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Template:Inception

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G5 by AnomieBOT ⚡  03:06, 11 December 2023 (UTC) Almost all of these links are only tangentially related to Inception and do not belong in a navbox about the film, per WP:NAVBOX. Only two links (not counting the main article) would qualify as appropriate links, which fails the WP:NENAN "rule of five". InfiniteNexus (talk) 23:06, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Inception
 * Comment – Some of the irrelevant links have been removed by another editor. For reference, this was the state of the navbox at the time of its nomination. InfiniteNexus (talk) 23:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete this template is a real stretch; the few truly related topics can be integrated into the article text or go to MOS:SEEALSO. Orange Suede Sofa  (talk) 01:17, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:1967TSP

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G7 by AnomieBOT ⚡  04:06, 9 December 2023 (UTC) No longer in use. It was used on one page before today, 1967 Tasmanian State Premiership Final, but I have changed it to use the standard Template:AFLGameDetailed now. Jenks24 (talk) 22:59, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * 1967TSP


 * As the template creator, speedy delete. Superseded as stated by nominator. Aspirex (talk) 00:01, 9 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:ODFA seasons

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  23:40, 15 December 2023 (UTC) All redlinks, doesn't navigate anything. WP:NENAN. Jenks24 (talk) 22:47, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * ODFA seasons
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: All redlinks ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:32, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:GNFL seasons

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  23:39, 15 December 2023 (UTC) Two redlinks, doesn't navigate anything. WP:NENAN. Jenks24 (talk) 22:46, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * GNFL seasons
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: All redlinks ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:32, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:NWFU seasons

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  23:38, 15 December 2023 (UTC) All redlinks, doesn't navigate anything. WP:NENAN. Jenks24 (talk) 22:44, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * NWFU seasons
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete: All redlinks ––– GMH Melbourne (talk) 03:33, 10 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:YJFL

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2023 December 19. Primefac (talk) 14:25, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * YJFL
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Template:2013 Box Hill premiership players

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  14:15, 15 December 2023 (UTC) Not convinced we need a navbox for a reserves premiership. WP:NENAN. Jenks24 (talk) 10:20, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * 2013 Box Hill premiership players
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:Simple biography

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  14:10, 15 December 2023 (UTC) I can think of no circumstance in which this template is useful, but am quite prepared for someone to come and prove me wrong.
 * Simple biography

I found it being used to create the lead sentence of an article - but in that context the link round the name is circular and unnecessary, the dates are wrongly formatted (using b. and d. rather than a bracketed range, and italicised) and the age is inappropriate.

Perhaps it is intended to be an item in a list of names - but the bolding of the name would be inappropriate, and the date range format still unusual.

When I found this in use here, I asked the editor who'd used it whether someone had advised them to use it, and they replied that "I don't think any recommended I use it, I believe it was something I came across organically", so its existence had led to its misuse. Fortunately they hadn't followed the instruction to "subst" it, or I wouldn't have known why the lead of the article was so strangely written.

I enquired a few days ago on the talk page whether anyone knew what this template was for, but have had no response as yet. It seems not to be useful, and to be positively unhelpful in that it produces output which will be against WP:MOS in any context I can think of. If it is indeed useful in some specialist circumstance, then this needs to be very clearly stated in the template documentation, to deter other enthusiastic editors from using it inappropriately. created the template in 2014, but hasn't edited in the last 18 months so may not be around to comment. protected it in 2019 with comment "too many people editing this who don't understand what its purpose is", so perhaps they know what the purpose is? (I can see what they mean, as several editors had been trying to create biographies on the template page: clearly not its purpose, even if we don't know what the purpose is). tweaked it in 2021, but not perhaps in any way connected with its purpose.

The documentation says that this template is "Used to create in-line short versions of biography including an age at death calculation", but that template is an outline structure for an entire Wikipedia article. I suggest that this "in-line short version" is useless, and the template should be deleted. Pam D  10:14, 8 December 2023 (UTC)


 * "perhaps they know what the purpose is" - don't recall, sorry. DS (talk) 14:55, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. This template doesn't seem to be used outside of User sandboxes, and its purpose is unclear. --MtPenguinMonster (talk) 01:11, 9 December 2023 (UTC)


 * Comment it appears to me that it would be used for list sections or list articles, for people lists -- 65.92.247.90 (talk) 04:57, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
 * But the date format is wrong, and can you suggest a list situation where a bolded linked name would be used? Pam  D  06:48, 15 December 2023 (UTC)
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Template:Grey Griffins Multimedia

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  03:33, 15 December 2023 (UTC) Not enough links to warrant a navbox. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:49, 8 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Grey Griffins Multimedia
 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 00:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
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