User:DragonHawk/Temp1
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Explanation[edit]
The above is a draft for what I hope to eventually propose as another talk page template. It is a talk box intended to be put on article talk pages. Specifically, for those articles which are magnets for people who feel a need to post their own pet theories, personal opinions, and such. Popular books, movies, and video games tend to attract such people in droves. I imagine it has other uses, too.
I envisioned it as kind of a counter-part to {{Original research}}. With luck, it might even serve as a preventive measure against the need to use {{Original research}}. There are already more specific templates like this one (e.g., {{TVSeriesTalk}}); this is just a generalization of the concept.
{{talkheader}} already touches on this (indeed, it contains the same list of article policies), but that one is more general. This template is specifically targeted at the speculation/opinion crowd. It's slightly nicer than just subst'ing WP:ENC.
Feedback needed[edit]
Please leave feedback on the talk page for this userpage!
In particular, I am trying to think of a good name for this template, should it become one. I'm thinking of something like {{talk-nor}}, but I'm not sure. A well-named template is much more likely to be found and used, since people don't have to go hunting for it. Some templates get re-created multiple times, or have several different alias/redirects. I'd like to avoid that duplication of effort.