Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 August 22



Template:Dabredlink

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The result of the debate was Delete. —Wknight94 (talk) 01:34, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

I am nominating this template for deletion because I think it is almost unused, does not help the encyclopedia, and would become unmaintainable if widely used. The reason for the template's creation can be found here. The purpose was to allow editors to quickly see what articles link to a red link article in a disambiguation page. It is currently used in two disambiguation pages. I think seeing a little superscript link next to a red link would be a bit confusing for users just reading Wikipedia.

My biggest concerns are with consistency and maintainability. It is virtually impossible to use this template on every disambiguation page with red links. New entries are always being added and then there will be pages that use the template and others that don't. There could even be pages that use the template on some red links but not on others. Also, what happens when a red link becomes an actual article? The template doesn't detect whether or not the parameter is really a red link, it displays the superscript link regardless. The template would have to be removed each time a new article is created. I think is too much work for too little benefit. I personally don't find it very hard to open each red link on a disambiguation page in a new tab and then check the "What links here" for each page. swa q  16:43, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete: per policy and nominator -- KelleyCook (talk) 18:21, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Largely underused template, confusing, not helpful. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 02:07, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete as a bit useless - I had high hopes when I created it... GDallimore (Talk) 20:45, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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Template:List of DirecTV channels

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The result of the debate was Delete all. —Wknight94 (talk) 01:39, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

These single-use templates just shouldn't exist according to Template namespace. They should all be subst'ed back into List of DirecTV channels. A sandbox check shows the resulting article to be 114K, which shouldn't pose a threat to editing. -- KelleyCook (talk) 15:42, 22 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete Not what templatespace is for. Ten Pound Hammer  and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 16:13, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
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