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The result of the debate was delete. Will replace with the aforementioned Nova Scotia politics template. WoohookittyWoohoo! 10:16, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Politics of Nova Scotia (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This template duplicates {{Nova Scotia politics}}. The latter follows the format for the other Canadian provincial politics templates ({{British Columbia politics}}, {{Alberta politics}}, {{Saskatchewan politics}}, {{Manitoba politics}}, {{Ontario politics}} etc.) Tompw (talk) (review) 22:02, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete and swap over. Daniel 05:05, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Controversial-ital-bold (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This template was created as a fork of Template:Controversial mainly for the sake of making a word bold (for those among us who ignore templates unless they have bold text in them, I assume). For simplicity, all uses should be replaced, and if the functionality is important, it can be added to {{controversial}}. The "unsigned comments may be removed" has no basis in the talk page guidelines, as well. GracenotesT § 19:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. Daniel 05:08, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:NativeWarn (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

The template is redundant to Wikipedia Policy.. Kebron 15:31, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. WoohookittyWoohoo! 04:26, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Energy portal selected (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Do we really need things like this? It just adds on to the pile of talkpage headers that are already so extensive. Why not just use the category, or at least make this thing substantially smaller? {{Energy portal selected}} is in a similar situation. Some people could even see it as annoying WikiProject/Portal advertisement. I think we should keep to 1 template for projects and one for portals, deal with this stuff within them, or use categories only.. --TheDJ (talkcontribs) 13:40, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete per nominator. —MJCdetroit 13:47, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. In three words: WP:OWN, WP:CREEP and WP:TCREEP. (sorry). heqs ·:. 10:28, 14 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nom. Hydrogen Iodide 17:35, 16 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep. If an significant fact is updated in a Wikipedia article, and that fact is also mentioned in the corresponding 'micro-article' on the portal, then the 'micro-article' needs updating. The template is intended to alert article editors of the existence of the 'micro-article' (and of the need to update it), so increasing the chance of the two articles remaining in step and the portal remaining factually correct. For talk pages with a number of headers, a small version of the template can be used by adding |small=yes to the template name. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gralo (talkcontribs) 17:48, 16 July 2007
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The result of the debate was delete. Daniel 05:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Climate Table (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete. This was never implemented and does not transclude anywhere. {{Infobox Weather}} has since been implemented; so there is not a need. Talk page is empty — MJCdetroit 12:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. Daniel 05:10, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox City North Korea (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:Infobox North Korean city (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete (the latter is a re-direct). Unused and superseded by {{Infobox Settlement}}. — Andy Mabbett 11:13, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Various Decade(s)(And)Years(BC)(2/3) templates

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The result of the debate was Delete all. KrakatoaKatie 19:50, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:DecadeYears (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:DecadeYears2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:DecadeYearsBC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:DecadeYearsBC2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:DecadeYearsBC3 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:DecadesAndYearsBC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:5th century BC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:4th century BC (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:1st century (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Modifications to {{DecadesAndYears}} have made all of the above templates redundant. Jɪmp 08:43, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. Daniel 05:11, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hobbies (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I came across this one while going through the uncategorized templates. This is way way way too vague for a template. No real criteria for inclusion. Almost any collection activity can be listed as a "hobby". — WoohookittyWoohoo! 07:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. WoohookittyWoohoo! 10:46, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Nfbt (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete - Unused, and redundant to {{Nft}} Neier 06:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was delete. Daniel 05:18, 19 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Future energy sources (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete. Not needed and not used anywhere. Appears to have been created to project a POV. 199.125.109.36 04:29, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was Delete. Mike Peel 21:22, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Energy development2 (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete. This template is a blatant attempt to promote the highly disputed POV that nuclear power is a renewable energy. There are other templates already existant that are legitimate that can be used instead. 199.125.109.36 03:52, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • I'm not certain that deletion is necessary. If nuclear power doesn't belong on the list, then by all means remove it, but don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Admittedly, with no transclusions, we may have a stillborn baby, but that's beside the point. Shalom Hello 05:20, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Template was created because changing template:renewable energy sources was reverted from being changed to include nuclear power. 199.125.109.127 17:19, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I change my position to delete based on this new information. Shalom Hello 18:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was keep. At the risk of overstepping my bounds as a non-admin, I've decided to close this early per WP:SNOW. By a strict vote count, we have two deletes (nom and Haemo), three keeps, and six "strong keeps." I don't see how further discussion could possibly lead to a different result.

