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NordWestBahn templates

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:01, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

{{s-line}} templates for NordWestBahn. Replaced by Module:Adjacent stations/NordWestBahn. All transclusions replaced. There are 30 dependent s-line data modules that should also be deleted. Mackensen (talk) 21:13, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:2010 Ukrainian local elections

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2021 July 19. (non-admin closure) Frietjes (talk) 20:36, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Crimean parliamentary election, 2006

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Frietjes (talk) 14:13, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The first three should be substituted on the articles it is used on. The last one is a single-use template that doesn't need many updates. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 20:43, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Airport destination list

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The result of the discussion was keep. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:52, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Following unsuccessful attempts to start a discussion at Template talk:Airport destination list and Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Airports I thought I would propose deletion of this template in the hope of starting a wider discussion on how we can make it more user friendly. Sorry if this is not the correct place.

I'm regularly seeing editors adding destinations, and having them removed due to no source being provided. My concern is that it's actually not easy at all to do this in the VisualEditor, and this may be putting off newer editors who find themselves being reverted, but unsure on how to properly source their additions. As far as I can tell, it is impossible to add a source within the template unless you are familiar with the syntax.

"Why not use the source editor?" Yes, we will probably never have everything being easy to edit in VisualEditor, but that doesn't mean we should accept what we have now as "good enough". Some folks (including myself in many cases) prefer to use the VisualEditor. It's more modern, and easier for new editors. If we want to attract users and keep them, and have them make good quality edits, we should make it easy to edit with the VisualEditor.

I propose that instances of this template are replaced with a table using wiki markup, which will make editing it and adding references easier in the VisualEditor. I don't think it makes source editing any harder either? What functionality would be lost were we to do this?

