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Template:Slovenian flag

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:19, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Slovenian flag (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

redundant to {{flagicon|Slovenia}}. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:58, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Tanach

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tanach (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Tanach subhead (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Tanach row (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

replaced by {{infobox monarch}}. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:35, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Tpi

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tpi (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

replaced by {{cite book}}. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:23, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Tr4

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tr4 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:20, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Tt-meta

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tt-meta (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:17, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:TVRadio

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TVRadio (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:10, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Timeline of Nunavut Premiers

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The result of the discussion was delete, too few entries, and accessibility issues. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Timeline of Nunavut Premiers (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

easier to just include the image directly. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:01, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

keep this is part of a series of templates. I have converted this to use timeline format instead of the GIF image. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 04:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
comment, why do we need a timeline template for this anyway? it would seem better to just use a regular table from the standpoint of wp:accessibility. my screen reader cannot parse this. Frietjes (talk) 16:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- The timeline extension was implemented for this kind of thing, so are you asking why Wikipedia installed Extension EasyTimeline? Non-Wikipedia sources frequently have visual timelines, so it is an accepted use of this kind of thing in the world at large. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 05:02, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - if you view source on the timeline you get the following

<p><map name="timeline_c69033bdf8ae30207d1816c5f5b4f696" id="timeline_c69033bdf8ae30207d1816c5f5b4f696">
<area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Eva_Aariak" coords="635,44,727,65" title="Eva Aariak" alt="Eva Aariak">
<area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Paul_Okalik" coords="312,44,409,65" title="Paul Okalik" alt="Paul Okalik"></map>
<img usemap="#timeline_c69033bdf8ae30207d1816c5f5b4f696" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/c69033bdf8ae30207d1816c5f5b4f696.png">
</p>

all the date information is lost. compare that with

Premier	Years
Paul Okalik	4 April 1999 to 14 November 2008
Eva Aariak	14 November 2008 to present

I would say that the timeline version fails. Frietjes (talk) 14:45, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

A graphical timeline gives you a grasp of the relative lengths of terms in office, that peopele with dyscalculia or dyslexia can interpret more easily. And as it stands, your statement seems to be equally appropriate for all timelines on Wikipedia, not just this one. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 04:19, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for several reasons. The most important being that timelines are not appropriate for this little amount of information. In this case, it's unexpected and confusing. Thus the argument about it being favorable for people with dyscalculia fails. Timeline, in its current shape, has limited capabilities, is not accessible to blind users, search engines cannot use it, and it's hard to edit even for active users. Timelines will have to be changed for something new sooner or later anyway. That's plenty of reasons to not use it when we can avoid it. A table will do a better job in this case. Dodoïste (talk) 20:38, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- People complain about templates that use parserfunctions and subtemplates being dense and unable to be read by even experienced Wikipedians, so I don't see why timelines are bad if complex templates are ok. And how is it unexpected and confusing? And since when is Wikipedia restricted to what Google allows? The search engine argument equally applies to the use of many types of templates. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 07:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - I have never said that complex templates are OK, they certainly are not. I simplified several complex templates at the french Wikipedia, in order to make them readable. But we can't do without several complex templates, at least for now. However, we can do without unnecessary use of Timelines. Dodoïste (talk) 00:38, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Comment for those who oppose using the EasyTimeline extention, I hope you start an RFC on the matter for its removal. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 07:02, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- As I explained, we are not against every use of Timeline. Some uses are good, and should be kept until we find a better way to make charts. Please be more constructive. Yours, Dodoïste (talk) 00:38, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Tetris pieces

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tetris pieces (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:52, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I have taken a copy since I liked the look of it, so perhaps this needs to be kept for attribution. Would it be sufficient for copyrightability? Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:18, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
- Simple geometric shapes cannot be copyrighted, so no. As for the nom, this plainly isn't a necessary template to maintain. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 13:15, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  - In which case I vote delete as useless. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:21, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete. This template is not even used in the Tetris article, which uses images of the pieces instead. I can't think of a situation in which this template might be useful. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:24, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete Not used at all. I think this qualifies for "patent nonsense" but I'm not sure. CyanGardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 04:20, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Archers bbc url

