Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:List of templates linking to other free content projects


 * 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 debate was no consensus.  Sandstein   20:15, 1 October 2008 (UTC)

List of templates linking to other free content projects
This projectspace list would be much better presented as a category. Every template on the list was created using the same master template, FreeContentMeta, and it would be trivial to automatically categorise them using the template code. As-is this is prone to rot. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:27, 19 September 2008 (UTC)


 * Weak keep. Has the category already been made?  "Prone to rot" can be said about a lot of things - it is not a reason for deletion.  As per WP:CLS, categories and templates shouldn't be immediately considered to be exclusive.  More navigation aids are better than less.  Even if it becomes redundant, is never again used, there is little advantage in deletion.  It doesn't free space, or consume less resources, but does make it harder if there is someone who one days wants it.  If your sure it is of no conceivable future use, mark it as historical, or preferably convert to a redirect to somewhere useful.  --SmokeyJoe (talk) 00:47, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - The category for these templates, Category:External link boxes, was created 14 May 2007. There doesn't seem to be a good reason to have a list as well. Historical seems correctly applied on List of templates by usage. However, the nominated list doesn't seem to have historical elements. Some WikiProjects using lists of templates are WikiProject Terrorism and WikiProject Biography. -- Suntag  ☼  07:10, 20 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Keep Contains additional information that a category would not, such as where the wiki is hosted and under what license. -- Ned Scott 04:59, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
 * As an alternative (though I don't think it would be necessary) this could become a subpage of WP:TRAN. -- Ned Scott 03:53, 26 September 2008 (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.