Thank you for reading and your consideration. NemesisAT (talk) 19:26, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. A template rather than a table does seem to needlessly overcomplicate matters. Can anybody explain what benefits a template offers here? Nelson Ricardo (talk) 21:34, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Making it a table will increase vandalism. And template, why would you remove them, they are easier to use. Mausebru (talk) 00:52, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
How is it easier to use? I find it the opposite. And how does making it a template reduce vandalism? NemesisAT (talk) 08:15, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. I think such issues should not hold us back to use the instruments we have at hand. A template ensures commonality and consistency. What I think needs to change, is the culture on Wikipedia. Some editors almost make it a sport to revert edits that do not live up to their ideas of Wikipedia guidelines. It's a small endeavour to Google a reliable source and add it as a reference. Also, it's good practice to use the talk pages to resolve disputes, and sadly many editors are so stubborn in their own interpretation of Wikipedia guidelines that they are not even willing to explain or defend their views on the talk page. I call on all editors to give up their egoes and to practice debate, communication and reasonableness. You are not always right and others are not always wrong. Stay humble and be willing to concede. Wikipedia guidelines can also contradict each other and it may be more reasonable to follow some one else's interpretation or prioritisation. Everybody here is equal. You are not more important than others, nor are your views. You are not the sovereign guardian of Wikipedia guidelines or the page in question. And going back to the topic of references: just add a reference by yourself instead of reverting the respective edit. Unless you can't find reliable sources after actually searching. That should also solve most revert issues with the Visual Editor. (Hhl95 (talk) 00:52, 12 July 2021 (UTC))[reply]
I agree with most of this, the edits I'm seeing however are generally added and reverted by others without my intervention. And also, I am more comfortable using VisualEditor for such long pages so this proposal is partly for myself too. But yes, I completely agree that some folks are just too quick to revert new editors! NemesisAT (talk) 08:18, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Just to avoid any misinterpretation: my comment was a general one and not directed to you or anyone personally. If the cap fits, wear it. Hhl95 (talk) 14:22, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep. Using a template for all instances of data of the same type throughout Wikipedia maintains common formatting, column headings, and data styles (over 4800 articles transclude this template at the time of this comment). This associates similar sets of data, improves clarity, and makes comparison easier for readers. The template provides a link to its page, which has additional style specifications at Template:Airport_destination_list#Notes_when_listing_destinations that would not be easily available to editors if the template were deleted. As this issue is not unique to airport destinations (though there has been more destination 'churn' recently due to the COVID-19 pandemic), the rationale used here for deletion would also apply to all other templates which are used to present data that regularly changes. This particular template or Wikipedia culture in general (as mentioned above) isn't the issue here. Deleting the template would be a poor solution to the real problem: the lack of a visual method to insert citations in the template editor popup. Priority should be placed on improving the capabilities of VisualEditor rather than deleting the templates as a quick-fix workaround, generating technical debt. -- Benjwgarner (talk) 05:16, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I understand the point on consistency, but it feels like that would be easily achieved with a simple style guide instead. The consistency appears to only go as far as the words "Seasonal", "Charter", etc, and doesn't even cover airport names. I still think instances of this template would be more accesible and easier to use as a table rather than a template. NemesisAT (talk) 08:22, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: For all of Benjwgarner's reasons. ~ Quacks Like a Duck (talk) 13:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep: The fact that that people like aggressively deleting things on Wikipedia because the sources provided do not match a perfect world is not a reason to remove this template 143.159.52.27 (talk) 01:52, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Indeed. My reason for requesting deletion is that this template is very difficult to add sources to in VisualEditor, and that it actually adds very little. NemesisAT (talk) 16:18, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Question: I might be missing something here, but why is there a need for a module in addition to a template? This seems like a simple table header template, which itself, mostly adds only 2 columns. Gonnym (talk) 09:24, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not sure, I'm familiar with templates but not with modules. NemesisAT (talk) 14:48, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per User:Benjwgarner's reasoning. In addition to the other's reasoning as well (easier to use template rather than table), despite editing issues that may arise that User:Hhl95 has pointed out. Coastie43 (talk) 11:38, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I think a table would be easier to use than a template, especially in VisualEditor. How does the template make it easier to make and edit these lists? Sorry if I'm missing something here NemesisAT (talk) 14:46, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep I see your point on how it would make it easier to use the visual editor, but I have to ask how many people actually use the visual editor to make it a big enough issue, I only had a quick look at various edit histories but id say 95% of people make edits using the normal wikicode editor when making changes to airport articles. In the code editor, the template is much easier to edit than table markup. I think the