Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 November 18

November 18

Template:Autism films

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 00:33, 26 November 2020 (UTC)

• Template:Autism films (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This seems like a deeply odd thing to have a template for. We don't usually have templates for media which depict specfic topics, just templates for genres. ★Trekker (talk) 04:27, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

• Delete: Existing Category:Films about autism and List of films about autism are plenty; there's no need for a navbox. Pi.1415926535 (talk) 01:21, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

  To play the devil's advocate, WP:NOTDUP would be the guideline argument against that. I'm not sure I agree with it, though. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:43, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

• Delete: There appears to be no significant guideline or reason to justify keeping this. It is generally accepted that "with autism" and "about autism" language is used and we should reflect this to some extent. Sean Stephens (talk) 22:06, 12 November 2020 (UTC)
• Keep: The fact that other editors don't perceive a need for a template is not a sufficient reason to delete it. WP:IDONTLIKEIT has never been a reason to delete something. Regards, Anameofmyveryown (talk) 12:02, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 03:01, 18 November 2020 (UTC)

• Delete Tenuous connection. Not everything needs a navbox. Categories suffice perfectly. Nardog (talk) 03:06, 18 November 2020 (UTC)
• Delete It is trying to add functionality that a category cannot provide, but even so, a page would work best for this purpose if it's truly needed. We already have the aforementioned List of films about autism, and I guess it might be a good idea to reorganize that page the way this template is organized, but I don't find the matter particularly pressing. We don't need this template following around every article listed on it; a hub page would work just fine if truly needed. Zeke, the Mad Horrorist ^{(Speak quickly)} _{(Follow my trail)} 18:21, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).