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Sometimes, we want to delete things in the Template namespace. This is particularly used for article series boxes that are either not noteworthy, are redundant with categories, or which have simply been orphaned. For guidelines on what constitutes an acceptable article series box, see Wikipedia:Categories, lists, and series boxes. If you vote to keep a series box, be prepared to explain how it fulfills the criteria set up at this page,

Templates listed on this page do not need to be orphans prior to listing, and in fact should not be removed from pages prior to listing. However, templates should be removed from all pages prior to deletion. Currently, this can only be done manually.

Note that, in addition to voting "Keep" or "Delete," a valid vote on this page is "Convert to category." In this case, all pages with the template should be added to an appropriately named category, and the template should be deleted.

To list a template on this page, add it to the list below under the appropriate date. Link to it as [[Template:Insert template here]] instead of as {{Insert template here}}. When listing a template on this page, add {{tfd}} to the top of the template itself. This will add the following text to the template:

The text below is a standard template, which has been proposed for deletion. Please see its entry on this page for comments and voting.

When adding this message to templates that are in the form of series boxes, the message should be placed inside the box, to make it clear what is being proposed for deletion. When being added to templates which have already been blanked, and are just sitting around as blanks, the message should be added to the template talk page. Again, do not blank templates to list them here - this is just if the template is already blank when you are listing it.

Articles that have been listed for more than one week are eligible for deletion if either a consensus to do so has been reached or no objects to its deletion have been raised. Such templates should be dealt with as soon as possible. Archived discussions are located at Log.

Votes for deletion (VfD) subpages: copyright problems -- images -- speedy deletions -- redirects -- categories -- templates

Deletion guidelines for administrators -- deletion log

Contents
1 Listings

1.1 November 27

1.1.1 Template:Del
1.1.2 Template:Arb
1.1.3 Template:Flux
1.1.4 Template:Turkish President, Template:Turkish Prime Minister, Template:Turkish prime minister, Template:Prime Ministers of Turkey
1.1.5 Mediawiki:Christianity/Template:Christianity

1.2 December 1

1.2.1 Template:Terrorism
1.2.2 Template:Catholic Enclopedia

1.3 December 2

1.3.1 Template:-

1.4 December 3

1.4.1 Template:SwissEFTA
1.4.2 Template:La Francophonie
1.4.3 Template:Jazz
1.4.4 Template:Jazz top
1.4.5 Template:Ilcomment
1.4.6 Template:HonoursUK
1.4.7 Template:Holidays
1.4.8 Template:Gnunote
1.4.9 Template:Fylke
1.4.10 Template:Communitypage
1.4.11 Template:Behavior
1.4.12 Template:Land-grant university

1.5 December 4

1.5.1 Template:R from alternate language and/or alternate spelling

1.6 December 5

1.6.1 Template:Keydrive internals key

1.7 December 7

1.7.1 Template:AustFairdealing
1.7.2 Template:HSR

1.8 December 8

1.8.1 Template:Stubble

1.9 December 9

1.9.1 Template:Ugly math

2 Holding Cell

2.1 Remove Entirely
2.2 Convert to category
2.3 Footer

Listings

Please put new listings under today's date at the bottom of the page.

November 27

Template:Del

  • redirects to Template:Delete. Some shortcuts are overkill. -- Netoholic @ 17:41, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)
    • Keep, saves typing 4 characters which accumulates to a lot of time on RC patrol (sorry for the late vote, perhaps this could stay around a bit longer to give others the chance to give their opinion). --fvw* 14:10, 2004 Dec 6 (UTC)
    • Delete. Redundant. jni 12:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • I've temporarily duplicated delete on del so the TFD header can be added. With any luck that'll catch enough attention to finally get this decided with an appropriate number of votes for a so oft-used template. --fvw* 14:09, 2004 Dec 9 (UTC)
    • keep, obviously. The redundancy is good, folks use it and it makes life easier for them. Dunc|☺ 14:20, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Template:Arb

  • orphaned, limited usefulness. -- Netoholic @ 17:41, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)
    • Keep. Convenient shortcut. Vacuum | tcw 16:43, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Template:Flux

  • all articles are in flux. -- Netoholic @ 17:41, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

Template:Turkish President, Template:Turkish Prime Minister, Template:Turkish prime minister, Template:Prime Ministers of Turkey

  • blanked and marked for deletion by creator, but not listed here. Speedy as newbie test? -- Netoholic @ 17:48, 2004 Nov 27 (UTC)