template approach we currently use helps keep the styling of the table and the labeling of the columns consistent and compatible with the various devices readers may use as other editors have pointed out. To summarize I honestly think converting would just make editing these tables harder in the long run. As a side note, I totally support ending this practice of immediately reverting edits unless they are clear vandalism and offering more education and help to our new editors but that is a much larger issue outside of this template discussion. --KDTW Flyer (talk) 21:32, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@KDTW Flyer: Thanks for your consideration. This feels like a case of chicken and egg. Editing this template in VisualEditor is so user-unfriendly that I doubt anybody who tries to do so succeeds. I don't think this template is signifcantly easier to edit in source mode than a table, because the syntax is very similar to that of a table anyway. More editors are familiar with tables than are familiar with this particular template. In fact, the lack of |- between each row actually makes the source code less intuitive to me. The consistency this template creates (as far as I can tell, this is limited to the titles of two columns) feels insignificant compared to the extra difficulty it causes for VisualEditor users. NemesisAT (talk) 21:44, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Getting rid of it would be terrible. Charliestalnaker (talk) 00:25, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Why is that? NemesisAT (talk) 16:19, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep It's an easy to read guide to flights that can attract readers to this site. Antonio Jeanette Martin (Talk talk) 17:48, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@AntonioMartin: I'm not proposing the content of the tamplate is deleted, instead, I'm proposing it is turned into a table using table syntax. The result would look the same, but be a lot easier to edit in VisualEditor. NemesisAT (talk) 18:12, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per User:Benjwgarner's reasoning plus you're not getting rid of a problem, if anything creating a bigger one
Strong keep I see absolutely no reason to introduce widespread, unnecessary duplication, and remove the benefits afforded by a template, to solve an issue which would be better resolved by the VisualEditor development team or by editing the template itself. -- AtomCrusher 19:57, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment Note that if you want to expand the functionality of the tables generated by the template, you are able to do so _to the template_. That's very much the point of them. If for some reason there is some functionality that is not suitable for the template, that probably would give you reason to go off-piste and not use the template in that specific article. -- AtomCrusher 23:51, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep — of course it would be nice to have this work in the Visual Editor. But this template is a far more efficient way to maintain editorial consistency across the nearly 5k airport-related articles than hoping that editors will keep up that consistency independently. --Booksworm Talk? 23:14, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Booksworm: am I right in saying the consistency is only in the column headers? If so, that is minimal IMO compared to the positive of having the tables be easily edited and expanded using VisualEditor. NemesisAT (talk) 23:19, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Getting rid of this template would require redoing the airline destinations list of more than 4,500 pages. In addition, this would lead to an increase in vandilism and make these lists harder to use. JackForWiki06 (talk) 02:34, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@JackForWiki06: why would it increase vandalism, and how would it make lists harder to use? NemesisAT (talk) 08:03, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The consistency of this template is extremely useful, even if the layout it enforces is relatively 'light'. This is a consistent piece of information that is valuable for all airports, and I think allowing table design to diverge would make the pages substantially worse. Agree that it could be prettier or more user-friendly, but that is not enough reason to delete. Moszczynski (talk) 07:08, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep - this template is useful both personally and for my work on Wikivoyage, which can't host this volume of changeable and source-dependent information, but definitely relies on Wikipedia doing so.--ThunderingTyphoons! (talk) 12:34, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The tables are very useful things on airport pages and they are already organized well. They have the airline's name and the destinations they fly to. Deleting the template will unnecessarily cause problems and conflicts across 4,000+ pages. After looking at most of the feedback, I think the template should definitely be kept. Yellow alligator (talk)
Keep The template is widely used in Wikipedia and very useful. Strongly keep, Ed88 (talk) 12:18, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Ed88: In what way is it very useful? NemesisAT (talk) 21:29, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep This template is very simple to use and is all over Wikipedia. Should be kept and not be deleted which there is currently no replacement to this. Vajaris (talk) 21:27, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Vajaris: It absolutely is not simple to use in VisualEditor, the easier to use of the two editor for beginners, the people we need to try and retain and encourage to edit. The replacement is a table, easy to edit for both VisualEditor and source editor users. In what way does this template make editing simpler than a generic table? NemesisAT (talk) 16:24, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the arguments laid out by Hhl95, Benjwgarner, and KDTW Flyer. At this point, this TFD could be a WP:SNOW close. - tucoxn\talk 21:22, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - I think I can see which way this TfD is swinging, but could the nom show me an example of what his proposed new "table using wiki markup" would look like? schetm (talk) 03:58, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color/temp

