Template talk:Wikisource-addition-1

TfD nomination of Template:Wikisource-addition

Template:Wikisource-addition has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/2005-12-31 Wikisource-addition. Thank you.

This template has a number of problems:

1. It's large and ugly. Sorry, but thats important.
2. It needs template guidelines: when, where, why and how to use it.
3. It should be on the talk page, and not the first thing a user sees when reading an article.
4. It needs to handle multiple variables. See for example Template:Main. There should be a single template, not adddition-1, addition-2 etc..

--Stbalbach 05:21, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

I agree that the ability to use a variable number of parameters would be nice; I simply was not aware that was possible until I looked at the template you linked to. Unless someone else gets to it first, I'll rewrite it so only one template is needed and try to get the leftovers deleted. If you think it's ugly, then redesign it yourself; I just used the transwiki messagebox CSS style because it was easier to write and because I care absolutely nothing for how it looks as long as it serves its purpose effectively efficiently.

Its proper usage should be self-explanatory for anyone who knows anything about Wikisource.

I can see your reasoning why it should be on the talk page; after all, it is primarily of interest to editors. However, templates such as speedy, cleanup, move to wiktionary, etc. also are primarily of interest to editors, and yet they appear on the article itself rather than the talk page. Kurt Weber 15:42, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

• This template was listed on templates for deletion, but there was no consensus to delete. See the log. _→AzaToth 21:34, 7 January 2006 (UTC)

should this be nominated for deletion again?

This template is really ugly. It's also being used to solicit additions to Wikisource, which is an independant sister project that we have no control over here. While I have no problems with templates that let users know about relevant source documents already at Wikisource, this one asking them to do the work is big, ugly, and tacky. Gentgeen 02:26, 19 May 2006 (UTC)