Wikipedia:Templates for deletion
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On this page, deletion of templates (except as noted below) is discussed.
[edit] How to use this page
[edit] What not to propose for deletion here
The majority of pages in the Template: namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:
- Speedy deletion candidates
- If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion for general items or templates, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if the template is a recreation of a template already deleted by consensus here at TfD, tag it with {{db-repost}}. If you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{db-author}}.
- Stub templates
- Should be listed at Stub types for deletion.
- Policy or guideline templates
- Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, like the CSD templates cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant guideline.
- Userboxes
- Should be listed at MfD, regardless of what namespace they reside in.
- Template redirects
- Renaming a template
[edit] Reasons to delete a template
- The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance
- The template is redundant to a better-designed template
- The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used
- The template violates a policy such as NPOV or CIVIL
Templates for which none of these apply may be deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.
[edit] Listing a template
To list a template for deletion, follow this three-step process (replace TemplateName, not including the namespace identifier "Template:", with the name of the template to be deleted unless otherwise noted):
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Tag the template
Add one of the following two codes to the top of the template page (the first for most templates, the second only for inline templates):
{{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
{{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
If the template has been nominated before, use " If you are nominating multiple related templates, replace TemplateName in the edit summary with an informative discussion title, and use {{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} or {{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} instead of the versions given above, using the same discussion title for TemplateName (but not for {{subst:PAGENAME}}, which must remain the name of the template being TFD tagged). If you were nominating a lot of navboxes about American films, you might use "American films by decade", for instance, as the TemplateName. If a template is intended to be substituted, wrap the {{tfd}} or {{tfd-inline}} template in The TFD template, in the form {{tfd-inline|literal name of template|TemplateName}} |
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List the template at TfD
Follow THIS LINK to edit the section of TfD for today's entries. Add this text to the section, at the top:
{{subst:tfd2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for nominating the template. ~~~~}}
If this is a multi-template and multi-category nomination, see {{catfd3}} instead (please read its documentation; the parameters it uses are not the same as those of {{tfd2}}).
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Notify users.
Consider adding
{{subst:tfdnotice|TemplateName}} ~~~~
on relevant talk pages to inform editors of the deletion discussion. This is especially important if the TFD notice was put on the template's talk page. Use an edit summary such as |
It is considered civil to notify the creator and main contributors of the template that you are nominating the template. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template.
Consider adding to your watchlist any templates you nominate for TfD. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.
[edit] Discussion
Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.
People will sometimes also recommend subst or Subst and delete and similar. This means the template text should be "merged" into the articles that use it before the template page is deleted.
Templates are rarely orphaned (made to not be in use) before the discussion is closed.
[edit] Current discussions
[edit] December 5
[edit] December 4
[edit] Template:Germaine Seden
Template only contains one article, a future album that was deleted. Tassedethe (talk) 17:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:NCIS character
This template was mainly used in the LoC for one-paragraph character summaries[1], from where I have removed it now. There a few other individual NCIS characer articles (currently under AfD) where I boldly replaced this template with the usual {{Infobox character}}. I.e. this template is orphaned now and redundant anyway. – sgeureka t•c 10:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:The Powerpuff Girls
Seems a little small for a template. Not much you can add here; I tend to believe that templates should have at least five "main" entries. I don't think even adding Craig McCracken or Genndy Idon'tknowhowtospellthatname onto here would save it. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 03:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
- Neutral Four articles are always borderline for the necessity of templates. – sgeureka t•c 10:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 3
[edit] Template:Explicit
- The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
The result of the debate was speedy deleted per request of creator. --Elonka 22:33, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
We do not post warning templates on articles that have content that may not be appropriate for some. WODUP 20:40, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a playground for minors. Certain topics are explicit inherently; we don't need to put a warning on, say, blowjob. EVula // talk // ☯ // 20:53, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.