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 16:00, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unused and not linked anywhere. No longer appears useful for whatever it was used for. Elli (talk | contribs) 19:21, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:FIFA Arab Cup champions

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Template:AFC Challenge Cup winners

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Template:AFC Challenge Cup winning managers

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Template:AFC Challenge Cup top scorers

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Template:UEFA Women's Championship winners

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Template:AFC Asian Cup winners

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Template:Africa Cup of Nations winners

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Template:CONCACAF Gold Cup winners

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Template:Copa América winners

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FIFIA Winners Templates

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Template:OFC Nations Cup winners

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Template:Wii series

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Wii series with Template:Wii.
There's a significant amount of overlap here. I don't see any need for these to exist as separate templates. The (very little) information not present in "Wii" can simply have it added. — ImaginesTigers (talk∙contribs) 17:43, 23 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Metroid chronology

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:04, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I am nominating this template for deletion along with all others within Category:Video game fictional chronology templates. Three major reasons.

  • (A) These templates conflict with the real world tone of Wikipedia. In the video game project, we have made great strides in recent years to reduce the focus on fictional details (characters, plots) and emphasize real world information (development, reception). (WP:VGSCOPE #5)
  • (B) I am not confident each chronology can be properly verified, and may include headcanon interpretations. Take for instance Template:Metal Gear chronology which has a long explanation on which media to include, and which to omit. (WP:VERIFY)
  • (C) Some of these are not plot-centric franchises, like Metroid or Contra. Sources do not often discuss the "series story" for these franchises. Efforts to link them in some massive chronology was never the intent, and was done after the fact by the developers to appease obsessive fans. (WP:UNDUE)

In short, this content is better left for fanwikis. TarkusABtalk/contrib 08:57, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Wikipedia is a not a fan site and there already exists a navbox for this video game series. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:37, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep From readers' view. Video game's plot and timeline are some importamt part. People look up it on wikipedia always want to know plot clearly. So when we could just search wikipedia for it easily, why must delete them and force readers to look up on other site, it's unnecessary make matters complicated. Wikipedia should help readers find what they want to know easily, not focus on forms. And we don't know what's problem with chronology template, it's not some over detailed plot or something, doesn't change overall overall neatly format or something.--SimonWan00 (talk) 17:42, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The narrative timeline of the Metroid games has been one of the few VG series - like Zelda - that has been the subject of secondary sourcing, see for example [1] and [2]. Normally, yes, these narrative timeline templates border both on OR and fandom, but Metroid's is unusual because it has this type of coverage. --Masem (t) 19:40, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • To stress, these are discussing the timeline as as whole (up to the time of press), and not trying to piecemeal multiple timeline pieces together. If we only had pieceparts of the timeline from various sources, and "assembling" them to make a whole one, that would start to venture into SYNTH. --Masem (t) 19:44, 2 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. The reasons given by the nominator do not justify the deletion of the template. The template serves to place the reader, in a didactic way, the chronology of the plot. In fact, the template is very important to bring complete information related to the game. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 02:13, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. While Metroid's chronology from game to game is not as in-depth as Metal Gear's, the idea that the navbox is a acceptable alternative is flippant, as the games are only listed in release order. There is a place on Wikipedia for quick, glanceable information that newcomers can use to confirm which games take place before others. Was Super Metroid titled "Metroid 4" before the start screen in order to "appease obsessive fans"? Clearly, the developers are following a basic narrative structure, and articles can be cited verifying each game's place in the timeline. Video games do not need sweeping overarching plots across titles for chronology to be relevant, and the attempt to argue otherwise is based on pure conjecture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.240.142.211 (talk) 01:17, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete: When a game series operates with different chronological storylines and settings for the same set of characters, such an arrangement in the form of a table is useful, but only for the article covering the game series as a whole (such as done for here in The Legend of Zelda). It is not acceptable to include this for every plot section in every article covering a game in that series, because what is relevant about that to readers: what do they possibly need to know about the chronological position of the story in the series as a whole? A brief description of this in an opening paragraph, even for a setting sub-section, will more than suffice, than a template like this. GUtt01 (talk) 10:00, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep: Metroid has an overarching narrative and games were not released in chronological order, thus meaning the average reader may be unaware of the order of which they come chronologically. I mean come on, Prime was the fifth game in the series yet chronologically takes place after the 1st game, and I could continue. This is no different to a franchise like Metal Gear in which games there were released not in chronological order and that uses a chronological template like this and yet that hasn't been marked for deletion. A nav-box is a worse replacement for this. I mean perhaps putting it on every single game article may not be fully necessary but to delete it altogether is stupid. 100% keep. Segavisions1991 (talk) 12:42, 6 July 2021 (BTS)
  • Delete: A symptom of the fannish tendency to focus on lore - don't think it's necessary for our purposes. Popcornfud (talk) 14:55, 7 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - The series is not really notable for its overarching storyline, so having a template just for it violates WP:DUE. It's also WP:FANCRUFT and of little importance to the general reader. --Niwi3 (talk) 18:12, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Weak Keep Wikipedia isn't a fan site, certainly, but I don't think a basic chronology is going into excessive detail. That being said, it does seem a bit much that this template is transcluded to every Metroid game article. If it is deleted, some similar summary of chronology should be retained at the main Metroid article, since that is the place most appropriate for a series-wide summary. TornadoLGS (talk) 20:45, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Per WP:AINTBROKE. Puts the games' stories in context, so it's not useless and shouldn't be deleted. A simple listing is not going into "deep lore", as previously stated.ZXCVBNM (TALK) 12:43, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • A tough one. On one hand, I agree with the nominator that Metroid is not a story-heavy series; on the other hand, it's also true that Metroid has received an uncommon amount of coverage about its timeline (as Masem noted), and the chronology is not readily apparent due to the prevalence of interquels; on the mutant third hand, the directly-relevant relationship from one game to the next is generally not confusing (it's easy to discern that Metroid is followed by Metroid II, and that the Prime games follow each other, even if interquels mean that the overarching continuity is not quite that) which makes transcluding this onto each page perhaps not necessary. I'll say Weak keep, but I think my preferred option would be to delete the template and hardcode the chronology into the series page itself, a la The Legend of Zelda#Fictional chronology. — Kawnhr (talk) 18:54, 12 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep The template is important as it enriches the article's informative content. The purpose of the Template is to show in which context in the time the game's plot is located. A quality encyclopedia seeks to deliver complete information about something. ✍A.WagnerC (talk) 14:00, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Deus Ex chronology

