Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 October 26



Template:Whisperback

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Talkback. Functionality should be preserved, along the lines of SMcCandlish. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 19:28, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Whisperback
 * Talkback

Propose merging Template:Whisperback with Template:Talkback.

Functionally equivalent, we don't need two versions of this. Talkback appears to be preferred by a ratio of ~35:1. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:31, 19 October 2020 (UTC)  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus. Relisting comment: Merge or replace/delete?
 * Merge, but actually merge (i.e., preserve functionality, perhaps with a yes parameter, and replace or substitute extant uses). They are not functionally equivalent; this one was specifically designed to be compact and unobtrusive.  In retrospect, that would have been better done with a parameter.  As it is, though, both of these templates verge on obsolete since introduction of the ping feature.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  13:00, 19 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Replace and delete with second best option being Merge. These templates are very similar functionally and would benefit from merging. It is much easier as an editor to be able to know the actual name of a template instead of finding lots and lots of alternate names that are used on different pages, hence my preference to replace and delete instead of merging.--Tom (LT) (talk) 02:42, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That's self-contradictory, and I think it resolves for practical purposes to something like "merge then redirect to Template:Talkback". If they "would benefit from merging" then there is not a rationale for deletion. And neither TfD nor RfD accept "easier as an editor to be able to know the actual name of a [page] instead of finding [redirects] that are used on different pages" as a rationale for deleting redirects.  No one is rendered not "able" to know the actual name of the page; all they have to do is follow the redirects, which exist for a reason.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  17:40, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 21:54, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Do not delete Ratio is a poor rationale for deletion. If enough people use it, it should be kept.  I'm also not a fan of templates being continually merged into other templates.  p  b  p  00:15, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Ratio is not given as a rationale for deletion; not least since deletion is not proposed. The rationale for merging is "functionally equivalent, we don't need two versions of this"; the ratio simply suggests the preferred target for the merge. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:55, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge and preserve functionality per . And we should probably look at talkbacktiny too. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 06:52, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC) Unused as content has now been merged with Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:58, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs
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Template:Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC) Unused as content has now been merged with Fencing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:54, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC) Unused as content has now been merged with Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:52, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Diving at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs
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Template:Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – List of Qualified NOCs

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The result of the discussion was soft delete. Based on minimal participation, this uncontroversial nomination is treated as an expired PROD (a.k.a. "soft deletion"). Editors can request the template's undeletion. Primefac (talk) 22:31, 4 November 2020 (UTC) Unused as content has now been merged with Archery at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Sportsfan 1234 (talk) 20:48, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Autocat

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:04, 3 November 2020 (UTC) This template appears to be a failed proposal as, despite its creation being widely advertised at Village pump (technical)/Archive 184 and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, it only ever had four uses, all of which were added by it's creator and then reverted by one week later, rendering it unused. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Autocat
 * Autocat


 * Delete as unused. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 18:57, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:German Wiki

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The result of the discussion was delete. Consensus that this should not be used on articles. Technically, moving to userspace per creator's request, as courtesy & to save having an admin copy it into a sandbox. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 03:05, 3 November 2020 (UTC) We should not have articles written in German here. Also unused. --Trialpears (talk) 16:33, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * German Wiki


 * Userfy, per my request. Vs6507 16:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete or userfy per nom. * Pppery * it has begun... 17:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - this should never appear in main space. For articles with a few words in German, use, which will also categorise them appropriately.  Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:54, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Archive top red

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The result of the discussion was Wrapperify. Worth nothing that all except Archive top purple already were wrappers before this proposal. (non-admin closure) --Trialpears (talk) 15:15, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Archive top red - 236 transclusions
 * Archive top green - 225 transclusions
 * Archive top yellow - 123 transclusions
 * Archive top purple - 3 transclusions - added - see below
 * Archive top - 18,810 transclusions

Propose deleting or merging the above colour-forms into Template:Archive top.

