Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 July 21

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Template:Exists
This template appears to be redundant to If's "exist" option. It may be eligible for speedy deletion as a recreation of a deleted template, depending on the content of the deleted template of the same name. – Jonesey95 (talk) 23:04, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Exists


 * I was going to ask for it to be deleted myself. I thought it could check interwiki which would be a new feature, but it can't. Please delete.  Jo e J Sh mo 💌 00:12, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Domain parking
Propose merging Template:Domain parking with Template:Domain name speculation.
 * Domain parking
 * Domain name speculation

These two navboxes share almost all entries and it is unclear the link between the entries and the title  Zand Dev  22:30, 21 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Rft
I was going to originally suggest merging these two templates together, but after looking at the almost-zero transclusion count I realise that neither of them are really necessary; if a discussion gets moved to another location, we can easily use moved or type out "discussion moved to ", and if someone changes something (e.g. a signature) they can just... say so? It's not a bad idea but in practice it doesn't seem to have much use. Primefac (talk) 21:01, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Rft
 * Refactored

Harry Potter book links
To put it bluntly, this family of templates should not exist. They simply create a wikilink in the style of a reference to the book, in a manner that appears to imply that the text it succeeds is supported by the "reference". Recommend that it is replaced by either full references, or the HPXref family of templates that are found in the same category, as those are actual references (though their names should be expanded, but that's a different discussion). Primefac (talk) 20:27, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * DH
 * GF
 * GoF
 * HBP
 * HP linked
 * HP1
 * HP1 linked
 * HP2
 * HP2 linked
 * HP3
 * HP3 linked
 * HP4
 * HP4 linked
 * HP5
 * HP5 linked
 * HP6
 * HP6 linked
 * HP7
 * HP7 linked
 * HPCS
 * HPF
 * HPF linked
 * HPQ
 * HPQ linked
 * OotP
 * PoA
 * PStone

Template:Rugby Borough W.F.C. squad
Does not aid navigation JMHamo (talk) 20:09, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Rugby Borough W.F.C. squad
 * Delete only one blue link, and doesn't look like other players are notable enough right now, so template not needed. Joseph2302 (talk) 07:35, 22 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:GOP
I can sort of see where this would be a useful convenience template, but given that an insource search shows zero uses across the entirety of the project, methinks that people are not using it (opting instead to just type out the full wikilink). Primefac (talk) 19:15, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * GOP

Template:Sniff 'n' the Tears
Unnecessary navbox. 88.97.195.160 (talk) 19:05, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Sniff 'n' the Tears

Template:German Air Force
Text and an icon, uses likely violate MOS:ICON but otherwise it's just a wikilink as a template. Primefac (talk) 18:10, 21 July 2024 (UTC)
 * German Air Force

Template:United States Military Auxiliaries
Propose merging Template:United States Military Auxiliaries with Template:Military and Police Auxiliary Organizations within the United States.
 * United States Military Auxiliaries
 * Military and Police Auxiliary Organizations within the United States

Clearly overlapping templates, so there's no need for both. The more expansive Template:Military and Police Auxiliary Organizations within the United States is a little busy and could use some better organization, but covers everything that Template:United States Military Auxiliaries, so this just reduces clutter. ―Justin ( koa v f ) ❤T☮C☺M☯ 10:58, 21 July 2024 (UTC)