Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 February 25



Template:PD-USGov-FDA

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, all future uploads may take place on Commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  14:15, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-USGov-FDA
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-USGov-NEA

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, future uploads may take place on Commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  14:14, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-USGov-NEA
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:PD-USGov-SSA

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, all future uploads can be at commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  14:12, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-USGov-SSA
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:PD-USGov-VOA

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:58, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, all future uploads can be made at commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  14:11, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-USGov-VOA
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:Publicity still

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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 22:15, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, tag exists at commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  14:09, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Publicity still
 * delete, not needed here. Frietjes (talk) 17:18, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-NWS

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, all future uploads can take place on commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  13:56, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-NWS
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:PD-Afghanistan

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused, tag exists in Commons, all future uploads can take place there. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  13:53, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-Afghanistan
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:Cc-by-2.0-uk

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The result of the discussion was Withdrawn - F ASTILY   01:37, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused copyright tags. Any future uploads under these licenses belong at Commons. F ASTILY  09:54, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Cc-by-2.0-uk
 * Cc-by-3.0-au
 * Cc-by-sa-3.0-au
 * Cc-by-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
 * Cc-by-3.0-br
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-TJ-exempt

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:55, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-TJ-exempt
 * Keep. There is no requirement in policy to upload free content to commons rather than to en-wiki. Most of these templates should be expected to appear unused because anyone who uses them, will probably have their content moved to commons anyway. There are editors who choose to avoid commons, and deleting these templates only makes their work more difficult, for really no good reason. Someguy1221 (talk) 09:10, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep This tag may be required for files temporarily copied from commons for protection purposes. For work in joint copyright this tag may be one of several for a file that is in copyright in one of the source countries and so may not be hosted on commons. Template deletion is not an appropriate way of encouraging uploading to commons. This is a template associated with a policy, WP:Image use policy, and so should not have been nominated here ("cannot be listed at TFD", see above). Thincat (talk) 23:50, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:Non-free Denver Public Library image

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:48, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Non-free Denver Public Library image
 * Keep to help those uploading such files in future. Thincat (talk) 23:55, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:Non-renewed

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The result of the discussion was Redundant template is redundant. Redirected -  F ASTILY   02:11, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:45, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Non-renewed
 * Redirect to PD-US-not renewed Same exact license tag &mdash; Train2104 (t • c) 07:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
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Template:Non-free stamp of India

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The result of the discussion was redirect to Template:Non-free stamp. Primefac (talk) 22:14, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:43, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Non-free stamp of India


 * Redirect to Non-free stamp which is identical except for naming the stamp issuing authority. Currently I can only see 4 Indian stamps in Category:Fair use stamp images that might use this template and even those probably don't comply with WP:NFCC. ww2censor (talk) 16:38, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
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Template:Non-free currency-Switzerland

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:40, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Non-free currency-Switzerland
 * Keep to help those uploading such files in future. Thincat (talk) 23:57, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:Non-free currency-AU-Coin

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The result of the discussion was Keep. (non-admin closure) Iazyges   Consermonor   Opus meum  03:59, 2 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:36, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Non-free currency-AU-Coin
 * Keep to help those uploading such files in future. Thincat (talk) 23:58, 1 March 2017 (UTC)


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Template:NZFC NCS

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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 22:14, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:34, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * NZFC NCS
 * delete, and someone should nominate the rest in Category:NZFC templates. Frietjes (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-INGov
<div class="boilerplate tfd vfd tfd-closed" style="background-color: #e3f9df; padding: 0 10px 0 10px; border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;">
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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 01:24, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Not actually a template, it also appears that it was deleted on Commons. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:28, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-INGov
 * Delete. No apparent usefulness, created by now-banned user. --Tryptofish (talk) 23:50, 27 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete, it appears to have been made as a placeholder for something the page creator wanted to make. Seems to have been a message for the Village pump posted in the wrong place. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist  (Speak quickly) (Follow my trail) 10:16, 1 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-CAGov-SealNotice
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The result of the discussion was I'm withdrawing this per comments. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  02:17, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Dependant on PD-CAGov, which is unused. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:27, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-CAGov-SealNotice
 * Keep. Yes, it is dependent on PD-CAGov, which is currently unused, but PD-CAGov is still valid and applicable to many things out there currently incorrectly tagged as unfree, and may be used again at any time (see its entry below in this TfD). This notice template is also quite useful and often necessary when using PD-CAGov, since many patrollers automatically assume anything that is not a work of the U.S. Federal government cannot be public domain. This template is very good for preventing the incorrect nomination of many free files, valid under PD-CAGov, for PUF or other deletions. Darkest Tree   Talk  16:34, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
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Template:PD-CAGov
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The result of the discussion was I'm withdrawing this per comments. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  02:17, 26 February 2017 (UTC) Unused in file namespace. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:26, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * PD-CAGov
 * Keep. This template is only unused on namespace because it was used extensively to successfully liberate many free California-government-based images, seals, and logos, which had been originally tagged as unfree, and after the image licensing was corrected on these free images (many done by myself), the files were then moved to Commons by other users (I can't do everything myself, after all). There are still many other free California-government-based images out there tagged as unfree, to which this template would apply. It is a very useful template, and very important to Wikipedia in enabling the use of free image content. Please keep. Keeping will also save myself and others the trouble of recreating it when it is needed again. Darkest Tree   Talk  16:30, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep: As Darkest Tree mentioned, this copyright tag is in use on 1,450 pages on Commons; the files just don't stay on English Wikipedia long because they get moved. Like the other copyright/PD tags that are shared between English Wikipedia and Commons, this tag should stay even when no English Wikipedia files are tagged at the moment; there is no good equivalent substitute tag for this license condition when these files are uploaded or discovered.  (And Darkest Tree above says there are probably lots more tagged as fair-use that should be switched to this free tag instead.) --Closeapple (talk) 17:20, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
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Template:NBL Canada team standings/gb format
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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 22:13, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Only link to it is in a unused template database. Iazyges  Consermonor   Opus meum  05:19, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * NBL Canada team standings/gb format
 * delete, we don't need it. Frietjes (talk) 17:20, 5 March 2017 (UTC)
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Template:WikispeciesCompact
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The result of the discussion was delete. Replace all uses with Wikispecies-inline Primefac (talk) 22:05, 5 March 2017 (UTC) Do we need this? It has 28 transclusions. Wikispecies has 40634 transclusions and produces a link to Wikispecies in a bigger box. Wikispecies-inline has 5783 transclusions and produces a unboxed (and thus occopying slightly less screen real estate) link to Wikispecies. Wikispecies pages are automatically linked via Wikidata in the sidebar anyway. I'm not sure that any of the templates that provide links to Wikispecies are particularly useful since Wikidata started providing the links to other Wikimedia projects. Surely articles using this template could at least be switched to using the more frequently used Wikispecies-inline template. Plantdrew (talk) 04:57, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * WikispeciesCompact


 * Delete all - I'd agree with Plantdrew that ALL the Wikispecies templates are now redundant to the sidebar, which is always in the same place too, reliable and ideal for navigation. Chiswick Chap (talk) 09:33, 25 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete as redundant, after replacement (or make a redirect to the -inline version). Keep the others. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 22:59, 26 February 2017 (UTC)
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