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Archers bbc url (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

generates only deadlinks now that the archives are no longer hosted by BBC. we should migrate the links to a different archive (e.g., www.thearchers.co.uk which uses a different URL format). 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:45, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Two digits

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Two digits (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused, and probably a duplicate of another padding template. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:44, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Two or three entry opera sidebar templates

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The result of the discussion was keep Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Walton operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Traetta operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Thomson operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Taylor operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Spohr operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Smareglia operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Schubert operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Oscar Straus operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Ginastera operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Flotow operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:De Falla operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Fall operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Mondonville operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Millöcker operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Einem operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Duni operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Delius operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Delibes operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Dargomyzhsky operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Dalayrac operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Martín y Soler operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Marais operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Marschner operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Cilea operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Lortzing operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Gustave Charpentier operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Lecocq operas and operettas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Le Sueur operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Landi operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Bruneau operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Bononcini operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Boieldieu operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Reznicek operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Ravel operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Poulenc operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Ponchielli operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Pizzetti operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Kienzl operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Jommelli operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Hérold operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Honegger operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Hahn operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Bernstein operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Berg operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Barber operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Bach operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Antheil operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Alfano operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Albinoni operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Albéniz operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Viardot operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Telemann operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Szymanowski operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Suppé operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Smyth operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Serov operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Graun operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Glinka operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Nielsen operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Gazzaniga operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Montemezzi operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Catalani operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Lalo operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Boito operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Reyer operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Only two or three entries. This can be recreated if there are several, but what's the purpose of having this now when a see also section will suffice? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:21, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. This is a question of established style for opera articles, and could more profitably debated at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera. Sparafucil (talk) 22:49, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. Created by a user who knows Wikipedia policy backwards. They are hardly toxic and it's not as if they are taking up space on the server. Are there no better ideas around these days for wasting people's time? Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 01:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Response Wikipedia:DOESNTHURT is an invalid argument for keeping. We could have an infinite number of things which cause no harm--that doesn't mean we should, nor does it mean that we should have any one of them. The purpose of these boxes is to navigate and if you're navigating one to three articles, that's not useful enough to justify its existence and is redundant to the function of a see also section. I fail to see whose time is wasted here and it seems like you have more of an interest in being rude to me than genuinely discussing the utility of these templates. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 01:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose. I looked at the creators of the first ten or so on the list, and already I can count many more editors who favor these (which I infer from the fact that they created them) than the one editor who has so far voted in favor of deletion. Also, I do agree that it would have been far more appropriate to discuss it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Opera, and the nominator should have chosen this approach. --Robert.Allen (talk) 02:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose These templates have been a long-standing practice at WikiProject Opera, whose members developed them, with several discussions on format etc. over many years. They serve 3 purposes:

[1] They provide quick and easy navigation to other operas by the same composer without having to go all the way down to "See also" and look for them. This is of benefit to both readers and to editors working in the area.

[2] The reader can see at a glance the chronological order and date of premiere for the composer's other operas and where the current opera they're reading about fits in.

[3] Virtually all of these composers have written more than three operas, even if they don't yet have articles. Once the articles are created, the template can be updated. When transcluded in the new article, the template will automatically add the composer's image, italicise the title, and add links to the composer's other operas with their premiere dates.

On a procedural note, we're talking about a mass deletion in this section of 40+ longstanding templates which are transcluded in 100+ articles. Given the huge amount of work entailed in repairing the articles if these templates were to be deleted (re-adding images, italicising the titles, and adding "See also" sections), it would have been courteous of the nominator to at least notify WikiProject Opera of what he was planning to do and possibly getting some input as to the rationale for them. Voceditenore (talk) 08:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been notified to WikiProject Opera. - Voceditenore (talk) 08:15, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per all the above. Standard practice with operas. Many of these templates also have the possibility of expansion. --Folantin (talk) 09:44, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose – templates with high functional and navigational value and expansion possibility. -- Michael Bednarek (talk) 12:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose per all above.4meter4 (talk) 02:47, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above. These are very useful. Them From Space 18:57, 2 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - Why can't there just be a Template:Operas or something like that? And they only have a few links - this is kinda unnecessary. CyanGardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 04:24, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

