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Template:Upcoming death

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Upcoming death (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This template was created for use on John Allen Muhammad in the lead-up to his execution on Tuesday. However, it seems to me it is another 'future template', which are deprecated as of this discussion. It suffers from the same problems as other future templates: we cannot know for sure that a person is about to die until they actually do. Similarly, there is no guidance on how far in advance this template should be placed: a person can be on death row, or have a terminal illness, and still live on for decades. Robofish (talk) 21:47, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per Robofish; this is indeed a variation on the "future" family of templates. Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:51, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep So far the template has an accuracy rate of 100%. Perhaps it really is possible to predict the future. Grundle2600 (talk) 22:06, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. This is clearly an example of a "future template". Per the outcome of the RFC discussions, such a template should only be kept if it is "more useful/important than future templates in general". I see nothing particularly useful or important in this. If anything, it seems more problematic than some others, impending deaths can be avoided in a number of circumstances. --RL0919 (talk) 00:20, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per RL, plus the fact that it's a pretty obscure concern, and furthermore the title almost seems humorous. It should probably be called "upcoming execution" instead, so as not to be used to predict the future; and then it would be in the even more obscure end of the future template spectrum. Equazcion (talk) 01:17, 13 Nov 2009 (UTC)
  • Delete I question its value. It would seem to have two applications - a convicted criminal condemned to execution, or someone with a fatal illness. The second possibility is plainly horrifying - how long, had it existed at the time, would this template have been on Ted Kennedy or Patrick Swayze? Further, deaths such as Kennedy's, Swayze's, and even Muhammad's seem unsuitable for {{Recent death}} (and, by extension, this template, as it uses much the same verbiage) at all - what can be more stable and known about the circumstances of death than a state-performed execution or a notable person succumbing to a well-documented illness? So even if there are other notable convicted criminals condemned to execution, like Muhammad, with biographies on Wikipedia, I don't find that this template would be a help to their articles at any time. Alex finds herself awake at night (Talk · What keeps her up) 05:14, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - unhelpful to both readers and editors alike at best with a risk of misuse at worst.--Tikiwont (talk) 10:43, 14 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per RL0919; this is certainly a 'future' template, and a distasteful one at that. {{Current event}} or {{Current person}} for a day or two before the scheduled event would be sufficient. Maralia (talk) 06:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. Even though redundancy is'n supposed to be a valid argument, there's already a swath of existing "living person" templates - using any of these implies this. [[tl|Current person}} can be used for executions. --STUART (talk) 18:42, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I briefly considered an IAR Speedy Delete of this template but am sticking with process. WP:CRYSTAL, and WP:OR (to some degree). On top of that, WP:MACABRE applies, in the sense that this sort of template is just plain wrong. We can use {{current}} instead.  Frank  |  talk 
  • Delete per Nosleep and Tikiwont. Unhelpful, potential misuse. GlassCobra 22:59, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Vgy

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The result of the discussion was keep, but could be reopened if there is a wider discussion on YYYY in XX templates. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:05, 20 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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

This template creates a piped-link to a year-in-video games article, such as [[1988 in video gaming|1988]] Pipe-linking years in this fashion frowned upon, as established by the removal of links for years in music and television, among others. Removal of this template can be done quite easily in AWB (in fact, I've already asked for it on the AWB task board). Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:25, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Out of interest, was there a central discussion about this? I'm not a big fan of this sort of thing, though it does raise the question of how else the "19xx in video gaming" articles are going to be linked from article prose. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 13:03, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The discussion below about the baseball year template is a clear "keep", and this is essentially the same thing for video games. It isn't a necessary template but it does provide a shorter way to create the link. Also, I note that no TfD notification was placed on this template or the baseball year template, which may help explain the lack of input into this discussion. --RL0919 (talk) 22:43, 18 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Baseball Year

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The result of the discussion was keep Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:09, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Baseball Year (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This template creates a piped-link to a year-in-baseball article, such as [[1968 in baseball|1968]] Pipe-linking years in this fashion frowned upon, as established by the removal of links for years in music and television, among others. Removal of this template can be done quite easily in AWB (in fact, I've already asked for it on the AWB task board). Ten Pound Hammer, his otters and a clue-bat • (Many otters • One bat • One hammer) 21:24, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:City-state