Mediawiki:Christianity/Template:Christianity

  • misuse of templates when categories system will suffice --Jiang 11:00, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • keep - Useful as a series box of sorts; better than trying to work through Category:Christianity. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 15:41, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • I don't see a legitimate reason to keep here. How is it "useful"? There are grounds for deletion, as defined by the guidelines, in that there is no sort of linear order established. If the grouping were logical and coherent (which I dont believe it is), then this should be converted into a footer. What I see here is an abitrary listing of articles related to Christianity. This is what categories are designed for. --Jiang 02:15, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
        • It is a better order than the alphabetical of the category - historical bases, scripture, religions. It's the most important 9 articles on Christianity - so I guess it should be converted to a footer, but kept in any case. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 15:35, 29 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep - Even though the template is not a linear sequence, it is much easier to navigate than the category. Josh 16:26, Nov 29, 2004 (UTC)
    • Delete - um, it's not even being used in Christianity. -- Netoholic @ 17:23, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

December 1

Template:Terrorism

  • bizarre list of terrorist-related articles entirely from the point of view of the US. - Xed 18:02, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • I fail to see any POV here. Grue 19:54, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep - If you dispute certain items, take it to the talk page. This series box is quite well done. -- Netoholic @ 21:14, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)
    • Keep, though I suggest if you find some things objectionable you edit to make the article more NPOV. - Ta bu shi da yu 04:00, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep Is your prob with the contents of the article (which do need improving) or with the way they are linked up with the template - in which case how else would you link them? --JK the unwise 10:10, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep You can edit the template yourself, you know. Ashibaka tlk 13:26, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep US-centric? I see no POV issue here. The list looks very good to me. Mikeage 13:36, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep Propose an alternative template if deletion is due. __earth 10:30, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep Even if it's too US-centric, terrorism is a VERY valid issue. --Doctorcherokee 18:39, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep. I removed FBI Most wanted and U.S. State Dept. from the template. Hopefully now it is not as unbalanced. Josh 19:54, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
      • Josh - instead of removing them, should we have a category for "formal classifications" or something? If we have articles about other countries' lists, let's link there, if not, that's still not a US-centric problem with the template, but with the content in general. (Comment by Mikeage.)
        • That might work, although I'm not sure that we have articles about other countries' lists, and I do not know enough about the topic to write any. I'm sure most countries do have some sort of list. Also, one thing that I noticed lacking was that there is no list from Interpol [1] or other international organizations. Josh 22:18, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
        • By the way, if you would like to discuss this further, please use the template's talk page. I have copied this discussion to there. Josh 02:14, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
    • Comment: This has no chronological order and should really be a footer instead. --Jiang 07:18, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Template:Biology (and redirect at MediaWiki:Biology) - Unused and long-ago replaced with Template:Biology-footer and categories, which are doing a better job than this template. Rather than delete, though, I propose merging histories with the biology-footer, then delete redirects. -- Netoholic @ 22:54, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

Template:Catholic Enclopedia

  • The name of the template is a typo. -- RichBlinne 23:39, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 2

Template:-

  • Entire text of this is <br clear="all" />, not a very good use for templates. -- Netoholic @ 21:39, 2004 Dec 2 (UTC)
    • Keep - Actually a valid formatting use. Creates a line break without a blank line in between as wikisyntax does. Shorter, and easier, than the HTML. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 15:48, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep - I made this template, because it seems more intuitive and easier to remember that writing the whole thing out. If someone wanted to enter the {{pic}} tag or the some other tag, but it was messing up the formatting, it's useful to be able to type {{-}} in front of it. See the template's talk page for more. – Quadell (talk) (help) 18:49, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
      • Sorry, you created this on 28 Sep, and right now it's only being used in 8 articles. It's not listed anywhere helpful so that people know it's existence and Wikipedia:Extended image syntax does a much better treatment on image placement. While it is "nifty", it is just not something people will use. I'd be too worried that someone would change it it to use it in my article, and anyone that later comes to edit would see {{-}} and not know intuitively what it is or is doing. Template messages are for presenting text in a consistent format, not for kludging HTML code. -- Netoholic @ 18:01, 2004 Dec 6 (UTC)

December 3

Template:SwissEFTA

Template:La Francophonie

Template:Jazz

  • (and related Template talk:Jazz, MediaWiki:Jazz, MediaWiki talk:Jazz) - Unused, and seems to have been replaced with Template:jazzfooter. If agreed to delete, suggest merging histories with jazzfooter. -- Netoholic @ 06:49, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
    • Agree, Delete. Lexor|Talk 10:55, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)

Template:Jazz top

  • (and redirect at MediaWiki:Jazz top) - Unused, and seems to have been replaced with Template:jazzbox. If agreed to delete, suggest merging histories with jazzbox. -- Netoholic @ 06:49, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
    • Agree, Delete. Lexor|Talk 10:55, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)

