User:Evad37/sandbox/Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell



If process guidelines are met, move templates to the appropriate subsection here to prepare to delete. Before deleting a template, ensure that it is not in use on any pages (other than talk pages where eliminating the link would change the meaning of a prior discussion), by checking Special:Whatlinkshere for '(transclusion)'. Consider placing Being deleted on the template page.

Tools
There are several tools that can help when implementing TfDs. Some of these are listed below.
 * AutoWikiBrowser – Semi-automatic editor that can replace or modify templates using regular expressions
 * Bots – Robots editing automatically. All tasks have to be approved before operating. There are currently four bots with general approval to assist with implementing TfD outcomes:
 * AnomieBOT - substituting templates via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster
 * SporkBot - general TfD implementation run by Plastikspork
 * PrimeBOT - general TfD implementation run by Primefac
 * DannyS712 bot - template orphaning run by DannyS712

Closing discussions
The closing procedures are outlined at Templates for discussion/Administrator instructions.

To review
Templates for which each transclusion requires individual attention and analysis before the template is deleted.


 * , replace as indicated in the discussion
 * Discussion moved to Template talk:Infobox MTR station. Enterprisey (talk!) (formerly APerson) 17:47, 5 June 2016 (UTC)
 * , Interlanguage link, Interlanguage link forced, Interlanguage link Wikidata, Link-interwiki, Red Wikidata link ... see discussion.


 * Star systems within X-Y light years: move to article space, reformat as an article, replace template transclusions in transcluding articles with a see also or other appropriate link.
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 30-35 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 35-40 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 40-45 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 45-50 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 50-55 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 55-60 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 60-65 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 65-70 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 70-75 light years
 * , replace with Infobox station
 * , SL br, SL div, SL file, SL head, SL multi, SL pic, SL row, SL sep, SL size, SL text, SL top, replace as indicated in the discussion.
 * Last diagrams in mainspace (on List of New York City Subway terminals) being replaced slowly at User:Jc86035/sandbox. Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125; to reply to me 06:14, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 60-65 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 65-70 light years
 * Being worked on at Draft:List of star systems within 70-75 light years
 * , replace with Infobox station
 * , SL br, SL div, SL file, SL head, SL multi, SL pic, SL row, SL sep, SL size, SL text, SL top, replace as indicated in the discussion.
 * Last diagrams in mainspace (on List of New York City Subway terminals) being replaced slowly at User:Jc86035/sandbox. Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125; to reply to me 06:14, 30 August 2015 (UTC)
 * , replace with Infobox station
 * , SL br, SL div, SL file, SL head, SL multi, SL pic, SL row, SL sep, SL size, SL text, SL top, replace as indicated in the discussion.
 * Last diagrams in mainspace (on List of New York City Subway terminals) being replaced slowly at User:Jc86035/sandbox. Jc86035 (talk • contribs) Use &#123;&#123;re&#124;Jc86035&#125;&#125; to reply to me 06:14, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

To merge
Templates to be merged into another template.

Arts

 * - Merge with episode list, finding a way to avoid using rowspan but still conveying the information required.

Geography, politics and governance

 * – Merge with Infobox legislative session if technically feasible
 * , merge into Infobox officeholder
 * , merge into Period start
 * - merge into Infobox political party

Religion

 * - merge into Infobox deity per discussion
 * Pending discussion at Template talk:Infobox deity on the best way to move forward with this. ~ RobTalk 08:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)
 * - merge into Infobox religious building per discussion
 * Pending discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Buddhism to confirm that User:BU Rob13/Buddhist temple merge is an appropriate way to conduct the merge. ~ RobTalk 08:18, 25 March 2016 (UTC)

Sports

 * – Merge with Infobox cricket team
 * – Merge with Infobox cricket team
 * – Merge with Infobox cricket team
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – Merge with Infobox country at games if technically feasible
 * – Merge with Infobox country at games if technically feasible
 * – Merge with Infobox country at games if technically feasible
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion.
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion.
 * – Merge into Infobox cricket season
 * – Merge with Infobox rugby league season
 * – Merge with Infobox rugby club season
 * – Merge with Infobox rugby league team season
 * - merge with Infobox Australian rules football season
 * - replace with Infobox Afbn team
 * - merge with Infobox hockey team

Transport

 * , merge with YellowRoute and RedRoute into Jct.
 * , merge with Infobox bus line
 * – merge with Rail-interchange and Rail color box
 * – merge with Rail-interchange
 * – Merge with Infobox train
 * – Merge as indicated in the discussion
 * – merge into infobox rail line as indicated in the discussion
 * - merge into Infobox station by converting to a wrapper than substituting
 * - merge into Modern Honda vehicles

