Template talk:Vacation

Enjoy the new template!

For users in the US or elsewhere in the English-speaking world where the word "vacation" is used instead of "holiday", I created this template as an alternative to Template:Holiday. Enjoy! Joie de Vivre ^T 18:06, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

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@LeyteWolfer: Last year you reverted my attempt to switch out the current aeroplane icon for a more neutral and less climate-hostile version – specifically File:OOjs UI icon userInactive-ltr.svg, which is the icon for "Inactive User" in the WMF's official icon set. The reason you gave was that the new icon is nonsensical, a barrier to understanding across generations, cultures, subcultures; original image is synonymous with travel. I don't find the icon I added very difficult to understand: it's a sleepy face, conveying inactivity or resting. I also don't think it's factually correct that aeroplanes are "synonymous with travel" across cultures. In fact, only a tiny proportion of the world's population travel by plane. Overall, I think it would be much more fitting to enwiki's global editor base if we didn't depict a specific mode of travel. If you don't like the alternative I found, please feel free to suggest another one. Or we could just not have an icon at all. – Joe (talk) 21:27, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Resting is a little different than vacationing, and while I share the concern about the climate impacts of flying, I don't think changing the icon here is likely to convince anyone to fly less (not to mention WP:GREATWRONG). I'm open to alternatives, but among the two options presented so far I prefer the status quo. Sdkb ^talk 21:53, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Of course, but I see no reason why we shouldn't design userspace templates so that they are comfortable for the broadest possible range of people (e.g. the "vacation" vs. "holiday" parameter). It costs us nothing. As I said I'm not married to the OOUI icon I proposed, but there also hasn't been a substantial objection to it apart from aesthetic preference. – Joe (talk) 07:29, 6 May 2024 (UTC)

I agree with Sdkb that the status quo is the default state until a more appropriate alternative can be agreed upon. --LeyteWolfer (talk) 23:05, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

Would it work if we use a train? In particular

this one? I don't use this template for exactly this reason. I'm also lazy, so I would like to use the standard template :). —Femke 🐦 (talk) 19:32, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I don't think a train connotes "vacation" in the same way as a plane does.

When Googling "vacation icon," it looks like palm trees, a beach chair and umbrella, or a travel suitcase are the most common icons. I'm sure we have examples of those on Commons, which I think might be a better alternative. Sdkb ^talk 20:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

I used this beach umbrella one the last time I put a custom travel notice on my user page (see here) and quite liked it. Don't really have an opinion on the default icons for the template, but just wanted to share. DanCherek (talk) 15:53, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

That looks nice. – Joe (talk) 16:30, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm kinda partial to the umbrella and sand, too. I think it says "vacation" quite clearly.--LeyteWolfer (talk) 17:12, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Adopted. I also added an |image= parameter for anyone who wants to use a custom image. Sdkb ^talk 17:45, 9 July 2024 (UTC)