Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 March 4

March 4

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Infobox rail. (non-admin closure) Nihlus 07:32, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Infobox rail standard gauge with Template:Infobox rail.
This wrapper template doesn't provide any functionality above that of {{Infobox rail}} and {{Track gauge}}, and in fact complicates any changes being made. Triptothecottage (talk) 09:22, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

  • comment, I updated the wrapper to use the infobox wrapper module to eliminate the need to add parameters to {{Infobox rail standard gauge}} when they are added to {{Infobox rail}}, but I do agree that there doesn't seem to be a strong need for a wrapper here since the wrapper isn't doing much. Frietjes (talk) 16:14, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. No need for this, and articles using it tend to have an outdated set of parameters. Mackensen (talk) 17:32, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - No need for a special infobox just to automatically fill the track gauge parameter when adding the {{track gauge}} parameter to {{infobox rail}} will work just fine. If we do merge, we need to make sure the track gauge parameter set to standard gauge is added to the infoboxes of all articles that are converted. Dough4872 03:05, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment shouldn't this be on the talk page? [Username Needed] 14:55, 5 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • support - The standard gauge infobox was created at a time when the majority of articles being written were about standard gauge railways. Since then, there have been a great number of additional articles written about railways that use other gauges. The need for a specific infobox wrapper for standard gauge has passed, merging would simplify infobox usage. The only difficulty with automatically setting the |gauge= parameter is that it needs to be set to the appropriate unit measurements (imperial units for North American and British railways, for example using {{track gauge|ussg}} or {{track gauge|uksg}}, or metric units for elsewhere using {{track gauge|sg}}). Slambo (Speak) 12:07, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support{{Infobox rail standard gauge}} is redundant and should be merged with {{Infobox rail}}. Jackdude101 talk cont 14:54, 7 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Let's do this. –Daybeers (talk) 07:24, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was keep. (non-admin closure) Nihlus 07:36, 12 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Per WP:NAVBOX, navboxes exist for the purpose of facilitating navigation. A navbox with one article in its scope doesn't facilitate that. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 04:13, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I wouldn't be opposed to a merge. 142.161.81.20 (talk) 18:33, 24 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: The idea of a merge has been proposed between the mens' and womens' templates. Seeing as these will grow over time, I expect a split back in 4 or 8 years. So, do we merge now and split later or leave it as is?
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Bellezzasolo Discuss 03:56, 4 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Comment The nominator is the only opposed to keep. I mentioned the possibility of merge but support keep. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:30, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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