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2021 July 19. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:05, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Topic (Continent)

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The result of the discussion was delete after replacing with {{Lists of post-nominal letters}} Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:27, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Unused navboxes filled with nothing but red links. Redudant to the templates with the continent name in front then topic. Example: Template:Africa topic. Topic (Americas) is nothing but a duplicate of Template:Americas topic. These templates are not used anywhere except linked to the templates through Template:Continent-based templates. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 18:27, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Comment they are not red links per se. These infoboxen require parameter 1 to work properly, which fills in the the "topic" the template skeleton is supposed to address. So just looking at them as is, is not the function of the templates, instead the topic must be supplied. -- 65.93.183.191 (talk) 03:10, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

{{topic (Europe)|President}} -- supplied topic of "President" -- not all redlinks

  • Template:Europe topic, could do the same thing. But what doesn't make sense is why is the countries are in parenthesis. It's pointless to have regardless whether the topics should be supplied. Redudancy is the major issue here. And the two links from the example you've provided are redirects. Templates with redirects make it essentially useless. The red links issue was a major reason why Topic (South America) was deleted. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 14:28, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 06:19, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Note that the templates are not unused (see, for example, List of post-nominal letters (Sarawak) and others in Special:PrefixIndex/List of post-nominal letters).
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 16:17, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I see. However, my argument above is that it can be replaced by the normal Europe topic or Asia topic templates which are by far used more often, and in fact are not linked to redirect per the example above with the Presidents of Europe. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 23:03, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
WikiCleanerMan, compare the links in {{Asia topic|List of post-nominal letters}} with {{Topic (Asia)|List of post-nominal letters}}. these are clearly not the same, but as I stated below, there is no reason to keep these around for only one series of articles. Frietjes (talk) 14:46, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Uw-islamhon1

