Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 March 11



Unnecessary file wrappers

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 March 19. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:35, 19 March 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Even polygon stat table

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The result of the discussion was delete. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 01:35, 19 March 2019 (UTC) Unused customized version of Infobox polygon No need for a custom call.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:49, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Even polygon stat table
 * Delete unused. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:37, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Orientls (talk) 13:07, 12 March 2019 (UTC)
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Template:KSH code

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 March 18. (non-admin closure) CoolSkittle  (talk) 19:47, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Metadata South Africa

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 22:37, 21 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Metadata South Africa
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With Infobox South African municipality being deleted in favor of Infobox settlement per this tfd I propose that we remove the use of this Metadata template. As has previously been discussed at numerous TFDs, templates are not the proper way to store this bulk data. It should be stored directly on page as part of the template call or in Wikidata.  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:48, 11 March 2019 (UTC)


 * pinging those who commented on the infobox tfd. -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:50, 11 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom. --Darwinek (talk) 18:15, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and previous discussion on similar templates. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:28, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment: I have moved metadata for Belgian, Austrian and Swiss municipalities, and for Turkish provinces, to Wikidata. I'm in the process of doing the same for German munis. But this sort of work takes time, and it would be nice if someone else felt like helping out instead of leaving a delete vote here and then disappearing. In any case, please *do not* delete the templates until the figures have been properly uploaded to Wikidata.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 19:29, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * we all help out in different ways. Passive agressive comments like t would be nice if someone else felt like helping out instead of leaving a delete vote here and then disappearing don't help anything. If the template is to be deleted, then it will be moved to the holding cell while the necessary work takes place. Don't make out like you are the only one putting in the work here. -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 19:45, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * I wasn't the first to point out that Austrian metadata templates were deleted prematurely, and because of that lack of oversight, now we are using outdated and hardcoded statistics. When I asked you how to handle the situation, your reply was 'use AWB' and you left it at that. If you want to delete this template, you need to have a plan on how to replace it with Wikidata figures that doesn't involve simply expecting that other editors will find a way to do it in your stead.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 19:54, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment 2: where would we store South Africa's race statistics? For languages we have, but is limited to people, families or fictional characters; using it on entities about places results in a constraint violation. Furthermore: how to retrieve the top 4 most used languages, and sort them appropriately within the templates? In all the cases I dealt so far (population, area and such), wikidata had to retrieve one value; so no selection or sorting was necessary.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 20:32, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * you would store them on the article page when calling the template, just like every other template on Wikipedia... -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 20:35, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * If the plan is to move everything to Wikidata that's all well and good, but it has to be achievable. If we're just going back to hardcoded statistics within infoboxes, that's hardly an improvement. I'm going to have to oppose.--eh bien mon prince (talk) 20:42, 11 March 2019 (UTC)


 * Holding cell then delete per nom. As per, wait until the data has been moved. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:36, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * That works for area/populations, but I don't think the race metadata can be moved to WD (there's no property for it, probably an intentional choice). Languages could be moved, but I wouldn't know how to retrieve them (see above).--eh bien mon prince (talk) 21:39, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
 * Comment for the record, ANY template that goes through TFD is placed in the holding cell if the decision is to delete. NOTHING is EVER just flat out deleted until every use of the template has been resolved... -- Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:01, 13 March 2019 (UTC)
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Module:Format TemplateData dependencies

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 March 18. (non-admin closure)  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 March 18. (non-admin closure)  Zack mann  (Talk to me/What I been doing) 17:23, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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Template:Nima Nourizadeh

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G7 by AnomieBOT ⚡  01:04, 13 March 2019 (UTC) Not enough links for a separate navbox; includes the director and two films. -- / Alex /21  03:16, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nom. Can be linked to on parent article. No need for a navbox here. --Tom (LT) (talk) 21:35, 11 March 2019 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2019 March 18. (non-admin closure) CoolSkittle  (talk) 05:22, 18 March 2019 (UTC)
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