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The result of the debate was OUT OF SCOPE. -Splashtalk 03:35, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

debate moved to SFD where it belongs. BL Lacertae - kiss the lizard 22:49, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was moot - speedy deleted by Raul654. - Mailer Diablo 06:39, 4 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:PotentiallyDisturbingImage (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This is a bit like censoring 68.223.42.191 17:18, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Changing vote to keep since although I don't have a strong opinion, I think the arguments for deleting on the basis of POV or "who decides" are using a false premise. – Doug Bell talkcontrib 18:10, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - if an encyclopedia article has a particularly disturbing image (such as a graphic image of war injuries or medical conditions), I think it is perfectly reasonable to warn readers with a template like this. Enchanter
  • Keep as per Enchanter. --Jared [T]/[+] 15:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, non-NPOV. Who decides what's "potentially disturbing" and what isn't? Angr/talk 15:11, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete bogdan 19:20, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I have difficulty seeing this as a POV or censorship issue. It does not remove the image or imply that there is anything "wrong" with the image. I think it falls under a similar category to the discussions that went on in the "Lolicon debate" (see Talk:Lolicon, Talk:Autofellatio for more) that concluded that some images should have warnings even if they are to be on Wikipedia. —Cuiviénen (Cuivië) 00:56, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep. As to the argument that it's censorship: per Cuiviénen, I simply don't see why a simple warning can be construed to be censorship. There are plenty of people out there who would be disturbed by, for example, the images in Lynching in the United States, where this template is most appropriately used, and they can decide whether to continue. It is letting readers know that if they think they might be upset by the images not to read the article -- it isn't telling them they can't. This is somewhat like the spoiler warning template in that it might be good for the person reading to heed the warning, but it is totally up to that reader.
As to the argument that it's not NPOV: Per Bell, I've seen many an article deemed "not encyclopedic" on ten times more "opinion" than it takes to say that an image contains things that might seriously upset someone. Can anyone deny that the images in Lynching in the United States wouldn't disturb someone? And of course, some places it would be arguable whether "This article contains images that some people may find disturbing," but that can be fixed by discussing the template's use on that page's discussion and removing it there if necessary, not by deleting the enitre template and removing it wherever it's used. That is simply ridiculous. Bobburito 03:33, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. POV is not a very good argument, and censorship is even worse. But, we have discussed this very many times and have consistently decided to avoid using such templates and warnings. In articles where potentially disturbing images are really required (and thus likely expected by the reader), they can be put lower in the article, to give people who are not comfortable with a topic the chance to go elsewhere after reading the intro. Zocky | picture popups 09:57, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep as per Enchanter. Metamagician3000 14:02, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Almost verbatim recreation of template:offensive. Speedily deleted per CSD criteria 4 Raul654 20:04, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Could someone provide a link to the TfD deletion discussion for template:offensive; I'm having trouble finding it, and would be interested to have a read (the problem with this type of template is not obvious to me). Enchanter 23:44, 28 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
It's at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/October 2005#Template:Offensive. Angr/talk 12:58, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was DELETE. -Splashtalk 03:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Chile-Educational-Use (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
This template and the category associated with it seem to have derived from a misunderstanding of Chilean law. It is being used to tag images but the law seems to apply only to text. The talk page of the template has details. We should de-popluate the category and delete it too. Most of the images are probably reasonable to keep under fair use. Zeimusu | Talk page 15:20, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete, even if the template's wording was correct, we don't allow images that can only be used for educational use, and it seems to be dealing with Chilean copyright law, not U.S. copyright law which is the one that's applicable to Wikipedia. JYolkowski // talk 15:23, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • According to Commons:Licensing: "The copyright of the nation where the image was first published gets applied to that image (and this country-specific law decides if we consider the image as public domain in general or not).", so your last argument is incorrect. —Cantus 15:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - I was the creator of this template: User:Yakoo clarified in my Talk page that this only applied to written work. This does not apply to images. He also clarified that images made by Chilean state agencies are NOT in the public domain. —Cantus 15:32, 25 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Article 38 of Chilean Intellectual Property Law not apply to images. Most of the images are probably to keep under fair use --Yakoo 07:46, 27 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splashtalk 03:33, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I do not want this template on WIKIPEDIA! I would use a sockpuppet of mine - Hartnell on WHEELS!! - to wipe it's contents off the Wikipedia. I am a Wikipedist with a difference. 14:09, 25 February 2006 (Vertigo).

As stated below, please keep in mind that the person who nominated this template is a vandal who continually vandalizes the template, adding Dr. Who contents and website links. Also, it is possible that this vandal is a sockpuppet of Willy on Wheels, since he refers to himself as "Hartnell on WHEELS" in both his vandalism and here on TfD --TBC??? ??? ??? 11:47, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Additional note, this template was vandalized with the "Torchwood" logo, and the name "Harnell on WHEELS" is a likely reference to William Hartnell (First Doctor), of Doctor Who, which "Torchwood" is related to. 68.39.174.238 11:07, 26 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was NO CONSENSUS. This doesn't seem to reach any of the usual standards of consensual deletion, although Moe Epsilon's pure vote is not helpful in such circumstances. Still, the case isn't here either numerically or debaterally to delete this at present. -Splashtalk 03:38, 5 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User Singularitarian (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
I know nominating a userbox is stepping into a firestorm, but this one is unused save by the creator (who has two dozen various userboxes) and has nothing at all to do with actually creating an encyclopedia. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire

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