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The result of the discussion was keep 1, redirect 2 and 3. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:06, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Do we really need a multi-level warning for this relatvely minor MOS guideline (MOS:ISLAMHON), or just a single-issue notice? Other common types of honorifics don't get their own warnings. A search for keywords found 216 uses of the level 1 template, 47 of level 2, and 9 of level 3. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 15:52, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete all We don't need these sorts of warnings or notices over honorifics. They don't serve any value. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 17:53, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep Uw-islamhon1, and redirect Uw-islamhon2 and Uw-islamhon3 to {{uw-mos2}} and {{uw-mos3}}, respectively. I concur that a single-issue notice is sufficient, so deleting all three doesn't seem to accomplish that. --Bsherr (talk) 18:10, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Why should islamhon1 be kept? Because it's used more than the 2 and 3? If not, then we need to look at why there exist an Islamic honorific title to begin with. It clearly is not part of how warning notices should work on Wikipedia because the manual of style guideline already fits that purpose. There is a redundancy issue. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:30, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Using a warning that actually identifies the MOS issue is preferable to using a generic warning in the first instance. A proposed uw-islamhon has precedent in templates like uw-flag and uw-italicize, which also identify specific MOS issues. --Bsherr (talk) 02:37, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, or keep Uw-islamhon1, and redirect Uw-islamhon2 and Uw-islamhon3 to {{uw-mos2}} and {{uw-mos3}}. I originally created these templates after doing a lot of recent changes patrol. Editors adding Islamic honorifics throughout articles is a persistent and very common issue I encountered while during this. There was not a template that adequately explained why Wikipedia discourages it, since it relates to not only the MOS but also WP:NPOV. Simply using {{uw-mos1}} for all of these cases doesn't explain the problem to the editor, is somewhat bite-y (since the edits are in relatively good-faith), and would reduce the likelihood of the editor discontinuing the problematic edits and moving on to more constructive ways to help the encyclopedia. –Gladamas (talk · contribs) 23:22, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete ... I think; wha I mean is, get rid of multi-level, keep single-issue only. If someone needs to be warned repeatedly, I guess disruptive etc. more generic warnings can cover those. --DoubleGrazing (talk) 16:02, 15 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Single issue. I reviewed the level 3 uses, almost none of them were actually third warnings. By the way, about two-thirds of level 2 uses were on IP talk pages. It's seems very possible some of those were warning different people on the same IP.
    Once someone has been informed of this issue, persistent non-compliance should probably be addressed as a consensus or disruption issue. Alsee (talk) 18:43, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Note: Making this single-issue would make this template significantly harder to use automatically with the RedWarn or Huggle anti-vandalism tools, since they don't support single-issue templates very well (to my knowledge.) This is why I support making it effectively single-issue by redirecting the 2nd and 3rd instances to {{uw-mos2}}/3 or {{uw-disruptive2}}/3 (as the 4th instance already redirects to {{uw-mos4}}, though this could change with consensus). {{uw-islamhon}} (the single-issue template) could just redirect to {{uw-islamhon1}}. –Gladamas (talk · contribs) 06:48, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Republika Srpska presidential election, 2007

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:54, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Should be substituted onto the 2008 article rather on a separate template per the standard on Republika Srpska election articles. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:12, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Sammarinese parliamentary election, 2008

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:54, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Should be substituted onto the 2008 article rather on a separate template per the standard on San Marino election articles. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:08, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:FC Granit Mikashevichi squad

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:04, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Team relegated to amateur level and the squad is 99% redlinks for the foreseeable future. BlameRuiner (talk) 11:24, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:FC Gorodeya squad

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Team dissolved, template not needed. BlameRuiner (talk) 11:24, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:DragRaceProgressTable/5

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2021 July 18. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 15:03, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Ua-pop-est2018

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G7 by Plastikspork (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 18:18, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My own creation, currently no inclusions since the information in all articles was updated to later years. Ymblanter (talk) 09:44, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Ua-pop-est2019

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The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 13:59, 18 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

My own creation, currently no inclusions since the information in all articles was updated to later years. Ymblanter (talk) 09:42, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, not my creation.--Ymblanter (talk) 09:52, 11 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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