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FEC S-line templates

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89(T·C) 00:53, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Superseded by Module:Adjacent stations/Florida East Coast Railway and Module:Adjacent stations/Brightline. All transclusions updated. Mackensen (talk) 22:03, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox Inhumans IMAX

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Infobox television episode. The main concern of the opposition is that the usage of this template is significantly different than ((infobox television episode)), but the target template contains a |module= option that will allow any missing parameters to be added that don't fit in with the merger directly. Primefac (talk) 14:17, 5 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Infobox Inhumans IMAX with Template:Infobox television episode.
only 3 uses. No need for a custom template. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 05:36, 26 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

So being used in relatively few articles doesn't matter again now? Interesting. U-Mos (talk) 11:08, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I can smell the straw... -- /Alex/21 11:12, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Alex, I'd advise caution with your interpretation of any non-keep result, as based on your comments in another thread, you are intent on ignoring the outcome decision, if it isn't a keep. Your alternative solution was not one of the options proposed here by anyone, and for what it's worth, I oppose it. --Gonnym (talk) 12:47, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Luckily, that it not what is being discussed here; what's being discussed here is to delete the wrapper that holds the content of this template. -- /Alex/21 14:34, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
You are free to interpret it as you wish, but what is discussed here is merging/replacing the infobox used, as can be seen by the comments. If you replace this infobox, with a different infobox, that will be gaming the system, which I don't recommend, but do as you wish. --Gonnym (talk) 15:09, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I see no merge !votes in this discussion, and only one comment mentioning the word "merge". -- /Alex/21 15:11, 13 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:PDB Gallery

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. The major issue seems to be whether we should be using templates to display these images or whether it should be done as a gallery - there is no consensus at this TFD either way, so I think the best thing to do would be to hold a wider discussion about the entire family and what it's trying to achieve. No prejudice against renomination following such a conversation. Primefac (talk) 02:49, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

... and all ~2800 subtemplates. Not a valid navbox: contains images rather than links. ((3x|p))ery (talk) 14:53, 10 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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I think we're going off on a tangent here: the question is whether the information displayed in this template is needed and whether a template is the best way to handle this information. If the answer is yes, then the template should be kept, and it turns out that a navbox isn't the best way to display this content, then the template can be edited to display that content in another manner. That's the advantage of having a template, no? – such a change can be done in a single edit to the template, rather than with edits to each of the 2,927 articles that use it. – Uanfala (talk) 02:51, 18 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Well, I did state my initial position was to replace with gallery and follow the gallery guideline. If the information is important or not, I'm not too familiar, but Nyttend is arguing that the images are of minor importance, which seems to point to not. --Gonnym (talk) 08:10, 19 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Peru TV

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The result of the discussion was keep. Primefac (talk) 02:33, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unused navbox with mostly plaintext and redlinks. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 19:37, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Railway stations in Nagaland

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The result of the discussion was delete. No prejudice against recreation if it can be expanded into what is considered a "well-linked" navbox. Primefac (talk) 02:29, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unused navbox with only 1 link Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:18, 1 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Relisting comment: This template is used in Dimapur railway station.
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Template:Cleanup-SVG

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 April 3. Primefac (talk) 02:16, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Commonsmaydelete

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The result of the discussion was soft delete. WP:REFUND applies if the bot stops functioning or this template is found to be needed again. Primefac (talk) 02:13, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Unused, (although typically subst). Do we still need a template like this to inform local users about deletions at Commons, as i thought that was now done by a bot instead? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 08:27, 9 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Dfn

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The result of the discussion was keep. The usage (or not) of the <dfn> tags is not within the scope of this venue. If the tag is found to not be desired, this discussion can be revisited. Primefac (talk) 02:11, 3 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

We currently have the <dfn> tag being used on about 40 pages, and Template:dfn used on about 80 pages. This tag is apparently just for semantic web purposes, and doesn't benefit readers directly. Sometimes we do put semantic web markup inside templates and things, but it seems like most of the time we try not to clutter up the article text; the Manual of Style says to use HTML markup sparingly. The template adds <dfn> tag, but also has the capability of producing a nice tooltip.

If we were to decide that this tag should be used for its intended purpose, that would mean a campaign of adding it to millions of articles, at least to the bolded term in every intro, and possibly to other terms in the article that define important terminology. The fact that it's used on so few articles after 7 years or so of this template being around indicates to me there's not much support for doing that. While I'm an active user of the semantic web, in this case I think it might be better just to go in the other direction and scrub the project of this tag on the theory that it's unnecessary markup.

There remains the question of what to do about the tooltips. As the template documentation warns, the tooltip contents are not accessible to all users. I think that's an argument for not using that functionality at all, and integrating any definitions into the main article text in all cases. The fact that a tooltip aids understanding is probably an indication of sub-optimal writing, which I think is another argument for scrubbing this template.

So here are the options I can think of:

  1. Declare (by not deleting them) <dfn> and ((dfn)) are beneficial, and advocate putting them on millions of articles.
  2. Declare (by not deleting them) <dfn> and ((dfn)) are OK to use, but don't promote them.
  3. Convert all instances of <dfn> and ((dfn)) for consistency, more control over rendering, and easier parsing. Declare (by not deleting it) ((dfn)) as the preferred form.
  4. Delete all instances of <dfn> and instances of ((dfn)) that don't involve a tooltip.
  5. Delete all instances of <dfn> and ((dfn)) and integrate tooltip contents into the main article.

I think these are actually ranked from least to most preferable in my view. I'm open to other suggestions if I've missed something or if people don't like any of these choices or have some clever ideas. -- Beland (talk) 08:05, 2 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Etta Bond

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89(T·C) 01:00, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This singer's has zero notable album or singles, there are three notable featured singles, but since she has no notable recordings of her own, so a navigational template is unnecessary. Aspects (talk) 03:56, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Bülent Ersoy

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89(T·C) 01:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

The singer's navigational template consists of two links, her biography and an album redirect back to the biography. Aspects (talk) 03:51, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:OE template

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89(T·C) 01:01, 25 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

This template consists exclusively of a transclusion of itself, i.e. a "template loop". Since it doesn't contain anything else, the end result is just blank space. I expect the creator was really trying to create something useful; that's why I brought it here instead of speedy-deleting it as a test page. However, the creator's goals haven't been fulfilled and can't be fulfilled without completely starting over. Nyttend (talk) 00:32, 17 March 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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