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Template:Meitantei Conan

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 22:12, 26 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Meitantei Conan

This template seems to be excessively used to provide identical text across several articles when it seems that text is either incorrect or is not needed in its own separate template. These are the changes I made and frankly it just seems like we can substitute this across the project and not lose much. — Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 18:22, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I don't care if it gets deleted but I believe your main issue with the template is Version A ( lit. Great Detective Conan, officially translated as Detective Conan (名探偵コナン) ) vs Version B ( Detective Conan (名探偵コナン) ). As the prime editor to the series, I believe Version A is the better version for a general reader. I've decided to leave this to Wikiproject Japan's consensus (Possibly A/M too if not enough participants) on what should replace this template. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 07:42, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * If the officially translated title in Japan is "Detective Conan" then we do not need to clarify that 名探偵 means "great detective".— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 07:56, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * That's the same as making Kuroko's Basketball's Japanese name into The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays (黒子のバスケ) . The accuracy crashes. There is no rule against Version A. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 21:48, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * The fact is that "Kuroko's Basketball" is the English licensed name (and also a better translation) where "The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays" is the English translation within Japan. Case Closed is "Detective Conan" in Japan. Whether or not "Meitantei" is "Great Detective" is irrelevant considering the translation is inherently the same. Not to mention it should have always been "Meitantei Konan" but this is not the point here. The point is that you don't need this template to repeat any sort of text like this across the project. You do not need that massive version you're putting out there on every Case Closed article.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 22:25, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * I never said to keep the template. It's boiled down to whether it should be replaced with version A or B. Like Kuroko, Detective Conan is the translation in Japan. Same thing. Maximum accuracy is added with the literal translation. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 22:28, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * But there's no effective difference between "Great Detective" and "Detective" in this situation. We don't need anything other than "Detective Conan" unlike Kuroko no Basuke's situation. And this is not the point of the discussion. It is to discuss whether or not this template should be deleted. Now stop arguing over the content of the template.— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 22:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This is part of the template discussion since something will have to replace those blank spots. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 23:32, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's called nothing because you don't need "Case Closed, known in Japan as..." on every single Case Closed article on Wikipedia. You need the official translated title on the main article and that's it. Everywhere else is just "Case Closed".— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 23:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It's not excessive, it's six words after a nihongo, and nothing dissuades this practice. Like Nihongo foot, this has settled down to a community consensus on whether what I'm doing is appropriate or not. Parroting reasons is pointless now, I'll let the community decide. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 23:43, 11 October 2014 (UTC)

The literal translation can be saved for the main article, which would include the lead=yes parameter as well. -AngusWOOF (talk) 23:34, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * But is there any distinct difference between "Detective Conan" and "Great Detective Conan" to even bother noting that the 名 in 名探偵 means "fame; renown; reputation;"?— Ryūlóng ( 琉竜 ) 23:38, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Instances in the franchise where they wanted to use the English language use Great. These are minor though. DragonZero  ( Talk  ·  Contribs ) 23:44, 11 October 2014 (UTC)


 * Delete as hardcoded/redundant. I think the issue of whether to include the literal translation or not should be settled at the main article talk page, rather than here, per AngusWOOF. I may lean towards mentioning "Great" somewhere in the article, as it has a little more significance than mere trivia, but not enough that it can't be left out if it doesn't fit well enough. Instances in other articles could be replaced with Ryulong's version. —PC-XT+ 07:19, 12 October 2014 (UTC)
 * delete, hardcoded and redundant. Frietjes (talk) 14:52, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
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Template:January 2005 events

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 01:40, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * January 2005 events
 * January 2006 events
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 * January 2009 events
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redundant to calendar and Month year in topic. Frietjes (talk) 17:50, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete all as redundant —PC-XT+ 20:58, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge as needed, then delete all per nom.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  13:39, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
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Template:Events by month (1992)

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 01:41, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Events by month (1992)
 * Events by month (1993)
 * Events by month (1994)
 * Events by month (1995)
 * Events by month (1996)
 * Events by month (1997)
 * Events by month (1998)
 * Events by month (1999)
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 * Events by month (2012)
 * Events by month (2006 in Oceania)
 * Events by month (2007 in Oceania)
 * Events by month (2006 in United States)

unused and replaced by Events by month. Frietjes (talk) 13:39, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete all as unused/redundant —PC-XT+ 21:01, 11 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Merge as needed, then delete all per nom.  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽ʌⱷ҅ᴥⱷʌ≼  13:40, 14 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Delete all per nom. --NSH002 (talk) 20:00, 17 October 2014 (UTC)
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