Template talk:Cite bcgnis/Archive 1

Delete this
This template has no longer any practical use; it is now far too cumbersome to bother with, and it's easier for editors to simply copy-paste a BCGNIS URL and use the square-bracket ordinary-URL format, naming the link. Filling in this new template's fields is time-consuming and completely pointless, as the whole POINT of the original BCGNIS template was to speed up the citation process.....not to load it down to keep some code-happy troll delighted with his craft. There is NO NEED for this template, it's a burden to authors actually using the British Columbia Geographical Names Information System. What ye sow, so shall ye reap; I'm on the road and have no time at present but I'll start a TfD for this to have it deleted, it's cumbersome, timewasting and utterly useless, given the origin of its predecessor as quick-and-easy; this ISN'T.....Skookum1 (talk) 19:06, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

New version
I rewrote the code for this template. The changes should backwards compatible. If you notice any strange behavior please leave a note here or on my discussion page. – droll  &#91;chat&#93;  03:52, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

template is useless and cumbersome
As the primary user and "commissioner" of the original BCGNIS, which was simple and quick to use, I'd just like to note that I have been completely boycotting this template as cumbersome and time-wasting; when I cite BCGNIS now I just use the URL-cite format which is quick and easy to do, and doesn't take any more than a few seconds.....add up hundreds of usages, times the several minutes it takes to use this template, and that's hundreds of minutes (=several hours) of wasted time, all too "prettify" the code/interface and of no use at all to active, contributing editors.Skookum1 (talk) 22:22, 18 December 2010 (UTC)