Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:EWikist/Templates/PunGenerator

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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 Keep. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 09:58, 30 September 2012 (UTC)

User:EWikist/Templates/PunGenerator


Very funny, but does not help building an encyclopaedia at all, especially hidden away in userspace.  Rcsprinter  (deliver)  @ 20:42, 22 September 2012 (UTC)


 * Keep. Clever wiki functionality that I haven't seen before. Consider copying to template space and adapting as an example. --SmokeyJoe (talk) 23:42, 22 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - This isn't divisive or polemic. And we generally allow humour and community-building pages. - jc37 10:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep - The content doesn't satisfy WP:UP since it is not relevant to Wikipedia. However, I added to the page top "PunGenerator is an example usage of the #switch ParserFunction extension and provides alternatives based on the value of the test string. For more information, see conditional expressions and the extension documentation page." I could read about ParserFunctions, etc. forever and still not figure out what they are. This page demonstrates the #switch feature in a clever, memorable way. I agree with SmokeyJoe: Consider copying to template space and adapting as an example. Since the page only shows one pun at a time, I don't see any problem with having as many switch puns as desired so long as the pun itself is reasonable and the primary purpose of the page is to demonstrate a ParserFunction. Also see Category:Wikipedia how-to essays. -- Uzma Gamal (talk) 12:10, 23 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't see anything wrong with this as a userspace bauble. It's a clever hack and it's in use by around a dozen editors. We have worse problems with userspace than this. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:26, 28 September 2012 (UTC)
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