Regarding the substantive issue, I believe that the comparison of BGG to IMDb is correct. These user-generated content sites are far from perfect, but they are reliable sources that provide information beyond what Wikipedia can offer. As such, links to them are within the realm of external link policy.

Regarding the technical issue, this template is transcluded onto more than 500 articles. To delete the template and format all these links as standard text would not be worth the bother. Shalom Hello 23:21, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Bgg title (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

This template's purpose seems to be to promote this website. While it does seem to be a substantial board game website, its not Wikipedia's job to advertise. Teemu08 02:54, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

  • Possibly. Memory is fuzzy. But neither one really goes in depth to examine 'are these appropriate', which I remember happening at one point. --Rindis 21:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep think of it as an IMDB for games. --Groggy Dice T | C 16:48, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep Boardgamegeek has a wealth of information that we are unable to include on Wikipedia, due to our policies here. Photos, variants, reviews, player aids, etc. It is simply the largest respository of board game information online. Clearly appropiate under our external link policy and I don't know why we'd want to delete a template that gives uniformity to how we link to it. -Chunky Rice 17:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, modify use I think that deletion may be a bit too much, but do we really have to have this template in every single board game article? For example, take a look at the template in Monopoly (game). The link has little information that the article does not cover—other than purchasing and social networking-related functions. Compared to other links, and the article itself, BoardGameGeek has little depth. If there are basically no other sources, however (e.g., Villa Paletti), the template would be worth including. Also, the "IMDb of X" comparison has been made before: see Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2007 June 9#Template:Moby developer, a debate about a situation not unlike this one. GracenotesT § 19:04, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
While I don't necessarily disagree, I think that whether or not a BGG link is appropriate for a particular article should be determined by the editors of that article in accordance with WP:EL. We don't need to make some sort of proclamation about it here. -Chunky Rice 19:22, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Right. The example you give looks like it was horribly burdened with the extra issue of the website creator spamming Wikipedia with links. :( Though parts of the discussion there point out that at this level the relevant questions really are 'is it ever appropriate to include a BGG link?' -If the answer is 'yes', then the second question is 'is a template to give a uniform appearance to such links appropriate?'
Problems with the structure of the template should be addressed by editing the template, or discussing it on the template talk. Problems with including the link/template on a particular page belongs in editing that page, or discussing on that page's talk. Or—the subject of what is and isn't appropriate should be discussed on the Wikipedia:WikiProject Board and table games talk page. (Your Monopoly example is a good point, but it is still possible that it should be kept as a 'unified style' issue—but again, that's not a discussion truly appropriate to this venue.) --Rindis 21:41, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Keep, echoing TheDJ's opinion. If IMDB stays, this should too. BGG is probably the most authoritative general source on board games. For example, discussions on the item-a-day sale site Tanga.com almost always start with a BGG link when the item for sale is a game. The Dice Tower podcast mentions BGG's ratings for games in almost every episode. The forums on the website of behemoth game publisher Wizards of the Coast mention BoardGameGeek on 129 different pages, with another 49 hits for "BGG". Travisl 23:03, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the debate was Delete. (I'm just tagging and closing the discussion. KrakatoaKatie 19:36, 21 July 2007 (UTC))[reply]

The following templates were all started by the same author and all basically redundant with the International Federation of American Football article. Only the the first one (NAFootball) has links to actual teams (2 stubs and 1 sorta-stub), the rest are all redlinks or pointless links to country articles. Delete all. (forgot to sign, nom first added then). heqs ·:. 06:24, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:NAFootball (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:EFootball (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:AZNFootball (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
Template:SAFootball (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
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The result of the debate was delete both. IronGargoyle 23:14, 23 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Switzer Center Mural (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Overly large template that groups people simply on their inclusion on a mural. A mural which, apparently, isn't terribly noteworthy, as it only got a section of an article. If this was some world-renowned piece of artwork, I could possibly see it, but as it is the template is just an overly large case of linking things together just for the heck of it. There's a list of subjects at the mural's main article, and that's plenty. — fuzzy510 01:42, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was Delete. KrakatoaKatie 19:42, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Jimboresourcing (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Only used in one article. You could pick-a-Jimbo-quote and make any number of such templates. Reference the relevant policies, or quotes, individually as needed. heqs ·:. 01:38, 12 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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