Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2018 January 27

January 27

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2018 February 9. Primefac (talk) 03:01, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. (non-admin closure) Nihlus 00:22, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Template no longer useful as the associated articles are non notable and the article for cyber girl of the year has been deleted Spartaz Humbug! 10:09, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was soft delete. No opposition. WP:REFUND applies. Primefac (talk) 00:12, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Unused. This is a war map template. However, there is no war in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is involved in Yemen conflict, and there are some skirmishes on the border with Yemen. However, this does not warrant a war map for Saudi Arabia (there is already a war map for Yemen). The Saudi Arabia template should have never been created. Also, the template is fully unsourced. Moreover, many people might put time and effort into a useless and unused template. In any case, I have the code saved on my computer if there is ever a war in Saudi Arabia and we need to re-create this template. I want to note that I am also nominating the associated module for deletion as well: Module:Conflicts in Saudi Arabia detailed map. Tradediatalk 20:20, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 00:13, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2018 February 9. Primefac (talk) 03:01, 9 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 00:09, 4 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Confusing double of {{Soft redirect}} and/or {{Wikidata redirect}}. Also, started 18 January 2018, in the middle of a discussion where zero (!) out of ten participants voiced support for this option. There is no need to create this template to illustrate the proposed principle: that can be done with {{Soft redirect}}. --Francis Schonken (talk) 05:37, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I do not have a strong opinion whether it should be used like it is currently used (I personally never use soft redirects and oppose their usage in principle), but I object deletion on the ground that the same thing can be done with {{Soft redirect}}. We have a lot of templates which do the same things which can be done with other templates; this is a question of usability - typing less saves time, and time is precious, at least for some of us.--Ymblanter (talk) 07:08, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
This does not seem to be "typing less". @Ymblanter: can you demonstrate any "typing less" would be the result of this template having a longer name than the one that can be used for the same without the one with the longer name existing? Thks. --Francis Schonken (talk) 07:18, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, you are right, I have overlooked this. Then I would say "delete" provided {{Soft redirect}} can effortlessly (without a need of typing much) would produce the same result (writing "soft redirect to Wikidata" rather than "soft redirect").--Ymblanter (talk) 08:03, 19 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Relisting comment: Relisting to get more opinions on the suitability of the template itself. In other words, is the template doing what it should? Is it the most efficient way of doing it? Are there other/better options? This is not a debate about whether we should link to Wikidata, but how it's being done.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 00:10, 27 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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