Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 January 24



Template:Infobox Jane Austen character

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 February 7. (non-admin closure)  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:42, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Infobox_Jane_Austen_character
 * Infobox_character
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Template:Infobox Discworld character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Discworld character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:51, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Discworld character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Discworld character
 * Infobox character

WP:INFOCOL. only 15 uses  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:58, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merge though oppose some specific fields being added which should be deleted instead - description and notes have values which are giant pieces of text which should be inside the article and not in a summary infobox. --Gonnym (talk) 09:49, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:40, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Law and Order character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Law and Order character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:51, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Law and Order character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Law and Order character
 * Infobox character

Per WP:INFOCOL. Only 57 uses.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:58, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merge though oppose some specific fields being added which should be deleted instead - signature (which is used only once) is unnessaray for fictional character; preceded and succeeded should also be removed as they are ripe for WP:OR, incorrect or confusing information. See Olivia Benson which lists 3 Commanding Officers which preceded her instead of only one. If the appearence on show section is kept, then it seems that time on show and seasons are fields which offer the same information just in a different style, so only one should be used. Also, if the seasons is kept, it should use a range, instead of listing each season. --Gonnym (talk) 09:45, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:47, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Star Trek character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Star Trek character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:52, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Star Trek character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Star Trek character
 * Infobox character

More WP:INFOCOL. Nothing here that cannot be mapped easily to a direct use of Infobox character.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:56, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Await more detail from, but support in principle. Quite a few unique fields here. How will they be merged? --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:32, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your question... What do you mean How will they be merged? Almost all of the parameters are already on Infobox character. The ones that aren't can either be added or use the custom fields. -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 01:28, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for clarify. Support with fields as per Gonnym --Tom (LT) (talk) 23:52, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merge though oppose some specific fields being added which should be deleted instead - posting is just trivia information (see Seven of Nine which has "Astrometry" as a value), or out of context information, where that field lists several bases, but nothing is known about what position he held there, rank, for how long and when. This information is better handled in the article. --Gonnym (talk) 14:47, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:42, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Space:1999 character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Space:1999 character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:53, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Space:1999 character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Space:1999 character
 * Infobox character

Another WP:INFOCOL with only 13 uses.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:55, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merge though oppose some specific fields being added which should be deleted instead - Birth and Death are very trivia information (and usually are unsourced or completely OR) with limited value; Section also a trivia field which no value as it lists the section in the base (?) the person works in, which we already get from position; Posting is used only once and in the same way of Position. --Gonnym (talk) 09:57, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:44, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Tolkien character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Tolkien character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:54, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Tolkien character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Tolkien character
 * Infobox character

Another WP:INFOCOL. While over 150 uses, all these fields can be accommodated by direct use of Infobox character.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:54, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Merge / replace - most parameters except already exsist. Regarding Book(s), I'm conflicted about this parameter, while it does have value, what happens when a character is appears in dozens of books? This seems like information which is better covered in the article, than summarised for an infobox. This gets even worse with character_adaptationappearances - do we want every batman adaptation appearence listed in an infobox? It would be a giant list. This too should be covered in the article. character_birth and character_death are parameters which have not been included in the main infobox, it seems on purpose, so not sure if adding them back would be correct. --Gonnym (talk) 14:14, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:45, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox soap opera family

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 February 8. (non-admin closure)  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:10, 8 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Infobox_soap_opera_family
 * Infobox_character
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Template:Infobox Power Rangers character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Power Rangers character into Template:Infobox character. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:55, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Power Rangers character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Power Rangers character
 * Infobox character

Another WP:INFOCOL. Only 12 uses.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Support merge though oppose some specific fields being added which should be deleted instead - Color is used for the same pupose as the Title, as can been seen at Zack Taylor, and should be removed; Status is also unimportant and unhelpful - "retired" since when? why? - better explained in article. --Gonnym (talk) 14:20, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * support. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:47, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox Pirates of the Caribbean character

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The result of the discussion was merge Template:Infobox Pirates of the Caribbean character into Template:Infobox character. If there are no appropriate parameters to merge, then just replace it instead. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 04:58, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Infobox Pirates of the Caribbean character with Template:Infobox character.
 * Infobox Pirates of the Caribbean character
 * Infobox character

Another candidate for WP:INFOCOL. Only has 15 transclusions. No need for a custom template.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 22:46, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Strong support per nom. Can readily be merged, and better here to have an easily updatable box than individual per series / show ones. --Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Replace and not merge - most of the non-unique parameters here are trivia information and not important for an infobox (some might not be even for the article) - bounty, ships attacked and brethren status. master seems to not be in use; appearance has the problem I commneted on for the Tolkien template, the list of appearences can be huge (films, tv, comics, books, etc) which should be handled in the article and not in the infobox. --Gonnym (talk) 14:32, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Short description — all redirects

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The result of the discussion was discussion moved to redirects for discussion. Frietjes (talk) 16:24, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
 * SHD
 * short desc
 * Brief description
 * Shortdescription
 * Short-description

Shortcuts/redirects for are not recognised by the short description editing gadget, SHD is obscure and does not help anyone reading it, short desc is same problem and not even much of a shortcut, the others even more so. Most short descriptions should be added and edited using the gadget, there is no need for any shortcuts if the appropriate tools are used. On the rare occasions when manual templating is required the full name is not a burden. These shortcuts were created in good faith but it turns out they do more harm than good. The gadget does not handle editing of redirects correctly, and allowing redirects will make maintenance of the gadget unnecessarily complicated, so likely to be less reliable.

