User:Ricky81682/Template deletionist

A template deletionist is one who favors the removal of templates within articles in favor of more editing of the 'raw' contents of an any article.

Wikipedia has seen a drop in new editors since 2008. One of the reasons expressed is that new editors find editing to be more intimidating than it was when Wikipedia was in its early stages.

Hiding template to "protect" page is not the goal here
Wikipedia remains the free encyclopedia that "anyone can edit". However, a basic article like Hydrogen has a massively hidden Template:Infobox hydrogen that specifically can't be edited. This fact is not a hinderance but is a purpose to these templates.

Rather than hiding the template, the solution should be to protect the page, with pending changes or other methods, not to create levels of obfuscation that allow only newer editors to understand what's going on.

Esoteric templates
Over the years, citation templates have become standardized in Wikipedia for the formatting of references. However, numerous individuals have created their own esoteric versions of those templates. It becomes easy to create but difficult to find and eliminate. Nevertheless, some projects such as Harry Potter and Middle Earth continue onward with these templates today.