Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 October 6



Template:BLP IMDB-only refimprove

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The result of the discussion was Keep. WOSlinker (talk) 20:17, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Deprecated, unused —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

However, the template was deprecated less than one week ago, and people could be using it from memory. So, while I do think that the template should be deleted as a substantial duplication of another template which has the same functionality (WP:CSD), I think we ought to wait a while to make sure that it's no longer being used. -- Black Falcon (talk) 23:42, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose deletion, in favor of some alternative like archiving. I was given notice of this TFD.  I see that the template is superseded, by use of a switch in the broader refimprove template.  However, why not just apply an  or otherwise render this non-usable, but retain its history.  It was used for thousands of articles and was a key part of successful joint effort of WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons / wp:URBLP drive to address unreferenced Biography of Living Persons articles, earlier this year (many years ago in dog-years).  In that drive a bunch of us met a difficult goal for June 1, 2010, in response to huge community-wide concern in huge RFCs WP:BLPRFC1 and WP:BLPRFC2 and Requests for comment/Biographies of living people.  Use of this tag enabled thousands of items to be cleared, and better identification of the real problems for individual articles.  For historical interest, cannot this be archived or otherwise saved?  And, I presume it just redirects to the other template.  So why not just leave it in place? --doncram (talk) 22:40, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose redirects are cheap, deleted templates are only viewable by admins. Even if all the articles that were using this template when it was superseded have had the template replaced, there are going to be vandalised and detagged articles where people in future revert to articles with this tag. If the tag is a redirect then there is no problem, if its been deleted then we have problems.  Ϣere Spiel  Chequers  23:17, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, but maybe wait a few weeks or months... - This template does not and should not be redirected to BLP IMDB refimprove because the two templates used different parameters (old uses of this template would not be compatible with BLP IMDB refimprove, and would need to be repaired manually). I don't see a reason to archive it, since the commendable BLP cleanup effort is well-documented elsewhere and the other (almost identical) template still exists and is in use.
 * It's currently a wrapper and that's fine imo. – xeno talk 16:31, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose - what do you mean, unused? I use it all the time. 69.181.249.92 (talk) 07:33, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * I think he meant that it is currently untranscluded, and has been deprecated by . -- Black Falcon (talk) 16:26, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep - useful wrapper. Deleting this is user-hostile. – xeno talk 16:30, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Sam Janus filmography

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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 04:02, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

Unused template. Filmography already covered in Samantha Womack WOSlinker (talk) 22:15, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. Unused, but article content such as this should not be transcluded from templatespace anyway. PC78 (talk) 11:55, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Too narrow a focus for a template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:14, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Home and Away character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:30, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Should probably be replaced with Infobox soap character or Infobox soap character 2 WOSlinker (talk) 22:08, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete. They're already being replaced before the deletion nomination, so no use for this now. RAIN..the..ONE  HOTLINE 22:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)


 * Delete, unused. Anemone  Projectors  23:05, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Redundant and now unused. PC78 (talk) 21:06, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Hollyoaks character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 20:15, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Should probably be replaced with Infobox soap character or Infobox soap character 2 WOSlinker (talk) 22:08, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: I agree that it should be deleted. All Hollyoaks articles are currently being changed to Infobox soap character 2. Whoniverse93  (talk)  22:14, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete and replace with Infobox soap character 2 since that's the one it was based on. Anemone  Projectors  22:20, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete as Infobox soap character 2 is currently being used instead. RAIN..the..ONE  HOTLINE 22:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Essentialy a duplicate of Infobox soap character 2. PC78 (talk) 21:10, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox River City character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:19, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Should probably be replaced with Infobox soap character or Infobox soap character 2 WOSlinker (talk) 22:08, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete, unused. Anemone  Projectors  23:11, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Merge into Infobox soap character 2. There are one or two unique parameters here, but otherwise it's largely a duplicate of the more generic template. PC78 (talk) 21:18, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Scratch that, I've just noticed that the template is unused. May as well delete. PC78 (talk) 21:20, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Feluda character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 20:21, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Could be replaced with Infobox character WOSlinker (talk) 22:06, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. A single transclusion which can be replaced with Infobox character. PC78 (talk) 21:21, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:GTA character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:20, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Unused character template. WOSlinker (talk) 22:03, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unused, redundant to Infobox character. PC78 (talk) 21:22, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Winx club character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 22:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Could be replaced with Infobox character WOSlinker (talk) 22:01, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Narnia character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:25, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