[edit] Template:DTFD
The three interconnected "Talk thread deletion notice" templates (Template:DTFD, Template:DTFDB and Template:DTFDN) are unnecessary. They are intended to serve as notice prior to thread deletion on article talk pages--the user is instructed to use all three in the same instance. There is no requirement for prior discussion of harmful talk page entries listed in Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines; any inappropriate talk entry can be deleted by any user. In fact, if a talk entry contains a personal attack or a legal threat, or if it contains personal information, using these three templates would slow down the process and expose the harmful entry to a greater number of viewers. Instead of having these three templates, deletion of the bad talk entry is recommended by WP:TPG. Binksternet (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Keep: DTFDB is used at the bottom of the DTFD red box like the bottom of the occo box. See User talk:Example for useage. As for DTFDN, I will let that go as per WP:DTTR. It is meant to be for things that are disputed or may not be clear-cut, anything else may be removed by anyone. Besides, it may not warrent total deletion but some stuff should be removed. One editor once suggested to me to remove the vowels from insults, especially insultive slurs.--Ipatrol (talk) 22:20, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:ImageCopyrightVandal
This recently created template is a poor substitute for any one of a number of well known, well used templates that convey more, relevant information to the user whose talk page it is added to. AussieLegend (talk) 06:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete There are better and more informative templates that can be (and are) used. The tone of this message is also not the best. Looks to me like saying "Stop what you're doing right now. We don't like it", and that's not the way it should be done even for a warning. WP:BITE? Chamal talk 12:54, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Weak keep. I can imagine a situation in which this template might be appropriate, one where a series of other templates were sent to a user who continues to upload copyrighted images. Binksternet (talk) 18:19, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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- In such a case, surely the appropriate action when all the existing templates have failed would be to list the user at WP:AN? If the user has ignored all the other templates, what is the likelihood that he or she would respond to this one? --AussieLegend (talk) 23:58, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:VandalNoticeSmall
This recently created template is a poor substitute for {{Repeat vandal}}, which more correctly reflects current policy in a less confusing way. If deleted, two redirects created at the same time ({{VNS}} and {{PlzIndef}}) should also be deleted. AussieLegend (talk) 05:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete Redundant template. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 19:24, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:LDSInfobox
Moving from MFD, where template was listed by mistake. Original MFD discussion is copy-pasted below. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 05:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
Any LDS Church-unique info this template conveys is now more comprehensively conveyed in Template:LDSGAinfo (see, for example, redundancy on Gordon B. Hinckley). The biographical info is better presented in Template:Infobox Person (see WP:GA Thomas S. Monson) and any succession info is already presented in the Template:Succession boxs at the bottom of each article. -- Eustress (talk) 04:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Tentative support for deletion, so long as someone commits to add Template:LDSApostleshipinfo to the presidents of the church pages, since this nominated template currently contains the information that would regularly be presented there for apostles who were not presidents. This is relatively complicated, but Template:LDSGAinfo does NOT contain the same information as Template:LDSApostleshipinfo—one contains apostle ordination date and one contains membership in the Qof12 date. Some people think these are always the same, but they are not, and some people have been apostles for years without being a member of the Qof12. In the end, I can't really say that I think this proposal is accomplishing much, since one template will be deleted but another will have to be added to all the pages it is on anyway. I suppose it could be seen as a type of standardization, but at the same time it's also a bit of a make-work project for someone. I think the nominator and I discussed this at one point; I just can't seem to remember where it was. Good Ol’factory (talk) 04:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Keep No exact counterpart, and it seems designed for a small subset compared with the full "person infobox." If the above is correct, and this infobox would be more useful if added to, why not? Collect (talk) 12:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Whiggishness
This template, though well-meaning and employed on at least some of the five articles it is in use on accurately, the template amounts to a POV-pushing template - the Whiggish view of history is a significant strain of historical thought. To specifically call it out in this form gives the false impression that we are unusually biased against this POV, and that this POV is considered unacceptable for Wikipedia. It is not appropriate to have a template that treats a given perspective as a specific problem. Phil Sandifer (talk) 01:27, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete Too specific, a bit POV pushing. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 03:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete. Trivializes a complex political point of view. Binksternet (talk) 18:23, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:!vote
Duplicates the functionality of {{not a ballot}}. Brought here instead of speedy deletion because:
- The "birthdays" of these templates are close together (but {{!vote}} is younger)
- {{not a ballot}} survived a TfD at one point (though it was a speedy keep)
- The templates are not identical stylistically, and the WP community should choose which is better rather than simply throw one away.
- A desire to avoid drama if at all possible. Thinboy00 @076, i.e. 00:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
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- The two templates obviously duplicate each other's functionality, but that's a reason for a merger, not a deletion. We should simply settle on the wording and style (perhaps a combination of the two), place the updated code at Template:Not a ballot, and redirect Template:!vote. —David Levy 01:15, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Merge/redirect to Template:Not a ballot since that's the older one. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 03:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Merge and keep the redirect. These are near duplicates; we only need one. It might be useful to look at merging {{rally}} as well; it's not an exact duplicate, but close. — Gavia immer (talk) 16:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- Merge to {{Not a ballot}} per the above. I think that template is pretty good as it is, actually - but adding the reference to WP:Canvassing is probably a good idea as well. Terraxos (talk) 06:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] December 2
[edit] Template:Johnny Test
Cast templates seem to be discouraged, especially given that none of the cast is primarily associated with this show. Remove the cast and you have just the creator and list of episodes, as the page on Johnny himself was redirected. Not enough for a template. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 23:10, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per nom: not enough articles primarily related to this topic for a navigational template. Terraxos (talk) 06:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete absolutely per nom. Two directly related articles (main article, LoE) don't need a template.– sgeureka t•c 18:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Infobox UK school2
Unused. Appears to be a user test.
Redirects to the above.
- Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Strong Delete this is in fact speedy-able (it is a hard-coded instance of {{Infobox UK school}} with no transclusions), but only after being tagged for seven days -- so tagged (in other words, admins, don't try to speedy this immediately). --Thinboy00 @093, i.e. 01:14, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
- WP:SNOW? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:Kill Bill character
Redundant to {{Infobox character}}. Orphan. Magioladitis (talk) 17:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete - always standardise, where possible. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:29, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete per above. – sgeureka t•c 21:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Template:SVU Season 4
All but one two SVU episode articles have been merged/redirected/deleted per lack of demonstated/demonstratable notability in the past two months. The season-specific templates are just redundant now, as the season pages already list the names of the episodes. Also included in this nom are
– sgeureka t•c 17:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete all. Obvious. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
- Delete all, episodes were redirected. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • (Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP) 05:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)