Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Template:User Foote quote 01

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was: userfy to User:IveGoneAway/User Foote quote 01. The author made an attempt at this but did not use the page move feature; I adjusted the page histories through a round-robin page move. I will redirect this title to the new one. The category issues were fixed during the course of this discussion. As WP:UBXNS outlines, this sort of page is an acceptable use of userspace. No prejudice against a move back to the template namespace if others begin to display this userbox. (non-admin closure) —  Godsy (TALK CONT ) 21:43, 21 July 2018 (UTC)

Template:User Foote quote 01


Userbox pollutes multiple categories. Hasn't been edited in a year. Only 1 transclusion. Content consists solely of a joke. &thinsp;&mdash; Mr. Guye (talk) (contribs)&thinsp; 17:07, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Keep - Not seeing any reason for deletion. It's a userbox. You have a pile of them, including jokey ones like e.g. "This user causes chandeliers to fall from the ceiling when he is angry" on your very userpage... &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 18:01, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Defense - Perhaps the issue is the critical, unintentional omission on my part of the Category:Userboxes? Are the multiple polluted categories Software engineering and Geology? I can accept that the categorization with Geology is tenuous. OTOH, the intention of this user box is to link the reader to Brian Foote's specific Google Talk on the subject of Ball of Mud architecture. I valued this talk for the introduction to Shearing Layers, which is now an essential architectural tool for me. I wish to share it through my user page.


 * Safety-critical software engineers should recognize the reference of the icon to safety-compatible layered-architecture in general and to the AUTOSAR example thereof. Is Category:Software frameworks polluted? Maybe - it is intentionally low-quality as it is intended only as an icon.


 * I can add the Category:Userboxes, and I can remove the Geology category. However, is it inappropriate to have any non-userbox category? If acceptable, Category:Software architecture is a more appropriate category than Category:Software engineering?


 * Are more than those two categories polluted? Should I be aware of category pollution resulting from the substantive links in the noinclude text?


 * Rather than deletion, I suggest correcting for the issues I am guessing you have have with the categorization. (User Rhododendrites might be qualified to suggest keeping the Geology category.) IveGoneAway (talk) 19:57, 13 July 2018 (UTC) 20:13, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * A userbox/user namespace template should be in its own part of the category tree, and not in categories used by articles. There are several userbox categories, though. E.g. Category:Humorous userboxes and Category:Computer-related user templates, which may be relevant. Another way to show it to people is through a WikiProject that might be interested. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 20:18, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Did the edit to the categories fix it? There is no Software engineering or Software architecture category available. IveGoneAway (talk) 20:48, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is now only in the userboxes category. If you look at other userboxes and see that more than a couple have to do with software engineering or software architecture, you could create that subcategory. User templates are not exceedingly well organized IIRC. That said, I don't think categorization was the sole reason for this nomination. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 20:53, 13 July 2018 (UTC)


 * This would be best served by being userfied. — This, that and the other (talk) 11:41, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I think I see what you mean. Replace the quote with something like what's in the table that references the UB, swapping the position with "This user really digs geology metaphors for software architecture? I might. IveGoneAway (talk) 20:20, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you mean, but "Userfication" is when a page is moved from one namespace (usually the article namespace, but also the project [Wikipedia] namespace or, here, the Template namespace) to the User namespace. It would mean nothing is changed except it would be located at User:IveGoneAway/User Foote quote 01. I personally don't see much reason for this if you think anyone else might use it, but if it's just for use on your page that's the best place for it. &mdash; Rhododendrites  talk \\ 20:50, 16 July 2018 (UTC)
 * OK, I think I can do that, but if not by tomorrow, then after next week after I am back from scout camp. IveGoneAway (talk) 19:46, 20 July 2018 (UTC)


 * Did this do the trick: User:IveGoneAway/User Foote quote 01? IveGoneAway (talk) 01:14, 21 July 2018 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.