Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2023 January 4



Template:View all arch

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  09:06, 11 January 2023 (UTC) Non-working template used in one experimental page from 2006 (also nominated for deletion). – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:45, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
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 * Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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Template:WatchOS versions

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  09:06, 11 January 2023 (UTC) Single-article content with no template parameters. Subst into article and delete. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:37, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * WatchOS versions
 * Delete Subst per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Subst and delete per nom. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 04:12, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
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Template:Mersin BB roster

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗ plicit  09:06, 11 January 2023 (UTC) Single-article content. Subst and delete. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:35, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Mersin BB roster
 * Delete Subst per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Subst and delete per nom. ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 04:12, 11 January 2023 (UTC)
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Template:Regular Issues of 1922–31 and Template:Regular Issue Coils of 1923–29

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The result of the discussion was delete per author approval Plastikspork ―Œ (talk) 15:52, 6 January 2023 (UTC) Single-article content with no template parameters, documentation, or categories. Subst into article. – Jonesey95 (talk) 05:33, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Regular Issues of 1922–31
 * Regular Issue Coils of 1923–29
 * Oppose — These templates are used in the US Regular Issues of 1922–1931 article and have been with us for twelve years. They are simple stand alone templates that display stamp charts which need no documentation. The category, Postage stamps of the United States, has been added to both templates. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 21:08, 4 January 2023 (UTC)
 * They are simple wikitables with no template code in them, and they are each used in just one article. In case I did not make it clear, the template namespace guidelines say that Templates should not normally be used to store article text, as this makes it more difficult to edit the content. That is what is happening in this case. Such tables should live in the article(s) themselves rather than in template space. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:29, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Not sure what you mean about "template code". In any case, the tables don't contain article text really, while they do mention names of individuals depicted on the stamp, the charts only relate postage denominations and dates of issue, basic information which is fixed, will never change, and needs no future editing as narrative text might. Besides, templates can be edited if need be. The templates were also created to allow other editors to use them in articles without having to copy all that markup, or to link to them. Bear in mind also, that the Guideline you refer to is not a rigid WP policy, and says, "Templates should not normally be used to store article text...". "Normally" -- it doesn't say never. Since these templates only contain nominal information and have created no issues or inconvenience for anyone in twelve years, there is really no viable or pressing reason why they should be deleted at this late date. All things considered, editor discretion should prevail here. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 19:41, 5 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Oppose per Gwillhickers, who knows his stuff and is one of the major stamp editors working in Wikipedia's stamp-article collection. Didn't come only because of a ping, I had checked this discussion earlier and was waiting for more information, so would have come by anyway once Gwillhickers had commented. Randy Kryn (talk) 23:06, 4 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Delete Subst per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * substitute and delete, no real benefit to keeping single-use tables in templatespace. Frietjes (talk) 23:27, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay — Fair enough. The template markup has been substituted into the article. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 00:55, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
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