Template talk:Editnotices/Page/List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters

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Please add following message to the notice.
 * Origins of characters are hidden because they may turn into Original research. Unless you can provide reliable sources about them, DO NOT UNCOVER THEM.

JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 15:08, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Anomie⚔ 17:04, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Message about excessive detail
User:TheRedPenOfDoom has added the following warning at the end of each section:



This warning is rather salient, and I believe this should be incorporated into the editnotice along with reformatting and rewording (changes noted):


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. I'm opposed to soften the tone of this message in this way and as such, you will need to gain consensus for this change before reactivating this Edit template-protected request. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (t • e • c) 05:58, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting wait.svg|17px|link=|alt=]] Soliciting discussion from Talk:List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters...  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 20:04, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I would prefer the sentences at the bottom read " Any addition of content that does not comply with these policies may be promptly removed. Repeated insertion of inappropriate content may result in you being blocked from editing Wikipedia. If you are unsure about what is appropriate for an encyclopedia, please discuss at Talk:List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters first."
 * But in any instance I like Anon126's proposed notice better than the current one, which makes inappropriate threats that have not and cannot actually be applied as stated. (and have not succeeded in preventing fanclutter anyway, despite the draconian nature.)--  TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  21:38, 20 February 2014 (UTC)
 * That seems good, but I might change "for an encyclopedia" to "for Wikipedia" because Wikipedia is not a paper encyclopedia. I'm not sure if people will take "encyclopedia" to refer to a traditional paper encyclopedia (which would probably have much shorter entries).  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 00:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

I'd also add "(See also writing about fiction.)" to that last bullet point. How about it? Anon 126  (talk - contribs) 00:29, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * they both sound good. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom  04:50, 23 February 2014 (UTC)

From the above discussion, the notice would be changed to this:

Awaiting input from other editors (from the article talk page)...  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 06:16, 23 February 2014 (UTC)
 * That's definitely better than the old version. Also, those souce-code-comments, telling the same thing again and again should be removed. There is nothing in them that is not already said in this template. Gial Ackbar (talk) 09:23, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

Second request
Please change the editnotice to the specimen immediately above. Anon 126  (talk - contribs) 20:51, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (t • e • c) 21:18, 5 March 2014 (UTC)

More specific warnings
I think this could be improved with specific warnings related to the policies:


 * Uh, I still don't get why "will" was changed to "may" in "will be promptly removed" or whatever like, wouldn't simply removing the word "promptly" result in both a stronger and more accurate statement to potential editors?? because right now to me it sounds like it "may be removed", as in, it "might be removed", as in, it "might not be removed", as in, "any addition of content that does not comply with Wikipedia's policies might be allowed despite its blatant violation"? I don't know, maybe I'm taking this too far but that's what it looks like anyway there's a salad commercial on TV I'm hungry wow they got bacon bits and everything  ~Helicopter  Llama~  18:25, 7 April 2014 (UTC)


 * I suppose "will be removed" is better. I originally proposed changing it to "may" because some things stay despite not being appropriate.
 * Anyway, I was hoping to get some feedback on the specific examples/instructions. Concerning the first point, would it be appropriate to include a link to WP:CT? That is: (You can use citation templates in the tag to format the information.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anon126 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 8 April 2014 (UTC) Re-ping User:HelicopterLlama

Just the "removed" language
Please change "may be promptly removed" in the current notice to "will be removed", per above consensus. Anon 126  (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 04:31, 1 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Since specifying "will" implies that a bot will come around shortly and it will for sure be removed, I generally oppose that wording; unless of course you have an approved bot that goes around removing non-complaint content (I'd LOVE to see the logic behind such a bot). — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (e • t • c) 12:24, 1 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Anyone else have a proposal?
 * [[Image:Pictogram voting wait.svg|17px|link=|alt=]] Soliciting response from the article talk page...  Anon 126   (notify me of responses! / talk / contribs) 15:39, 4 July 2014 (UTC)