Wikipedia:Templates for deletion
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On this page, deletion of templates (except as noted below) is discussed.
[edit] How to use this page
[edit] What not to propose for deletion here
The majority of pages in the Template: namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:
- Speedy deletion candidates
- If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion for general items or templates, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if the template is a recreation of a template already deleted by consensus here at TfD, tag it with {{db-repost}}. If you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{db-author}}.
- Stub templates
- Should be listed at Stub types for deletion.
- Policy or guideline templates
- Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, like the CSD templates cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant guideline.
- Userboxes
- Should be listed at MfD, regardless of what namespace they reside in.
- Template redirects
- Renaming a template
[edit] Reasons to delete a template
- The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance
- The template is redundant to a better-designed template
- The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used
- The template violates a policy such as NPOV or CIVIL
Templates for which none of these apply may be deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.
[edit] Listing a template
To list a template for deletion, follow this three-step process (replace TemplateName, not including the namespace identifier "Template:", with the name of the template to be deleted unless otherwise noted):
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Tag the template
Add one of the following two codes to the top of the template page (the first for most templates, the second only for inline templates):
{{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
{{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
If the template has been nominated before, use " If you are nominating multiple related templates, replace TemplateName in the edit summary with an informative discussion title, and use {{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} or {{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} instead of the versions given above, using the same discussion title for TemplateName (but not for {{subst:PAGENAME}}, which must remain the name of the template being TFD tagged). If you were nominating a lot of navboxes about American films, you might use "American films by decade", for instance, as the TemplateName. If a template is intended to be substituted, wrap the {{tfd}} or {{tfd-inline}} template in The TFD template, in the form {{tfd-inline|literal name of template|TemplateName}} |
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List the template at TfD
Follow THIS LINK to edit the section of TfD for today's entries. Add this text to the section, at the top:
{{subst:tfd2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for nominating the template. ~~~~}}
If this is a multi-template and multi-category nomination, see {{catfd3}} instead (please read its documentation; the parameters it uses are not the same as those of {{tfd2}}).
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Notify users.
Consider adding
{{subst:tfdnotice|TemplateName}} ~~~~
on relevant talk pages to inform editors of the deletion discussion. This is especially important if the TFD notice was put on the template's talk page. Use an edit summary such as |
It is considered civil to notify the creator and main contributors of the template that you are nominating the template. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template.
Consider adding to your watchlist any templates you nominate for TfD. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.
[edit] Discussion
Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.
People will sometimes also recommend subst or Subst and delete and similar. This means the template text should be "merged" into the articles that use it before the template page is deleted.
Templates are rarely orphaned (made to not be in use) before the discussion is closed.
[edit] Current discussions
[edit] January 8
[edit] January 7
[edit] Template:Dirt
Unnecessary template for three items, the series, a character list and an episode list. There were individual character articles as well but I redirected them for lack of any independent notability All three pages are interlinked. Otto4711 (talk) 23:48, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Grammar
Redundant to copyedit and its for parameter, also {{spelling}} was tfded. Ipatrol (talk) 21:01, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
- Delete as redundant to {{Copyedit}}. Although I'm probably the only one who ever uses the parameters in that template. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 22:14, 7 January 2009 (UTC)
- Delete per nom.--Witticism (talk) 01:27, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Swaminarayan Temple List
Multiple template nomination.
| Nominated Templates - Template:Swaminarayan Temple List* (Total Templates: 120) |
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