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The result of the discussion was keep Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:11, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:City-state (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Per the lack of opposition at template talk:city-state#This template shouldn't exist, there is no need to have two links here. One link of the format city, state is unambiguous, requires no template logic and provides the context anyway - if a reader needs a direct link to the state then it can be found through the city article. Recommend reformatting to output just [[{{{1}}}, {{{2}}}]] and then substituting all transclusions. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 10:50, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

  • Just for the information of participants (not intended as support or opposition), there are 16,574 transclusions of this template. --RL0919 (talk) 14:33, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • "if a reader needs a direct link to the state then it can be found through the city article" - True, but I don't see how that makes it an invalid occasion for a link. Can you give me an analogous example where unlinked text was deemed preferable to a superfluous link? Even though I created the template, I have no strong opinion if a consensus exists one way or the other. - PhilipR (talk) 17:24, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • Having links adjacent to each other isn't a good idea because it increases the likelihood that a user will hit the wrong one. This is doubly important for cases like Paris, Texas, where the default Wikipedia styling makes it difficult to tell if there is one link or two. Using {{citystate}} here would mean that users who clicked the second half of what they believed to be one link would be sent to the wrong article. If the state link is genuinely required then it can be added separately; this template, however, encourages users to add it in general. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 12:46, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • delete doesn't seem to save any typing, and the name is highly wrong. 76.66.197.2 (talk) 04:41, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The substance of the nomination is about a stylistic preference for linking only to the city instead of the to the city and state separately. This is matter for which there is no guideline or wiki-wide consensus that I know of. The widespread use of this template suggests that many editors don't agree with nominator about how these items should be linked. Most template talk pages are little-watched, so a discussion between two editors there is not a good indicator. Building consensus on a standard linking pattern for cities is a matter for the Village pump or WP:LINK, rather than changing the linking on thousands of articles through a TfD. (Note: Since the template is fully protected, I have placed a request for an admin to add the appropriate notification to the template.) --RL0919 (talk) 19:01, 15 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's not about a "stylistic preference"; it's about the entire rationale for introducing two links where one will suffice. WP:OVERLINK covers it well enough. I'm strongly opposed to bureaucratic hand-waving as a keep rationale here; if the template talk is completely unwatched then I stringly disagree that anyone using this template really cares about it that much. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 01:06, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
      • If it isn't about stylistic preferences, then why reference a style guideline? As to whether anyone cares, see my comment below. --RL0919 (talk) 01:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
        • My reply to PhilipR covers that. Overlinking is not just poor stylistically: it also results in reduced usability. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 01:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
          • I don't care one way about this template, and I don't use it, but the argument of "if the template talk is completely unwatched then I stringly disagree that anyone using this template really cares about it that much" is a very, very poor rationale. I use {{cn}} {{cite}} {{cite gnis}} and a bunch of other templates that I do not have on my watchlist, yet I would oppose their deletion. Just because no one is watching a template, does not mean they don't care, it just means its they haven't added it to their watch. Reading in other motives or inclinations is only transcluding your own opinion into other's actions. Aboutmovies (talk) 21:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
            • Maybe not an indication that no one cares but clearly an indication that we have too many dinky templates for comfort. By now, we're sprinkling our articles with a lot more templates than can be comfortably justified. Even mainstays like {{cite}} are pretty darned dubious if you ever look at how comparatively easy it is to format references without them. At the very least, the vast majority of them should be substed. Peter Isotalo 14:12, 17 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep Per RL0919, its vast use should be an indicator of consensus that editors want to keep it. --Brian Halvorsen (talk) 00:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    And the complete lack of opposition to the talk thread on the subject? Use != appropriateness. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 01:06, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Editors can use a template without editing it or otherwise placing it on their watchlist. That doesn't mean they don't care what happens to it, but it does mean they are unlikely to see discussions on its talk page. That's why the TfD process includes placing notifications on the template so that editors at the affected pages can find out about the discussion. The number of editors objecting to deletion in this discussion already doubles the total number of editors involved in the template talk page discussion. I'm not questioning the good faith of the nomination you made based on that discussion, but it isn't very convincing to refer to it as if it shows something about wider opinion on the subject. --RL0919 (talk) 01:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I understand the rationale behind that, but I'm of the opinion that any template which has significant community buy-in is watched at least to the extent that in three months someone would visit the talk page to discuss it. Templatespace is just as much a community as articlespace is, and if a proposal went for three months unopposed on an article's talk page then there could not be a reasonable argument that it was implemented against community consensus. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 01:43, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep I've been using this template since I discovered it. --Muboshgu (talk) 00:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep It's much easier to use this template than to type out [[Snohomish, Washington]], [[Washington]] umpty-dozen times.--SarekOfVulcan (talk) 01:02, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Please actually read the rationale. There is no need to type out [[Snohomish, Washington]], [[Washington]] when the Snohomish, Washington link suffices to get the reader to the right place. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 01:08, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I did read the rationale -- I don't see any reason to make someone click twice when the editor can do a little extra work to get them to the right place. It's not a case of overlinking. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 01:11, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    I think what he meant is that [[Snohomish, Washington|Snohomish]], [[Washington]] requires more characters than {{city-state|Snohomish|Washington}}. It's helpful in linking both the city and state names. --Muboshgu (talk) 03:39, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, thank you, Muboshgu -- I realized only after thumper had replied to me that I had forgotten the pipe on the city name, and didn't want to confuse matters by fixing it inline. --SarekOfVulcan (talk) 03:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep It cuts down editing time considerably for editors who link cities and states. I know that it personally saves me boatloads of time when I can just type in the city-state template rather than have to type out separate links for both. Also, in response to thumperward's comment, people can identify whether it is one link or two simply by holding their mouse over said link to see if the link underlines one word or both. It's not difficult, and I think thumperward is giving the general public too little credit in their ability to figure it out. Besides, I hate having to click on a state's name only to be directed toward the city. If I want to know about the state then I'll click on the state, not the friggin' city. Jrcla2 (talk) 01:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep Cuts down on editing time for those who use it. Doesn't hide anything from contributors and still brings readers to the place they want to be. Also, please note that the discussion that had no opposition contained only two users commenting which is hardly consensus.--Giants27(Contribs|WP:CFL) 02:22, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Makes editing easier. Pats1 T/C 02:30, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep on the grounds that this is a useful template for employing a commonly used style. Personally I think this style makes more sense than New Haven, Connecticut because the name of the city is New Haven, not New Haven, Connecticut; the purpose of the article's lengthy title is disambiguation. We don't usually include the disambiguation part in link text. But, it doesn't matter; the template should not be deleted unless it's not being used or the style is illegitimate, and neither is true in this case. — brighterorange (talk) 02:33, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep This is a joke, right?--Johnny Spasm (talk) 02:41, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep an extremely useful and widely used template. – ukexpat (talk) 03:01, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep per all of the above. This is a widely used, highly useful, perfectly sensible template. It allows me (and others, it seems) to edit more efficiently. A Stop at Willoughby (talk) 04:57, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment this template has absolutely nothing to do with city-states, why is it named thusly? I can't use it to talk about Troy, or Ancient Athens, or Vatican City, etc. 76.66.197.2 (talk) 05:00, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • I can understand the potential for confusion with city-states, although the name also makes sense for its current use. Either way, if there is an issue with the name it can be addressed by moving the template to a new name. No deletion required. --RL0919 (talk) 05:13, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep very worthwhile template although somewhat redundant with {{USCity}}.--TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 05:20, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
    • There's definitely a redundancy there, but this template is more comprehensive and much more widely used. Assuming this one is kept, it's probably worth looking into a merge of {{USCity}} with this template. --RL0919 (talk) 05:45, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep unless someone has a plan to replace all those existing templates. --JaGatalk 08:47, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep - widely used, very useful and very easy to use. Maybe it could be renamed to make it more inclusive of variations, but the basic format and display is good. Rossrs (talk) 08:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • delete per nom. promotes excessive linking and templating. Kwanesum (talk) 09:52, 16 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:CourtsSweden

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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

Orphaned and incorrect (most links are to courts in England and Wales). Gabbe (talk) 08:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:History by time period

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 22:08, 19 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Template:History by time period (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:European history by time period (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Orphaned template, not edited since May. There's nothing particularly wrong with it, but it isn't used anywhere, and as far as I can tell never has been. Also nominating {{European history by time period}} for the same reason. Robofish (talk) 01:58, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

See Template:Human history and prehistory and Template:History of Europe Infobox. Hyacinth (talk) 02:37, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Those templates are actually in use; these two are not. If you want to keep them, put them in an article somewhere! :) Robofish (talk) 21:49, 12 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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