It's highly unlikely that we need different coloured versions of this template (consider readers with colour-blindness), but if we do, we should have one template with a colour parameter. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 16:02, 26 October 2020 (UTC) It's easy to talk about colour-blind individuals in the abstract, but as the re-designer of Archive top yellow I did ensure this was less of a barrier for folks than one would've thought. When designing things with colors, I use a website called Color Hexa which provides an inexact sample of how colour-blind users would see a given color. I also don't feel the transclusion count tells a whole-enough story. Excluding deletion archival templates, the nominated archive top colour templates are all within the top ten most transcluded archive discussion templates. However, these numbers can be very wacky since discussion templates are often substituted. Further still, the archive top colour templates were generally made by Purplebackpack back in 2013 while Archive top has a history that goes back double as much! Can anyone reasonably be surprised that such a template has more transclusions? The nomination statement also disregards the fact that Archive top is pretty much one of the default used templates. If an editor makes a decision to transclude one of the other colour templates, it's usually a conscience decision on their part. We should not be overriding their decision to transclude or substitute this template in the manner they so choose in order to maintain the integrity of previously closed discussions.
 * Keep: Deletion would break over 500 uses of those templates. Also, the different colors are used to denote different outcomes (and color-blind users can just read the explanation of the outcome).  p  b  p  16:26, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * No uses would be "broken", they would simply be replaced. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems like unnecessarily making extra work. p  b  p  00:17, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Is someone saying you will have to do it? No? then that's not a concern. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * You're making work for SOMEBODY. Also, you've badgered everybody who's voted Keep (currently the consensus)  p  b  p  15:25, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Welcome to templates for discussion. Nobody who does not want do the work will be made to do it. HTH. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:18, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong keep - The other color variants are often used to denote specific outcomes - I've seen red used to denote when discussion failed, for instance. They don't hurt anything, they are occassionally useful, and any sort of action is liable to break over 500 transclusions.  I can't see what messing with this would accomplish. Hog Farm Bacon 16:42, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That's an accessibility fail; colour should not be used to impart information in this manner. Besides which, most people would not understand such intent, since no key is provided. And in most cases the scheme you describe is not used: a total of 584 transclusions (especially vs. over 18K for the main template) does not support the claim "often".  Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits
 * What's an accessibility fail would be if colors were the only way to impart that information. But they're not; because there's text generated by the template that says what's going on.  And while 584 isn't 18,000; it's not zero either.  p  b  p  19:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge I'm assuming that this is meant ot be a sort of traffic-light system. However we shouldn't be using different coloured boxes for this purpose. If there is a genuine requirement for different colours, then this is best done through a parameter, not by replicating the main template. Why not "Archive top purple" ad infinitum. Nigej (talk) 19:12, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Why not indeed... p  b  p  19:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you; duly added above. It has just three transclusions, and no documentation explaining its intended use. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:08, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * It's the difference between order and chaos. Nigej (talk) 20:20, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. I have a few points I would like to make.


 * Full transclusion stats:
 * Collapse top - 44,099 + 1 transclusions
 * Archive top - 18,810 transclusions
 * Discussion top - 10,534 transclusions
 * Old IP warnings top - 5,438 transclusions
 * Poll top - 2,011 transclusions
 * Closed rfc top - 1,372 transclusion
 * DRN archive top - 239 transclusions
 * Archive top red - 236 transclusions
 * Archive top green - 225 transclusions
 * Archive top yellow - 123 transclusions
 * Sfp top - 121 transclusions
 * Report top - 102 transclusions
 * Afc top - 79 transclusions
 * RM top - 74 transclusions
 * Sfdisc top - 24 transclusions
 * Archived WikiProject Proposal top - 11 transclusions
 * TAFI Nom Top - 10 transclusions
 * Archive top purple - 3 transclusions
 * Cem top - 2 transclusions
 * Rfcn top - 2 transclusions
 * BLP top - 1 transclusion
 * Move review top - 1 transclusion
 * ACR top - 0 transclusions
 * Bot Top - 0 transclusions
 * Bureaucrat discussion top - 0 transclusions
 * Road top - 0 transclusions
 * Excluded are Category:Deletion archival templates.