What do you mean by a "Template:Operas or something like that"? We have 2000 articles on specific operas. These templates are specific to the operas by each composer. You may wish to read my comment above which gives a detailed rationale for them. Voceditenore (talk) 06:05, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion Probably something like {{Infobox album}} for operas, to provide navigation. This is actually a very good point, as there is no need at all to create individual sidebars--why are there individual ones anyway? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 05:49, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Reply A more apt comparison would be {{Infobox play}}. In any case, infoboxes about a particular work and navboxes pertaining to a particular composer serve entirely different purposes. As I pointed out above, the navboxes you have nominated for mass deletion are used to add the composer's picture, italicize the article title, list the composer's other operas in chronological order with premiere dates, and provide quick, easy, uniform navigation to them both for readers and for editors working in that area. Whenever a new opera article is created for a composer, it only has to be added once to the template and automatically appears in all the other opera articles by that composer. Otherwise, all those tasks have to be done by hand. Virtually all the composers nominated above have written well over three operas. This is why WikiProject Opera developed these six years ago. If you don't ever edit in this area, you may not see the value of them, but editors who do contribute in this area and have done so extensively over many years find them very useful and informative.

I personally find it very disappointing that a mass-deletion nomination like this should be made without any prior attempt to discuss it with the WikiProject that works very hard to maintain and develop articles in this area and without any regard to the hours and hours of work it will take us to repair the damage and restore the missing information, title formatting, and images to 132 articles should these templates be deleted. A mass deletion, particularly of all the three opera navboxes was entirely inappropriate in my view. We're all here to improve this encyclopedia. Can you explain how deleting these navboxes improves it, and more specifically how their mass-deletion improves the coverage of opera on Wikipedia? Voceditenore (talk) 07:03, 5 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Single entry opera sidebar templates

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The result of the discussion was delete, I will be happy to restore any of these if they can be expanded to more than one entry. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Goldmark operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Krása operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Wagner-Régeny operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Verstovsky operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Somers operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Pfitzner operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Ullmann operas (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Only one entry. This can be recreated if there are several, but what's the purpose of having this now? —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete the single entry ones, keep all the others. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 04:17, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete these single entry ones (but keep the multiple entry ones nominated in the previous section). These single-entry navboxes currently serve no purpose and only 4 of them have composer images, which can easily be re-added to those 4 articles. However, these single-entry templates may prove useful if future opera articles are created for any of these composers, especially since they contain commented out lists of their other operas without articles yet. To that end, I've preserved the code for these on a sub-page of WikiProject Opera. – Voceditenore (talk) 10:47, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been notified to WikiProject Opera. - Voceditenore (talk) 10:47, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete these with only one link, no opinion on the others. Frietjes (talk) 20:48, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep A (very) little research shows Goldmark (to take only the first example) has written 7 operas, the rest red-linked and ready to add when the articles are written as they sooner or later will be. Sparafucil (talk) 08:04, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:UnicodeMS

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:UnicodeMS (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

old and unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:UDMR - RO

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:UDMR - RO (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

used to do more, now it could be easily just substituted and deleted. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:07, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:UCicon

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:UCicon (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

nearly unused icon template. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:UNAIDS

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:UNAIDS (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused.198.102.153.2 (talk) 22:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Unlockable

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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unused icon template. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:51, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:UPU

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The result of the discussion was delete. Speedy delete per G2, non-admin closure. Ten Pound Hammer • ^{(What did I screw up now?)} 06:00, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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unused editing test. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:49, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Strigopidae

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The result of the discussion was Keep Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:31, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Strigopidae (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

delete. Insufficient appropriate links to justify a template. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:36, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep What are you talking about? There's plenty enough links to justify a template here. It does, however, need reformatting, to be more like a table and less like a navbox. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 04:19, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. per DONDE. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 04:39, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Callaeidae

