User:Squash/Templates

This proposal is not really just a proposal to add images to one ot two particular templates, but really a proposal to be able to make NEW templates for the Wikipedia. And the order unorganized For Propostion has been updated since, my post in the the protected template talk page turned into such as fairly long comment :-)

The 'For' Proposition by User:Squash

Editors matter in times of trouble 1. Most of the articles on the Wikipedia doesn't need to be listed for deletion, protection etc. So how can that distract readers. But when the time when there is a page to be deleted and so forth - who is really the article important to now ? ... the editors and so it makes sense to make it usable to the editors and make life easier for them. There is no point in creating a bad speedy delete message for editors to see which the article is soon to be deleted anuway and there is no point for the reader to read the article either! :-)

Text-only messages look like part of article I don't like the text only templates for important site notices. They are distracting and when a person reads an article they have to see the article and people are more likely to confuse it with part of the article itself. The templates below that I have designed (including the icons) are supposed to be plain good. And so when a person sees a notice, they would not confuse it with the text. To many people they may seem too distracting and an annoyance. In opinion they are better then the text only ones because of the previously mentioned.

Help in navigation and usability The images assist in navigation with different colours and depth to make navigation better and easier... they are not distracting, In my opinion I think that making a site notice that looks like part of the article is EVEN more distracting then a site notice. And the minimal designs aren't THAT distracting at all!... The brain processes pictures quicker then text... as they say... a picture is worth [number] of words :-). But they add nothing to the template? ... They do, A person can easier distinguish a site notice from the article itself instead of some text only message and so it adds 'usability' in one meaning or another.

Help non-technically advanced users You may think, it is appropriate for individual templates, what about the techinilogically inadvanced users out there who like the appealing icons and know what to do, if they see something bad in the Wikipedia... do we just lock them out and wondering what to do or ask other people. It would be efficent for the Wikipedia that more people work on articles - whether they are really smart or not. See the logo - Wikipedia - The Free Encyclopedia... what does that mean ? ... I think it means it is open to all users out there not just those who are smart!

squash 22:06, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

by Squash
Smaller Design Speedy Deletion If you disagree that the page should be speedily deleted, please explain this on the talk page, or at Speedy deletions. Larger but more 'usable' Speedy Deletion This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. If you disagree that the page should be speedily deleted, please explain on the talk page, or at Speedy deletions.

by Pladask (Squash's template with mdash, thinner border and lighter formatting)
Speedy Deletion &mdash; This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. If you disagree that the page should be speedily deleted, please explain this on the talk page, or at Speedy deletions.

by blankfaze (French WP inspired)
Note: There is a seperate poll to see if pictures should be shown in the protection template. For more details see and/or Vote on the the protected template talk page

by Squash
Minimal Design Protected Until disputes are resolved on the discussion page. Protection is not an endorsement of a particular version. Larger but more 'usable' Protected This page is protected from editing until disputes have been resolved on the discussion page. Protection is not an endorsement of a particular version; please review the discussion, or compare versions from the page history.

by Stormie (Squash's template with Cantus's lock icon)
Protected ''This page is protected from editing until disputes have been resolved on the discussion page. Protection is not an endorsement of a particular version; please review the discussion, or compare versions from the page history.''

by Pladask (Squash's template with mdash, thinner border and lighter formatting)
Protected &mdash; ''This page is protected from editing until disputes have been resolved on the discussion page. Protection is not an endorsement of a particular version; please review the discussion, or compare versions from the page history.''

by Squash
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