 * Those are my thoughts on this matter. &#8211;  MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 20:31, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I'm still not clear why we can't have a "colour=parameter" in the main one, rather than having more and more copies of it with minor variations. Nigej (talk) 20:43, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * In general, users don't always transclude these templates directly; Sometimes people use atopy or another similar shortcut. Then you have the pretty glaring fact that some users spell it "colour" while others would rather die than spell it "color". Many users, myself included, would probably resent the choice being made for us after the fact. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 03:17, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Another non issue. Variants of paramter names can be and regularly are handled in template ccde. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:54, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * @: Okay, maybe I didn't understand your proposal. After you delete Atopy are you going to use color or colour to replace this transclusion? &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 05:05, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Then what if, instead of deleting all the colour templates, we replace all their content with a wrapper around per I and  below? Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 05:43, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * That would be fine with me. &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 05:48, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , a template can accept more than one template parameter, so you can have something like, which will default to purple but accept either spelling. Primefac (talk) 11:43, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your efforts with the yellow template. I'm not clear though, how this help people with red/green colourblindness - the commonest form - to distinguish between red and green versions of the template.I agree - and would never disregard - that "Archive top is pretty much one of the default used templates" - and it is admirably suited to the job. So why do we need the others? Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:38, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * P.S. thanks also for including Afc top in your list of templates; note that it was created by the merger of various single-colour templates,analogous to those in this nomination. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:12, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * P.S. thanks also for including Afc top in your list of templates; note that it was created by the merger of various single-colour templates,analogous to those in this nomination. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:12, 28 October 2020 (UTC)

Courtesy ping for awareness of discussion either way. -2pou (talk) 18:53, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - A solution in search of a problem. ~Swarm~  {sting} 23:41, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Redundant templates are very much a problem, as consensus in TfD discussions has repeatedly found. No argument as to why separate templates - or indeed colour variations at all - are needed has been advanced. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 00:32, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * They're not redundant though, they're unique. You're not arguing that they're redundant, you're arguing that they should be merged and supplanted with a parameter that allows for color changes. There's simply no need to delete these templates which have hundreds of transclusions. ~Swarm~  {sting} 07:00, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * They are redundant, because can handle every use-case.  Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 08:50, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, it can handle every use case (archive in blue) but some editors did not want that result (archive in other colour). &#8211; MJL &thinsp;‐Talk‐☖ 05:05, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Green-background archives are a use-case; yellow-background archives are a use-case, and so on.  can handle them all.  Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:56, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Why cause a big hassle when this is a minor disorganization? Natureium (talk) 23:49, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 *  Comment Wrapperify: What's so wrong with having only one main template, then having each of the discussed alternate coloured templates pointing to  with a colour parameter? So, for example, on, have the source code be some variant of  (or what the actual colour's hex code is). Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 01:34, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Changed !vote to Wrapperify, in response to 's !vote below. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 03:35, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wrapperify, as suggested by above. Having the separate colors available clearly has reasonable usage; for instance, I employed it when WP:SIDEBAR20 was closed, and it made the page much easier to skim. However, the coding could be improved through wrappification to better conform to the Don't repeat yourself principle. There actually already exists a parameter for changing the background color, bg; it's just undocumented. So all that needs to be done is to remove most of the code for these other templates, replacing it with an invocation of the main Archive top template with the color preset. If this is done correctly (to preserve the ability to use parameters, I'd suggest Module:Template wrapper), it will result in no changes whatsoever to their functionality, but will have the benefit of syncing them, making maintenance easier. &#123;{u&#124;  Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 02:46, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Just a heads up I fixed a typo in your !vote; I presume you didn't mean artive top. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 03:38, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Strong keep dunno why this was nominated for deletion. I don't see the rational. I'm also open to wrapperifying. ~ Destroyeraa 🌀 14:01, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. While these templates have reasonable usage I am open to wrapperifying. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 21:35, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Question: There seems to currently be consensus to keep these templates, but also concerns that the code in these extra coloured templates would be repeating themselves unnecessarily, complicating maintenance. How many Keep voters would be open to wrappification, as the two !votes above this are? Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 23:12, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wrapperify (or keep) per above. 207.161.86.162 (talk) 06:49, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wrapperify per above. Having the color parameter being part of the main archive templates is a Good Idea, and having the specific colors refer back to it in this way is also a Good Idea.  -- Jayron 32 15:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge all Personally, I get kind of confused when I see the different colors of templates. Who needs them? P,TO 19104 (talk) (contribs) 01:24, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep Not convinced that merging this has any usefulness apart from being the "clean" way to do things but that's really irrelevant in the scheme of literally anything else. -- qedk ( t  愛  c ) 12:24, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Wrapperify per Sdkb. Don't merge, mainly for the sake of article histories. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 08:30, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge, or merge then wrapperify. All the functionality should be in a single template, but we also don't need to break the intended color coding in archived discussions. If someone wanted to use AWB or a bot to replace all the old ones with calls to the merged template with a color parameter, then just merge. If no one's willing to do that, then wrapperify the color variants with just calls the main template and a color parameter.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  11:50, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * The issue with merge here is that all permalinks (frequently used for closed discussions) would look broken. Or, if just redirecting rather than deleting, the colour would be lost. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 11:55, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Your assertion supposes, incorrectly, that existing uses could not be replaced. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:59, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * In permalinks? Replacements will not change page histories. This usually doesn't matter, but closed discussions are a frequent use for permas. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 12:01, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Perhaps, but then - as we're told above - the colour is only supplemental to the text describing the outcome. it's not needed. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:50, 2 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Comment/Questioon The DiscussionCloser script uses these color templates and is decently widespread. Would wrapperfying allow it to operate unchanged, or would script changes be needed?
 * Wrapperify/merge. Reducing code duplication is a Good Thing, and this is a perfect case for it. Several of the responses above argue against deletion, which is clearly not a credible outcome at this point. Those !votes generally appear compatible with a wrapper/merge outcome that preserves current functionality, and I suspect many or all of those !votes wouldn't have been cast if the nomination statement had been "Propose merging" rather than "Propose deleting or merging". Alsee (talk) 10:57, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Merge Is see no reason for different colors. The reason mentioned above, that different colors could signal different outcome, is not a sufficient reason, IMHO. Debresser (talk) 13:56, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Wrapperify using the  parameter per Sdkb to reduce code duplication and make maintenance easier. My !vote would be  Merge if we could do so without breaking page histories per ProcrastinatingReader. In the case of a merge, I would suggest using   for the existing red/green/yellow, while leaving   for every other HTML color/hex code. The Only Zac (talk) 04:19, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * Correct me if I'm wrong but I just checked and it looks like Archive top red, Archive top green, and Archive top yellow were already wrapperfied by Newslinger on 30 December 2019 here, here, and here. So are all the wrapperify !votes actually keep !votes, or am I missing something? The Only Zac (talk) 08:53, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I was the one to suggest wrappification in the first place without looking too closely at the source code, and was the first to !vote for it. However, it isn't a proper wrappification with Module:Template wrapper, so there's that. Regards, User:TheDragonFire300. (Contact me &#124; Contributions). 11:27, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
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Template:IPNAselectedart
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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 02:50, 3 November 2020 (UTC) Selected article template for a deleted portal. Should be removed and deleted. --Trialpears (talk) 16:01, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * IPNAselectedart
 * Speedy delete as G8 * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Apple Inc. SA
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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G8 by AnomieBOT ⚡  02:02, 31 October 2020 (UTC) Selected article nomination template for a deleted portal. Should be removed and deleted. --Trialpears (talk) 15:53, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Apple Inc. SA
 * Delete - I can't fathom how this would be useful now that the portal is deleted. Hog Farm Bacon 16:43, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete as G8 * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:USMCportal
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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 02:46, 3 November 2020 (UTC) Selected article template for a deleted portal. Should be removed and deleted. --Trialpears (talk) 15:47, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * USMCportal
 * Speedy delete as G8 * Pppery * <sub style="color:#800000">it has begun... 17:19, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete - totally unnecessary. Guilherme Burn (talk) 11:25, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Transcription factor and coregulator deficiencies
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The result of the discussion was no consensus. Primefac (talk) 22:57, 4 November 2020 (UTC) This giant template does not, I think, provide useful navigational value. It should be converted to a list. Tom (LT) (talk) 01:42, 10 October 2020 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
 * Transcription factor and coregulator deficiencies

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 14:47, 18 October 2020 (UTC) <div class="xfd_relist" style="border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 25px;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.

Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 09:51, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep. I don't see how having it is harmful. I find it a useful synopsis.  DGG ( talk ) 18:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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Template:Borat
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The result of the discussion was redirect to Template:Sacha Baron Cohen. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 03:47, 4 November 2020 (UTC) Virtually identical to Sacha Baron Cohen, minus a couple of links (e.g. Tutar Sagdiyev). ―Justin ( koavf ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 02:23, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Borat


 * Delete as redundant. Andy Mabbett ( Pigsonthewing ); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:14, 26 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep... NOT! Per nom. Redirect this template to Sacha Baron Cohen for make benefit glorious nation of Wikipedia. — python coder  (talk &#124; contribs) 19:24, 27 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect as redundant (just make sure it doesn't end up on any pages twice). &#123;{u&#124; Sdkb  }&#125;  talk 03:45, 28 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sacha Baron Cohen. Redirect much better.... change good for encyclopedia. - Knowledgekid87 (talk) 22:28, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
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