Other

 * – Merge into HS listed building header
 * – Merge into HS listed building row
 * – Merge with Infobox ancient site.
 * Starting on a wrapper at Infobox dava/sandbox. ~ RobTalk 04:15, 27 March 2016 (UTC)
 * - merge into Anthropology

Meta

 * , and  into Find sources
 * with Split to to create Split article
 * with No redirect as per discussion.
 * See sandbox and testcases. If I (or anyone else) don't find any issues, I'm moving it live. SiBr4 (talk ) 22:13, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * and Multicol-break/Multicol-end to Col-begin and related templates
 * - this is being replaced by other people
 * Pinging, since they have a bot, and , since they made the module. With 6264 transclusions, regex and AWB are probably the way to go (but I need a bot). I've worked out the regex if you'd like to double-check it:
 * Replace  with
 * Unless I missed something, this should catch just about everything (piped and non-piped), and put it as the DAB link whilst saving the original message (i.e. no extra text, links, or wording). Now, this does end up putting things like "Alan Garner (disambiguation)" into the second link, but that might just mean a second run removing one of the pipes. Primefac (talk) 03:26, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * A few comments:
 * You'll need to escape the right curly brackets as well.
 * It's always a best practice to use  frequently for templates to pick up all forms of white space. For instance, some editors include newlines between each parameter or multiple spaces and you need the greedy regex to pick that up.
 * As written, the regex would take a page that was named "Bob Smith (disambiguation)" but displayed as "Bob Smith" and send them to the actual page named "Bob Smith".
 * Your regex didn't consider redirects.
 * I haven't tested this, but I think the following regex is closer to what you'll want.
 * with
 * As far as running the bot, I could do it or you could. An AWB bot is literally as simple as downloading AWB, filing a WP:BRFA, and then checking the auto-save box that pops up in AWB after your account is flagged as an AWB bot. It's not at all complicated. If it required any coding ability, I wouldn't be able to do it myself. ~ Rob 13 Talk 03:45, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Are we over-thinking this? To keep the text as "For other people with the same name" the param of other people2 just becomes  of other people. So... just replace the 2 with a | and it would work. ! has valid use in OP so it shouldn't affect the display. Primefac (talk) 04:39, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * That would involve similar regex:  to  . There needs to be at least a search for the template name and the following pipe to ensure other templates aren't accidentally affected. I'm not familiar with the underlying templates, but it does appear this would be simpler and accomplish the same thing. ~ Rob 13 Talk 04:58, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * No regex needed; AWB has a template replace tool, so swap OP2 (and its redirects) and use a simple "find 'other people' and replace with 'other people |'" rule afterwards. Primefac (talk) 05:30, 21 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I've replaced the guts of other people2 with  and filed a BRFA for template substitution at Bots/Requests for approval/NihiltresBot 2. {&#123; Nihiltres &#8202;&#124;talk&#8202;&#124;edits}&#125; 15:54, 21 July 2016 (UTC)


 * - merge to WikiProject Meteorology as a subproject/task force
 * - merge to Rfd

To convert
Templates for which the consensus is that they ought to be converted to categories, lists or portals are put here until the conversion is completed.


 * – Convert to Lua per the discussion
 * I've started working on this in my sandbox this week, though where can the conversion be discussed? Template talk:ISO 3166 name? SiBr4 (talk ) 21:42, 3 December 2015 (UTC)
 * That sounds like a good place to hold the conversation. Primefac (talk) 05:27, 4 December 2015 (UTC)


 * – Convert to categories and/or navboxes as per the discussion. May require additional discussion to determine the best way forward.
 * Category:Toei Animation television has been created/populated with the shows found in that section. Primefac (talk) 04:08, 16 July 2016 (UTC)



To substitute
Templates for which the consensus is that all instances should be substituted (i.e. the template should be merged with the article) are put here until the substitutions are completed. After this is done, the template is deleted from template space.



To orphan
These templates are to be deleted, but may still be in use on some pages. Somebody (it doesn't need to be an administrator, anyone can do it) should fix and/or remove significant usages from pages so that the templates can be deleted. Note that simple references to them from Talk: pages should not be removed. Add on bottom and remove from top of list (oldest is on top).


 * None currently

Ready for deletion
Templates for which consensus to delete has been reached, and for which orphaning has been completed, can be listed here for an administrator to delete. Remove from this list when an item has been deleted. If these are to be candidates for speedy deletion, please give a specific reason. See also Deleted template, an option to delete templates while retaining them for displaying old page revisions.