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December 3

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:19, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Animal anatomy (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This is a nomination for deletion based on the result of this discussion. Epipelagic (talk) 21:35, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was mark historical to preserve attribution of what could be the derivative work at {{Sidebar with collapsible lists}} Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:11, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists/row (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unused. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:29, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete and replace with other collapse templates like {{collapsible list}} Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:29, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:List expand top (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:List expand mid (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:List expand end (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Little used (only 13 sets; just three articles) and overly complex; redundant to other collapse templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:20, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hide comment (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Little-used (only four transclusions) and redundant alternative to other collapse templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:16, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was rewrite as a wrapperPlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:32, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hidden section top (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Relatively little used and redundant to other collapse templates; forked from {{Hidden archive top}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:11, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete, if someone wants to revive it in a different format, go for it! But, there is consensus to not keep this incarnation. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:37, 10 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Source code (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unused; bad design (table for layout). I removed the only four instances; two by subst/ replacement and two which were overly-compex wrappers for simple external links. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 10:00, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's generally true, but I've seen an article or two that had slightly longer code snippets in boxes collapsed by default, and they weren't out of place. Perhaps every rule has its exceptions. :) — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 04:39, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep but redo This template mostly saves the hassle of making a collapse box and setting the language when you want to hide a snippet of code. It might work better with some improvements though. Such as documentation. LorChat 04:06, 10 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete with no objection to later recreation. It is currently unused, and nobody seems to like what this template currently does. Both Dsimic and Lor seem to want to use it in the future if it were completely re-written, which should be fine, but then the re-writing should happen. Keeping this now, unchanged and unused, will not cause this template to be re-written, and someone is going to have to do it. I have no confidence someone will if it's currently unused and we just keep right now. This is the somewhat equivalent of the article speedy deletion criterion for blatant spam. If to become useful it has to be completely re-written, it should qualify for deletion. For this template to become useful, it should be completely re-written. That qualifies it for deletion to me. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 11:21, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I've recently seen a few places in which this template would fit really nicely. Would it be helpful to put the template into use in its current state? Maybe that would motivate someone to do a rewrite. — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 21:44, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I frankly don't know. If there are very few use cases, then using a shorthand template isn't all that useful, and hiding content in an article seems like a bad idea in general - a footnote would be more fitting, but there might be exceptions I can't currently think of. Martijn Hoekstra (talk) 22:16, 8 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete unless we actually have a real need for it. Sounds like <source>...</source> is good enough in almost every case, it appears that all this template does is hat the source code it would be used for. @Dsimic and Lor: could you demonstrate where this template would be useful right now, in its current or potential future state? I'd suggest just letting this go and building a new template for this purpose when actually required. // coldacid (talk|contrib) 02:27, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As already explained, I've seen an article where this template would fit perfectly. However, on second thought, the fact I can't recall which article is that one, and the fact I haven't seen another similar article in over a month, really shows that this template might not deserve to be kept. — Dsimic (talk | contribs) 02:43, 30 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:07, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Unused (I removed the only instance, from 7.5×54mm French). Content is </div></div> Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:49, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:08, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Unused. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:47, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keepPlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 05:10, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hidden multi-line (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Little-used wrapper for {{Hidden}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:46, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was keepPlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 05:10, 18 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Medical advice (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Little-used fork of {{collapse top}} Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:41, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:14, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Collapsed2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Little-used Unused variant of {{collapse}} Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 09:38, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:14, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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

Apparent duplicate of article Meghdad Mostafaei. No reason for it to be a template. Nick Number (talk) 03:59, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Maxmostaf, I am responding to your question on my Talk page here. Unless I am missing something, the Meghdad Mostafaei article does not make any use of the MEGHDAD template, so it will not be affected if the template is deleted. Why did you create this template? Nick Number (talk) 18:24, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was deletePlastikspork ―Œ(talk) 00:11, 11 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kettering Town F.C. squad (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Does not aid navigation JMHamo (talk) 02:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related deletions. JMHamo (talk) 02:17, 3 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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