User talk:Stereotyper/Template:Contrary (McGeddon)

What's the purpose of creating a template for this? You're welcome to recreate the speedily deleted template in your user space for sandbox testing, but you should not include it in articles (as you did with Gemma Atkinson and Jimmy Carr) until it's back in the mainspace. --McGeddon (talk) 16:18, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'd like to point out that the reason I created it in the first place was to help with the fact that some people tend to be the subject of rumours. Nothing to do with policy.--Stereotyper (talk) 16:57, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I can see what you're doing with it, but what actual benefit is there from having this information in a template, instead of a simple sentence? How does it help the article or the editors? --McGeddon (talk) 17:02, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I believe it should be templated as it's quicker than adding it to lots of pages.--Stereotyper (talk) 17:07, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * What does Wikipedia gain from having it added to lots of pages, though? Do you feel it's something that editors need to be able to search for, as with Template:asof? Or that it's important to have a consistent wording when stating that a person is the subject of rumours? --McGeddon (talk) 17:43, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it's best to have a constant wording for everything. That's what WP:MoSTYLE's for. I know this, as I created two of that page's redirects.--Stereotyper (talk) 17:51, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * WP:MoS doesn't state that "Contrary to rumours, X is not related to Y." is the best possible wording for a rumour-related sentence. It makes much more sense to let editors fit this into existing article prose, in whatever way is appropriate. (For one thing, your template uses the English spelling of "rumour", which would be unhelpful were an article written in American English.) --McGeddon (talk) 18:03, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Well, the spelling issue has been fixed, just put a C instead of c on contrary. Also, MoS states that there is a definate style of writing. As there is nothing stated for this type of sentence, I'm adding style to that type. I'll be adding it for more than just that one.--Stereotyper (talk) 20:04, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * It's good that you're keen to experiment with templates, but I would strongly recommend raising this with other editors at Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style before putting too more much of your time in it - I'm not sure it would be particularly useful or welcomed, for this specific instance. --McGeddon (talk) 20:23, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * On my talk page, you said "Would I be able to archive the discussion?" - what discussion do you mean? --McGeddon (talk) 21:20, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I mean the above about Contrary.--Stereotyper (talk) 17:41, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, all editors are always perfectly welcome to archive (or delete!) anything they like on their talk pages. --McGeddon (talk) 11:37, 30 October 2008 (UTC)