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Template:MLABIOBOT

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 13:11, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Unused and unnecessary plain text template --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 05:21, 9 April 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 14:44, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * MLABIOBOT
 * Keep The template is used and necessary. It is a part of the Template:MLABIO/doc and used regularly for biographies. --Venkat TL (talk) 05:56, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Then this should be merged into MLABIO. The only content of MLABIOBOT is . --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 13:27, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Merge It seems there isn't enough in there to warrant a separate template. CRwikiCA  talk 17:51, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 *  Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Delete Not complex enough to warrant a template. Even manually adding a references section is not hard. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:24, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Pppery, Manually adding it every time is tedious and time taking, which is why this template was created to make it easier. The template has a clear purpose and is being used. No purpose is being served by deleting it and making volunteers spend more time doing something manually, if it can be done with this small template. Venkat TL (talk) 06:57, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:58, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete. The supposed use case for this doesn't make any sense. The doc page says "replace  with  ". You replace the references header with a substitution of a template that turns into a references header? Why not just add the new template before the header? 192.76.8.81 (talk) 20:15, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete doesn't make sense. The template name certainly doesn't make sense. And why wouldn't it not also include reflist if it is to be boilerplate. And the "main" template MLABIO also doesn't make any sense. "Hoshiarpur" is not a default Legislative Assembly for the entire world. Nor is 2023 the default year of elections for all of history. -- 64.229.90.172 (talk) 17:15, 21 April 2023 (UTC)
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Newton—North Delta federal election

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 13:05, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Unused, redundant to what's available at Newton—North Delta --Minorax &laquo;&brvbar;talk&brvbar;&raquo; 03:43, 9 April 2023 (UTC) Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork <sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ <sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk) 14:24, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Canadian federal election, 2011/Newton—North Delta
 * Canadian federal election, 2008/Newton—North Delta
 * Canadian federal election, 2004/Newton—North Delta
 * keep*. I have added them onto pages for use. Ebbedlila (talk) 13:52, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment: Very minimal usage but I think these are not completely unuseful . If possible I would like to propose a common merger. Tojoroy20 (talk) 20:28, 10 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Subst and transclude from riding page, it's better to maintain using WP:LST in the page itself. CRwikiCA  <i style="color:navy">talk</i> 18:01, 11 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete Subst per CRwikiCA. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:04, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * keep, unless we are considering the entire category. Frietjes (talk) 23:34, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * <p class="xfd_relist" style="margin:0 0 0 -1em;border-top: 1px solid #AAA; border-bottom: 1px solid #AAA; padding: 0px 2em;"> Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.


 * Keep. This is not redundant with what's in the electoral district article — the point of an election results template is to transclude it in both the electoral district's article and the biographical articles about the candidates named in the template, so that the presentation and the numbers are kept consistent across all related articles and can't be vandalized so that one article displays different results from the others. So each of these is used in two or three articles, not just one. Bearcat (talk) 20:57, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * , it can also be transcluded from the page itself when there is a clear main article. CRwikiCA  <i style="color:navy">talk</i> 13:16, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
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Template:2023 IL East standings
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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  13:33, 23 April 2023 (UTC) Misleading template created solely for use on a draft. This just copies the existing 2023 AL East standings, switching out only the first team in the list for a minor-league team in the International League (but not changing its stats from those of the top team in the other template) and otherwise leaving the rest of the AL template's list intact with MLB teams in the American League, and thus isn't an accurate representation of anything. Even if a template like this is warranted for the International League (which, again, is a minor-league farm team system), it can't use the "MLB standings" wrapper as it isn't MLB -- and furthermore, the creator also tried to create a duplicate template for the IL East at 2023 International League East standings which had to be deleted as entirely non-functional, as it tried to replace the "MLB standings" header with an "MiLB standings" header that doesn't even exist, meaning the template was literally just a non-functional redlink rather than a table of sports league standings. Templates like this should only ever be created by people who actually know what they're doing, so that they're not leaving a trail of broken and inaccurate templates behind them. Bearcat (talk) 13:30, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * 2023 IL East standings


 * This was a stopped work in progress. That was my fault. I had meant to do more, but got confused and started editing the AL East standings page, not noticing it was the wrong page, and never got back to the International League page. Mozart12345678910 (talk) 18:07, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * This should be better Mozart12345678910 (talk) 18:17, 16 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete. If the author desires this content be preserved then 2023 IL East standings and 2023 IL West standings should be merged into Draft:2023 International League season. –Aidan721 (talk) 22:49, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete And 2023 IL West standings should be included in this too. Minor league sports seasons are not deemed notable as major league sports seasons are. – Muboshgu (talk) 15:06, 17 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:58, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
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Template:Duck fake
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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  11:34, 23 April 2023 (UTC) SPI template created by an editor who is not an SPI clerk or admin. Since its creation in October 2022, it has never been used at SPI, and I can't think of a situation in which I'd use it (the usage notes don't really make sense to me). Apparently this is used at zhwiki, but I don't think it is useful for enwiki SPI. Spicy (talk) 00:25, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Duck fake
 * Delete per nom. There's already too many of these SPI templates. This one can certainly go. Nigej (talk) 05:52, 16 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:58, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, but while we're talking inline icon templates, does anyone know what the point of Scissors is? casualdejekyll  16:47, 18 April 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nom, additionally the essay that goes along with this could really use some eyes. The section on copyright in particular is spectacularly bad advice (no, creating a slight variation on a copyrighted work does not prevent it being a copyvio. If you did that you would create a derivative work possibly containing copyrighted elements). 192.76.8.81 (talk) 20:30, 18 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. The person who loves reading (talk) 04:25, 23 April 2023 (UTC)
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