User:Mifield/:sandbox/drafts/Template talk:!))

(Templates that produce) Square brackets
The template currently called, which produces two consecutive closing square brackets , was first. It was then, a mere five minutes later,.

This was done to maintain symmetry with a different template called, which produces two consecutive opening square brackets. The symmetry lies in the fact that the exclamation point  lies on the outside of the parentheses in both   (&rarr;  ) and   (&rarr;  ).

This has been the state of affairs ever since. For the most part, the template that produces  has been referenced by its current canonical name.

(Templates that produce) Pipe and braces
At the same time, there exist a couple of other templates whose names contain the exclamation point, where the exclamation points are on the inside of their respective adjacent parentheses. These two form a pair: and, which produce   and   respectively.

Rationale
The current behavior, from the perspective of someone who invokes the template named, is not consistent. To wit, even thought  has the exclamation point on the inside of its adjacent parentheses, which in all other relevant cases translates to the output of a pipe , this is not the result obtained by such an invocation.

It would be more consistent for a template named  to produce one pipe followed by two closing braces (i.e., curly brackets or curly braces):.

Action
Given all of the above, I (Mifield (talk)) have the following proposal:

"Instead of a redirect to, make the template page by the name of a standalone template, whose behavior is that it produces."

This is unnecessary
This may well be true! However, It would be nice to have this done, at least in my personal opinion. (Mifield (talk))

This would impact too many pages
I have already manually changed most if not anll instances of the invocation of to the intended, canonical target. Not all links to the page have been changed; some have been archived, while others exist under the "User:" namespace, or are difficult to locate, presumably due to multiple layers of transclusion. (Mifield (talk))

Discussion
Comments, suggestions, agreements, disagreements, etc., are all welcome.

Summary
/* Usurping the page called "Template:!))" to achieve behavior consistency */ page creation; also create new (first) topic