I propose to delete them all and salt. I have added a warning at short description about this problem, requesting users to refrain fron creating and using redirects. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 17:50, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * , These all should be at WP:RFD actually. I want to note that it would only take a few minutes for me to support the shortcuts; the main thing would be that no new shortcuts be created - that would be what would create a maintenance burden. But another issue here is that these redirects don't show up in searches like Special:Search/insource:"Short description" which we use to figure out how many manual descriptions have been added.
 * So I think it is reasonable to delete them all with the additional rationale that SHD, Brief description, and Short desc are somewhat more unclear than Short description in the wikitext (same reason for deleting Sdesc), and Shortdescription and Short-description are no shorter and barely used. AWB and similar anyways replace template redirects with their target and so we may as well not have them at all. Galobtter (pingó mió) 19:40, 24 January 2019 (UTC)


 * , of course you are right. I am obviously working too late. I will move the whole catastrophe to RfD. There are only significant numbers of, I have cleaned up the others already. &middot; &middot; &middot; Peter Southwood (talk): 19:49, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment when you say the the short description editing gadget can you be more specific? Would it be possible to update said gadget to support some of the redirects? I agree that SHD doesn't make any sense, but some of the others I think definitely do make sense to have. -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:25, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Could someone close this please? The discussion has been moved to Redirects for discussion/Log/2019 January 24. – Uanfala (talk) 16:32, 26 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Songkick

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 February 7. (non-admin closure)  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:42, 7 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Songkick
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Detroit transit templates

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The result of the discussion was Delete - F ASTILY   02:13, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Detroit People Mover style
 * MDOT style
 * MDOT stations
 * MDOT lines
 * MDOT color
 * DTC style
 * DTC stations
 * DTC lines
 * DTC color
 * S-line/MDOT left/M-1 Rail
 * S-line/MDOT left/QLINE
 * S-line/MDOT right/Detroit People Mover
 * S-line/MDOT right/M-1 Rail
 * S-line/MDOT right/QLINE

Superseded by Module:Adjacent stations/Detroit People Mover and Module:Adjacent stations/M-1 Rail. All transclusions replaced. Mackensen (talk) 17:11, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Winnebago Deal

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The result of the discussion was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:01, 1 February 2019 (UTC) All entries are redirects to the subject. Provides zero navigation. -- wooden superman  14:59, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Winnebago Deal
 * Delete per nom. Utterly useless. Nigej (talk) 17:17, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.--Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nominator. This kind of nonsense around WP don't surprise me. Not too long ago I had a run-in with a very experienced editor who thought redirects that came right back to the same place were perfectly fine and dandy....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 15:33, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom.-- Molandfreak  (talk,   contribs,  email) 13:26, 27 January 2019 (UTC)
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Port Authority of Allegheny County S-line templates

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The result of the discussion was Delete - F ASTILY   02:13, 1 February 2019 (UTC) Superseded by Module:Adjacent stations/PAAC. All transclusions replaced. Mackensen (talk) 14:19, 24 January 2019 (UTC)
 * PLR color
 * PLR stations
 * PLR style
 * PLR lines
 * PAAC color
 * PAAC colors
 * PAAC stations
 * Paac
 * PAAC lines
 * S-line/PLR left/42C
 * S-line/PLR left/42S
 * S-line/PLR left/47D
 * S-line/PLR left/47L
 * S-line/PLR left/47S
 * S-line/PLR left/52A
 * S-line/PLR left/Blue Library
 * S-line/PLR left/Blue South Hills Village
 * S-line/PLR left/DS
 * S-line/PLR left/East Busway
 * S-line/PLR left/Overbrook
 * S-line/PLR left/Red Castle Shannon
 * S-line/PLR left/Red South Hills Village
 * S-line/PLR left/Shuttle
 * S-line/PLR left/South Busway
 * S-line/PLR left/old 42S
 * S-line/PLR left/old 47L
 * S-line/PLR right/42C
 * S-line/PLR right/42S
 * S-line/PLR right/47D
 * S-line/PLR right/47L
 * S-line/PLR right/47S
 * S-line/PLR right/52A
 * S-line/PLR right/Blue Library
 * S-line/PLR right/Blue South Hills Village
 * S-line/PLR right/DS
 * S-line/PLR right/East Busway
 * S-line/PLR right/Overbrook
 * S-line/PLR right/Red Castle Shannon
 * S-line/PLR right/Red South Hills Village
 * S-line/PLR right/Shuttle
 * S-line/PLR right/South Busway
 * S-line/PLR right/old 42S
 * S-line/PLR right/old 47L
 * S-line/PLR right/old 47S
 * S-line/PAAC left/PATrain
 * S-line/PAAC right/PATrain
 * Delete per nom.--Tom (LT) (talk) 00:31, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete isn't used and has been replaced. -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 01:29, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
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