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Template:Football squad player2

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The result of the discussion was merge. There is a consensus to merge the templates to use a consistent design, however there is no consensus what the consistent design should be. To achieve a consensus on these questions I started a follow up multi-section RfC on the matter on the talk page. Please comment there to help gain a consensus (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 17:38, 15 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Football squad player2 with Template:Football squad player.
Football squad player2 is redundant to a better-designed and more used template (Football squad player). Nehme1499 (talk) 21:42, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
No need for two templates with the same function, best to merge into one (example). Nehme1499 (talk) 03:34, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
EDIT: I just wanted to clarify my position, as I might have not explained myself correctly. I would ideally prefer ((Football squad player2)) to merge into ((Football squad player)) (the former is deleted, the latter remains). However, as a few users pointed out, ((Football squad player)) has a few issues (MOS:ICON and MOS:ACCESS) which ((Football squad player2)) does solve. Therefore, my proposed example above (see my sandbox) is, ideally, what I think ((Football squad player2)) should look like IF we decided that we should keep it (and delete ((Football squad player))). But, my position remains that we should keep ((Football squad player)), and merge ((Football squad player2)) into it. Nehme1499 (talk) 15:06, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Then why aren't all other teams using it? ((Football squad player2)) has been created 10 years ago, and the vast majority of club articles, including FAs and GAs, don't use it. Also, in my opinion what looks awful is having a single column, and having to scroll up and down to view players instead of having them all in one single viewable space. Nehme1499 (talk) 23:43, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Good question. Why does WP:FOOTY ignore ACCESS? FAs and GAs do not look for accessibility or other concerns. Do not attempt to conflate them perfect articles. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:52, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
In short, are you making the claim that Football squad player does meet accessibility guidelines or simply stating that because it's used all over the place, it's fine? Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:57, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
It's clear that you don't oppose the merge per-se, rather the way I'm proposing the merge. Obviously, having two templates that do the same thing is redundant. What we need to agree on is whether to keep Football squad player or Football squad player2. Yes, I'm aware of the fact that it violates specific manual of style conventions, and that we should fix those problems. What I don't agree with, however, is the fact that we have created a separate template 10 years ago which has barely been used, when we could have applied all of this onto one template. I, personally, don't like the aesthetic of Football squad player2, even though I realize that it does resolve those MoS issues. In my opinion, we should directly "fix" Football squad player, rather than having a separate one used for specific countries. Maybe by simply replacing ((flagicon)) with ((flag)) in ((Football squad player))? Nehme1499 (talk) 01:34, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict) All squad/player lists should clearly be handled by one template, both these templates have the same general purpose. The particular formatting is another discussion of how they should be merged. I have no opinion on the what the final output of a merged template should be, as long as the relevant Wikipedia policies are followed. This seems to have been discussed extensively in the past, including here (which includes an RFC), here and another RFC here (which was closed due to another ongoing RFC here, which apparently was never properly closed before being archived?). S.A. Julio (talk) 01:35, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
What policy or rationale is there that all lists should be handled by one template? Walter Görlitz (talk) 07:46, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Clearly redundant templates should be avoided, just as is done with any other page. Per WP:TFD#REASONS #2, a reason to delete (or in this case merge) a template is if it is "is redundant to a better-designed template", which would be the case in this discussion involving MOS compliance. S.A. Julio (talk) 08:25, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Since part of reason 2 is "better-designed template", then Football squad player is the one that should be deleted as it fails ACCESS by a stadia, and neither meets OVELRINK. Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:57, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related discussions. S.A. Julio (talk) 00:47, 2 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
@Angelo.romano: see Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Football#((Football_squad_player2))? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nehme1499 (talk • contribs) 12:14, 4 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That's quite far from being a proper discussion about the possible evolution of the templates. WP:FOOTY should ideally be the place where to start a discussion regarding a common template which can keep the advantages of both current ones, that is what I am talking about. --Angelo (talk) 00:15, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Victorian Football League club abbreviation templates

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:56, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

no longer used after conversion to Module:sports results. Frietjes (talk) 18:40, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Freedom Football League

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:44, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Doesn't navigate anything ―Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 13:27, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:The Reactionaries

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 February 9. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 11:25, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:1952 Summer Olympics football convenience template navbox

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The result of the discussion was delete. The nine game templates which this template links to can be handled in a different TfD. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:51, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Majority of the links are red. The two blue links are all linked on the main article Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 03:23, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Delete Too few working links. Hog Farm (talk) 04:12, 1 February 2020 (UTC) (Retracting !vote, obvious improvements have been made in the last day) Hog Farm (talk) 16:52, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Elwë family tree

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:45, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unused in the articlespace. Hog Farm (talk) 01:02, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Fingolfin family tree

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The result of the discussion was delete. Consensus determined together with near identical situation at #Template:Finarfin family tree (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 20:48, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not used in the article space. Hog Farm (talk) 01:01, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Haleth family tree

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Pkbwcgs (talk) 08:45, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not used in any article, and of no obvious use. Hog Farm (talk) 00:59, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Finarfin family tree

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The result of the discussion was delete. If there is a desire to use this template in the future or reuse content to create a merged family tree WP:REFUND apply. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 20:45, 12 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Does not appear to be used anywhere and has no obvious use. Hog Farm (talk) 00:55, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  1. Should we even have family trees at all? Some relationships between characters are important, but including so many minor descendants could be seen as indiscriminant.
  2. If we do retain some family trees, should each character have their own family tree, or should we re-use a small number of family tree templates?
Obviously, if we answer question 1 in the negative, we should delete this and most of the other family tree templates. But if we answer both questions in the affirmative, we should focus on merging/consolidating family tree templates. Though the Finarfin family tree is used nowhere at present, Finrod, Finwe, and Galadriel all have intertwined family trees that include pieces of this one. Perhaps we should merge all four trees to Template:Finwë family tree and use it in all three articles. BenKuykendall (talk) 23:36, 1 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
On this tree, if it's not in use then delete is sensible. On the general question(s) may we use trees in fiction, yes of course, if they help readers understand and navigate complex material in anything from Jane Austen novels to War and Peace then people should go right ahead; and may we use trees in Tolkien's legendarium, yes, when they help then of course, keep them. When collapsed they take up almost no space, and the number of bytes used is trivial, so if the benefit is "lots of confused readers helped" and the cost is "quite trivial, and unobtrusive" then the balance is overwhelmingly Keep. Chiswick Chap (talk) 19:05, 9 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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