appears to be redundant to Infobox Narnia character WOSlinker (talk) 21:59, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete there were two narnia character info boxes being considered several years ago. Infobox Narnia character was adopted. Narnia character does not appear on any articles. LloydSommerer (talk) 23:02, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unused in article space, redundant to Infobox Narnia character. PC78 (talk) 21:24, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Rocko's Modern Life character

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The result of the discussion was delete and replace by Infobox character Magioladitis (talk) 15:29, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

Could be replaced with Infobox character WOSlinker (talk) 21:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Minimal uses, redundant to Infobox character. PC78 (talk) 21:26, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Scooby-Doo character

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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 22:42, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Could be replaced with Infobox character WOSlinker (talk) 21:55, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Minimal uses, essentially redundant to Infobox character. PC78 (talk) 21:28, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Sopranos character
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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:26, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Unused character template. Infobox character would do anyway. WOSlinker (talk) 21:53, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unused and redundant to more generic template. PC78 (talk) 21:29, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox SFU character
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The result of the discussion was Result. Reasoning. WOSlinker (talk) 22:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Only used 3 times. Could be replaced with Infobox character WOSlinker (talk) 21:47, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should use a more generic template. --Auntof6 (talk) 08:17, 10 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Minimal uses, essentially redundant to Infobox character. PC78 (talk) 21:31, 11 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:IMDb film award
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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 04:13, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

The awards feature could be integrated into IMDb title. WOSlinker (talk) 21:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep until such functionality is integrated into another template. Then, no issues with deleting it. <sup style="color:green;">Bongo  <sub style="margin-left:-4.2ex; color:blue;">matic  22:43, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Single, solitary use in Jenny Lumet where it is improperly being used for a citation, despite the fact that this is an external link template and that IMDb is not regarded as a reliable source. PC78 (talk) 11:59, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - IMDb title now handles the award options by using the awards param. -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:40, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:IMDb name award
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The result of the discussion was Delete Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 04:05, 20 October 2010 (UTC)

The awards feature could be integrated into IMDb name. WOSlinker (talk) 21:08, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Keep until such functionality is integrated into another template. Then, no issues with deleting it. <sup style="color:green;">Bongo  <sub style="margin-left:-4.2ex; color:blue;">matic  22:43, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete. Used in just three artices. In two of these it is being used for a citation, despite the fact that this is an external link template and that IMDb is not a reliable source. At Tom Cole (writer) it is properly being used as an external link, but there is no need for multiple links to IMDb, hence it is redundant to IMDb name. PC78 (talk) 12:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Comment - IMDb name now handles the award options by using the awards param. -- WOSlinker (talk) 18:40, 14 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Wikinewshas/...
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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:28, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Three more unused Wikinewshas pages. WOSlinker (talk) 19:49, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete all as unused. I note that nobody has written about Sesame Street on Wikinews since 2007 in any event. BencherliteTalk 12:15, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Uw-logoutblock
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The result of the discussion was speedy delete G7. Magog the Ogre (talk) 22:19, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, this template is not being used on any user talk pages. This is an oddly worded way of telling somebody you think they are avoiding a block on their account by logging out. We already have more specific/less confusing templates to use in such an event. Beeblebrox (talk) 19:36, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Leaning delete, as my comments on the template talk page may indicate. Protonk (talk) 19:42, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Wikinewshas/Deaths in 2008
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The result of the discussion was Delete. WOSlinker (talk) 18:27, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

Unused but keeps getting updated with 2010 data by the Wikinews Importer Bot WOSlinker (talk) 13:30, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Delete: Quite bizarrely, I had the same idea as you but one minute later... BencherliteTalk 13:33, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
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