Template talk:Marinette Marine

unexplained edits and reverts
With this edit and this edit, Editor Epluribusunumyall, without providing a rationale, made two more-or-less pointless changes by replacing two template with their expansions. I restored the templates and changed two other wikilinks to use at this edit. Ignoring WP:BRD, Editor Epluribusunumyall reverted at this edit without explanation.

Using  as an example, that template creates this wikitext:
 * USCGC Juniper (WLB-201)

Compare that output with the wikitext that Editor Epluribusunumyall used to replace the template:

Note that the template's rendered wikilink properly imposes line-wrap restrictions whereas the simple wikitext version does not.

Editor Epluribusunumyall's revert of my edit should be undone.

—Trappist the monk (talk) 19:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC)


 * this seems rather personal, for which i don't think it is warranted. i am also confused why this was brought to a general talk page and not my own - which would have been more appropriate imo. it is also worth remembering WP:BRD is not a policy and not obligatory.
 * to skip ahead, the reason for why i changed the template for a couple of the ships - i.e. USCGC Juniper or USCGC Maple is because their article names don't include their hull numbers, unlike their sister ships the USCGC Willow (WLB-202) or USCGC Kukui (WLB-203), which are the second ships in the USCG to be named such respectively. using the template with the hull number would therefore just lead to the re-direct page, for which when the template is applied to each of the above mentioned articles, their names wouldn't be bolded.
 * i understand the issue that line-wrapping could create, but couldn't solve this. i could be wrong, but was also not the first editor to make said changes as the template had previously been edited for the USCGC Aspen article. - Epluribusunumyall (talk) 22:04, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Nothing personal. Why here?  Why not here?  Here is where the edits took place so here is the best place to discuss them.  I know that WP:BRD is not a policy but creating the encyclopedia is supposed to be a collegial effort so courtesy dictates that editors follow the commonly accepted behavioral guidelines.
 * Your point about article name bolding in the rendered template is valid. This entire conversation would have been unnecessary had you written a simple edit summary to say that.
 * —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)
 * —Trappist the monk (talk) 23:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC)