Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 March 9



Template:Maltese dogs

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 10:28, 17 March 2020 (UTC) There's only one recognised Maltese dog breed, so a navbox has nowhere to navigate to. It's seriously unlikely that we will ever have articles on the other (unrecognised) Maltese breeds/types, the Kelb tal-But and Kelb tal-Kaċċa. The so-called Maltese breed has no verifiable connection to the Maltese islands. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 23:30, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Maltese dogs
 * Delete Not enough links....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:54, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:9 (series)

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 10:30, 17 March 2020 (UTC) Pointless WP:NENAN. 212.135.65.247 (talk) 15:43, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 9 (series)
 * Delete Not enough links....William, is the complaint department really on the roof? 12:54, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - There is only one link. Analog Horror, ( Speak ) 02:49, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Drop cap

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Drop cap. Implemented using Drop cap's title and Drop's code. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 10:35, 17 March 2020 (UTC) Propose merging Template:Drop cap with Template:Drop.
 * Drop cap
 * Drop

They are practically the same and Drop cap is not used anywhere. Bᴇʀʀᴇʟʏ • Talk to me∕What have I been doing 10:34, 9 March 2020 (UTC)


 * Merge per nom, at the longer name, with the short name as a redirect. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:54, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Middle-earth dwarves

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:The Lord of the Rings. Primefac (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC) Since the recent spate of Middle-earth article mergers and deletions, the template is now much depleted, with only 3 named dwarves and 5 "related" entries. All the entries are also found in the main Lord of the Rings template, and none of the other "peoples" of Middle-earth (elves, men, etc) have a comparable template, so it seems time to let it go. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:27, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Middle-earth dwarves
 * Merge any missing entries to Middle-earth. --Gonnym (talk) 14:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Moria (Middle-earth)

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:The Lord of the Rings. Primefac (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2020 (UTC) Since the recent spate of Middle-earth article mergers and deletions, the template is now nearly empty (4 main entries, in three groups). All the entries are also found in the main Lord of the Rings template, and actually in the Middle-earth dwarves template as well, so it seems time to let it go. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:23, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Moria (Middle-earth)
 * Merge any missing entries to Middle-earth. --Gonnym (talk) 14:57, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Indo-European languages

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The result of the discussion was keep. Primefac (talk) 14:38, 18 March 2020 (UTC) Little-used navbox created recently by a ban-evading sock. No edits by other editors and (as far as I could tell) no transclusions made by others. Used only on a handful of articles so far. Scope issues: at the moment, it has too few entries to be useful (only 8 links to major subfamilies); if it were to be expanded to cover individual languages, it would become too large (corresponding navboxes for each individual subfamily are already quite big). Fut.Perf. ☼ 11:53, 1 March 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Indo-European languages
 * Delete per nom. --Soumyabrata (talk • subpages) 12:22, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep and add back to articles. I think that's a rather neat navbox for the top-level subgroups (no need to list lower-level subgroups or individual languages) and I'm surprised it hadn't been created earlier. Of course, it should be expanded with links at least for Tocharian and Hittite. – Uanfala (talk) 12:33, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per Uanfala. This template is useful. --Tom (LT) (talk) 08:31, 5 March 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 00:40, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Useful and satisfy all the criteria at WP:NAVBOX. That it's created by a sock isn't a good argument for deletion of a good template in my opinion. ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 16:35, 17 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:TV Fool

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 March 21. Primefac (talk) 00:05, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
 * TV_Fool
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Template:DeathSpank

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. A lot of 3 entries video game series templates templates were nominated on the same day with most !votes being copy pasted on several of these. Since no one mentioned issues affecting individual templates I have considered all arguments together and could not see a consensus to delete emerging. I recommend that further discussion on this matter happen on WT:VG or WT:NAVBOX. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 11:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC) A navbox for the video game series DeathSpank. No article on the series and a total of three entries. Links are already in the article body ("is the sequel to...", "followed by the sequel...") or that can't be done with a see also section. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 09:39, 12 February 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * DeathSpank
 * Comment - I created this long ago when my knowledge of wiki protocol was less than stellar. The games get so little as far as daily hits that I don't feel motivated to make a series article either to even bother trying to save a template. Not sure if there would be enough content to even do so. --Teancum (talk) 12:49, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Per WP:AINTBROKE. There does not seem to be an improvement to be made from removing it.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:41, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per ZXCVBNM. These are an aid to navigation. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:NENAN. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:58, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete 3 links and no likely increase in sight is not sufficient to sustain a navbox. "NENAN", in a sense. --Izno (talk) 22:09, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per and WP:ANOEP. They're cheap, additional storage will be used in deleting them, and it's got all bluelinks so it passes WP:AOAL/WP:NAVBOX. Doug Mehus  T · C  22:46, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 00:08, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not enough links to warrant a navbox.  WP:NENAN.  212.135.65.247 (talk) 09:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Elite Beat Agents series

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. A lot of 3 entries video game series templates templates were nominated on the same day with most !votes being copy pasted on several of these. Since no one mentioned issues affecting individual templates I have considered all arguments together and could not see a consensus to delete emerging. I recommend that further discussion on this matter happen on WT:VG or WT:NAVBOX. (non-admin closure) ‑‑Trialpears (talk) 11:05, 17 March 2020 (UTC) A navbox for the video game series Elite Beat Agents (or Ouendan in Japanese). A total of three entries. Links are already in the article body ("is the sequel to...", "followed by the sequel...") or that can't be done with a see also section. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 08:26, 12 February 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Elite Beat Agents series
 * Keep Per WP:AINTBROKE. There does not seem to be an improvement to be made from removing it.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 18:40, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per ZXCVBNM. These are an aid to navigation. --Tom (LT) (talk) 05:03, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom and WP:NENAN. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:00, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete 3 links and no likely increase in sight is not sufficient to sustain a navbox. "NENAN", in a sense. --Izno (talk) 22:10, 16 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep per and WP:ANOEP. They're cheap, additional storage will be used in deleting them, and it's got all bluelinks so it passes WP:AOAL/WP:NAVBOX. Doug Mehus  T · C  22:42, 16 February 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 00:06, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not enough links to warrant a navbox.  WP:NENAN.  212.135.65.247 (talk) 09:03, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
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