paramilitaries and the press existed. What would be the point of perpetrating an act designed to 'send a political message' and failing to 'sign' that message? Pincrete (talk) 14:33, 8 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
  • The above comment was about the footer. Separately, "Delete" the campaignbox for sure; the events included in the campaign box are not a single, coordinated campaign. K.e.coffman (talk) 08:12, 9 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Comment - This re-listing is unnecessary. Delete consensus based in policy is clear. Remember this is not a vote. The keep arguments simply amount to WP:LIKE therefore keep, with statements which are. It's convenient, or It's helpful, all of which is hogwash. The delete arguments are policy based. There is no counter to the policy that this is WP:OR WP:SYNTH and WP:YESPOV. I personally think the re-lister was having a TL:DR moment, and that is why this was re-listed. The arguments for keep are nothing more that simply, votes and preferences. To all the users who are going to go mad at me for pointing out this, my talk page can be found here, replies anywhere else shall not be responded to. Sport and politics (talk) 06:59, 11 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Comment to the comment: Agree that the re-listing is unnecessary, since this is clearly a Keep, as the policy-based arguments against keeping are quite unfounded. For instance: WP:OR? Since when is a mere template, useful for navigating, OR?. Jeez, talk about grasping at straws! XavierItzm (talk) 07:02, 14 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The above reply is baiting. The comments on the comment are simply spouting the same opinions regarding keep through WP:LIKE. The reply has made an inversion of the arguments, and has portrayed Wikipedia policy backwards. WP:OR because it is OR as to what is and is not included, there is no objective standard, it is all inference and subjectivity. It is WP:SYNTH because stating these collection of distinct events as a campaign is portraying them as something which is only found by taking friendly cherries from selective sources. This is WP:YESPOV because the inclusion in the template does nothing but portray opinion of a campaign as fact. This is unsupported conjecture and inference. The baiting comments are not helpful. Delete and is based in clear policy. I wish editors would thoroughly read Wikipedia policies before trying to ridicule editors who are trying to ensure they are maintained. This is a very clear policy based delete, compared to a synthetic and opinion riddled opposing side, of inclusionism. Sport and politics (talk) 09:41, 14 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah, Delete campaignbox, also. We have the template. Calicodragon (talk) 21:59, 22 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:PD-art-70-3d

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Winged Blades of GodricOn leave 06:18, 20 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

unused, needlessly wordy/confusing, replaceable by ((PD-old-70)) FASTILY 06:47, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that this is not exactly the same as ((PD-old-70)), in that this one clarifies that an additional tag is needed for the photograph itself? CapitalSasha ~ talk 18:47, 24 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. The second part of ((PD-art-70-3d)) is a reminder about specifying a license for the photograph (derivative work); note that photographer attribution should be done regardless of whether a template calls for it or not. -FASTILY 08:40, 25 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
That's true, but it seems good for the template to clarify that not just attribution but also additional licensing information is required. The usual PD templates make it seem like they are the end of the story with regard to licensing. CapitalSasha ~ talk 16:16, 31 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. But this *is* still both a non-standard tag and unused template, hence the reason for this nom. -FASTILY 22:34, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:SwimmingAt2014AsianParaGamesMen

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:01, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

unused template Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 23:20, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Medical colleges in India

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:01, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

With 348 medical colleges in India, a navbox is not a useful navigation tool for such a list. For this we have List of medical colleges in India and Category:Schools of medicine in India as well as other lists, categories and navigation templates for sub-groups of this huge list. This one is always going to be pointless, partial, and as such, misleading. Muhandes (talk) 12:05, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:It Stephen King

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 20:01, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Navigates too little content--all of which is well inter-linked. ―Justin (koavf)TCM 08:29, 10 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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