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The result of the discussion was Keep Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:31, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Callaeidae (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Delete. Insufficient links to justify a template. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 21:35, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep What are you talking about? There's plenty enough links to justify a template here. It does, however, need reformatting, to be more like a table and less like a navbox. D O N D E groovily Talk to me 04:20, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Per DONDE. -- Kim van der Linde ^{at venus} 04:39, 8 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Us-city

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Us-city (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

could probably be speedy deleted per Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_October_22#Template:City-region. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:User organic

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User organic (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:15, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:User Paschim Medinipur district

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G6 by WOSlinker (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT ⚡ 23:00, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User Paschim Medinipur district (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:User pfafrich test T

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:13, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Usercontentsmain

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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old and unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 20:46, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:USL-1

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:USL-1 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

blanked over a year ago, should be properly deleted if it is not needed. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 20:36, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Assembly Constituencies of Kollam

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Assembly Constituencies of Kollam (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template is a collection of red links and only has two transclustions. Dianna (talk) 19:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

delete, not enough active links. Frietjes (talk) 20:49, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Vp

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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unused.198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:52, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Wc

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wc (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused and easily confused with WP:WC. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:49, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per nom. 70.24.251.208 (talk) 06:03, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:West Bengal in Bengali

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:West Bengal in Bengali (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. We rarely need a template to express a single word, even a word that's not in the Latin alphabet. On the rare occasions when an editor of the English Wikipedia needs to insert the Bengali word for West Bengal, they can copy it from an appropriate article and paste it rather than using the template. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 03:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Whatlinksto

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Whatlinksto (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

nearly unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:33, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

With exactly one transclusion in eight years, I think we can do without this. There are times when a shorthand is required, but evidently they are already catered for in more role-specific templates. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 18:03, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:WikiProject Boxing tasks

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WikiProject Boxing tasks (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:WikiProject Yamuna Nagar

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The result of the discussion was Delete. Template containing just "nk" is useless. WOSlinker (talk) 20:34, 1 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:27, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:WP FT

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:WP FT (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

single use template. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:26, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

It's not at all obvious what this does, but at least it reveals the train wreck which is Category:Image with comment templates. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 18:05, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Wiktionaryar

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:56, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wiktionaryar (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:24, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This appears to be a test of some sort. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 18:06, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - this is WP:PN. CyanGardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 04:28, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Wsl-start

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:52, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Wsl-item (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Wsl-end (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

replaced by template:wikisource-multi. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:21, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Userstory

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 02:26, 7 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Userstory (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Almost incomprehensible, and doesn't serve any purpose. I'm amazed that this has lasted for almost a whole year on Wikipedia. —Yutsi ^Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 16:43, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I assume this is supposed to be substituted to provide some boilerplate for one's user page. Nevertheless, even the author does not appear to be using it (said user's page is redlinked) and the stuff about being "blocked until infinity" is rather unnecessary. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 18:08, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Jean-Stephane Sauvaire

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 05:50, 6 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Jean-Stephane Sauvaire (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Useless. About a director who doesn't have an article and 6 of 7 films that don't have articles. The one film that does have an article was created by the author of the template and will probably be deleted per WP:NFF. Bbb23 (talk) 01:49, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Keep I voted to delete Mission: Blacklist (film) at its AfD because it violates WP:NFF. However, the director, Jean-Stephane Sauvaire, meets Wikipedia's creative notability guidelines which state: The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. I was able to find a number of independent sources reviewing Sauvaire[1][2][3]. Because Jean-Stephane Sauvaire is notable, and has had other fim besides Mission: Blacklist, Template:Jean-Stephane Sauvaire should be kept. NJ Wine (talk) 02:56, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete per nominator. I'll change to keep if articles are created for the director and the released films, they all seem notable. Smetanahue (talk) 06:45, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Navboxes exist solely to navigate existing content. They are not skeletons to hold potential articles. Keeping a navbox for a director who doesn't even have his own article is ludicrous. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 09:30, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Strong Delete per nom. Navboxes are meant for navigation of existing articles, so if none exist, it's pointless.—Yutsi ^Talk/ Contributions ( 偉特 ) 16:52, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
delete, but allow recreation if say three more articles are written. Frietjes (talk) 20:51, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Delete - template with no parent page (Jean-Stephane Sauvaire). CyanGardevoir ^{(used EDIT!)} 04:33, 3 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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