Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 April 9

April 9

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The result of the discussion was merge when ready as already discussed elsewhere and agreed upon. Primefac (talk) 23:32, 17 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Infobox World Heritage Site with Template:Infobox UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Already deprecated, WP:INFOCOL. Capankajsmilyo (talk) 03:50, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

They can't yet be merged, as we are still (very slowly) undoing the damage made by the change of the first infobox to a Wikidata one. All help in moving all uses of this infobox to the second one is welcome. Fram (talk) 07:11, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G2 by Boing! said Zebedee (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 06:04, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This template is of no use as Baustralia as a country does not exist. L293D ( • ) 02:24, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@L293D: It does as a micronation, though go ahead and switch to speedy, as the other related are. I've substituted it on my userpage. -Kingdom of Baustralia (talk) 02:29, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Micronation? What size is it then? The size of your backyard? If it does not have an article on Wikipedia, then this template should go. I was thinking of speeding it but I couldn't find a good criteria for it, so that's why I TfD'd it. L293D ( • ) 02:32, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was keep per WP:SNOW. Clearly not going to be deleted. (non-admin closure) GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 03:04, 10 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

This template encourages original research, which is a no-no. The fact that it's survived long enough to be translated into 14 other languages baffles me. Lojbanist remove cattle from stage 02:09, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • The only baffling thing here is the nonsensical nomination -- speedy keep. --JBL (talk) 02:25, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. I also don't really understand how this encourages OR. @Lojbanist: do you have any examples of this being misused? –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos) 02:55, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Hanging out at the science and mathematics deletion discussions, I've seen plenty of OR examples, but this template wasn't on any of them. XOR'easter (talk) 04:30, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Nonsensical and non-policy-based deletion rationale. The template should be used to call attention to problems that are described in more detail and properly sourced in the text of the article; at least that's how I regularly use it. And "encouraging original research" is a good thing, far from being a no-no. Encouraging people to add unsourced original research to our articles would be less good, but I don't see how this template does any such thing. —David Eppstein (talk) 04:43, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The template encourages a concise, well-written description of the precise nature of unsolved problems, at least this has been the effect wherever I have seen it. If anything, the template should make it easier to spot and police poorly sourced OR. Torbjörn Björkman (talk) 08:05, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. Entire books are dedicated to the subject of unsolved problems in mathematics. Many research-level books also contain lists of subject-specific open problems. This is a topic that requires no original research. Sławomir Biały (talk) 13:20, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - certainly as used in maths articles, it is an informative, good and proper infobox drawing attention to related unsolved problems. It contributes to building understanding as well as illustrating articles effectively. OR is nothing to do with it. Chiswick Chap (talk) 16:17, 9 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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