Template:Ilcomment

Template:HonoursUK

Template:Holidays

  • (and related Template talk:Holidays, MediaWiki:Holidays, MediaWiki talk:Holidays) - Looks like a test template. -- Netoholic @ 07:08, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)

Template:Gnunote

Template:Fylke

Template:Communitypage

Template:Behavior

Template:Land-grant university

  • should be a category instead of a space-hogging template. older≠wiser 19:53, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
    • Agree. Convert to Category:Land-grant universities. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 21:18, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • I agree with the vote to convert to a category. The template is ugly and unwieldly. Steve Casburn 02:25, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • In it's shortened form (as of Dec 3, 21:35 UTC), it saves space at the bottom of each of the university pages. I still think the material is more suited to a category or list page, but have less objection to it now than I did. --ABQCat 21:34, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Keep. There is a list page (sort of), see Land-grant university but no form of navigation for the university pages. I chose a template because it requires few clicks to go to another page and, now, it's size is nothing to lambast at. I propose those that vote to delete go through and change from the template to a category. That seems fair to me. :) Cburnett 21:42, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • I would gladly do that. Delete. RADICALBENDER★ 22:16, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
        • And change all the pages that use it. Do that and I'll go for deleting the template. Cburnett 23:03, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
          • Done and done. Template should be orphaned now. RADICALBENDER★ 17:17, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
    • A monstrosity. Nobody would ever need/want to use that as a navigational template or series box. Delete with haste. Just noticed it and was coming here to nominate it for deletion myself. Neutrality/talk 23:22, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
    • Delete. Makes a good category that serves a useful purpose, but the template is bloated and I think its utility would be limited. --Chan-Ho Suh 00:13, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)
    • Terminate with extreme prejudice! (in other words, Delete) Ugly, ugly, ugly!! No template that crowded should have any place in Wikipedia. Dale Arnett 02:35, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • Just curious here for my future reference, but does using big words and phrases like "extreme prejudice" mean your vote is worth more? Cburnett

December 4

Template:R from alternate language and/or alternate spelling

December 5

Template:Keydrive internals key

  • a mistake intended for caption cleverness on keydrive but made redundant even before it was used. Oops! -- John Fader 01:21, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)


December 7

Template:AustFairdealing

  • Wikipedia is under U.S. federal law, not Australian law. Neutrality/talk 03:02, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC) (Vote re-started at 01:29, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC))
    • Comment: This template was deleted by User:Neutrality without abiding the one week time period on TFD. After restoration, the vote has been re-started and will run for one week. -- Netoholic @ 01:29, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)
  • True, but this could be a helpful guideline for Australian reusers. It should note that it is only a guideline and that WP is under U.S./Florida law. Guanaco 01:15, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Wow, I forgot about this template! Guys, we need to delete it. My understanding of my own countries fair dealing laws was incorrect. I do have a comment for Neutrality, however. Let's say for instance this was actually correct and we mirrored Wikipedia in Australia (as many seem to do) then the database would no longer be under U.S. federal law, but be under Australian law. So, the argument is invalid, even though I agree the template needs to be removed. - Ta bu shi da yu 03:30, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Template:HSR

Convert to category and delete. Neutrality/talk 01:15, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

  • Agree. Into Category:Homestar Runner characters, as subcat of Category:Homestar Runner. --Whosyourjudas (talk) 01:38, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete Most of these articles are already in Category:Homestar Runner. I don't see a strict need to create yet another new category. I'd say just make sure all the pages using this template are in Category:Homestar Runner. Oh, and delete the redirect at MediaWiki:HSR, too. -- Netoholic @ 08:11, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)
  • Why? It's a handy way to look at the characters and navigate between the different articles w/o looking at the category over and over. (Keep) Fishal 00:44, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 8

Template:Stubble

It seems to be Template:Stub rewritten in Yoda-speak. It also seems redundant and unnecessary. —No-One Jones 06:54, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 9

Template:Ugly math

I don't see the point of slapping this hideous orange box on top of articles that the reader can already tell are full of difficult and abstract math, and the link to a less complex article which it provides could just as easily be handled with an ordinary cross-reference. —No-One Jones 00:46, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

  • delete with extreme prejudice - as NOJ said, and POV too. --Whosyourjudas\talk 00:50, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete, but it does raise the issue that math articles need a good explanation. - Ta bu shi da yu 01:12, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Delete. Inherently POV. If an article is too highbrow, don't tag it -- list it on a relevant Wikiproject (math, crypto, etc.) talk page and/or fix it yourself. CryptoDerk 02:39, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

Holding Cell

These templates need to be deleted, but may still be in use on some pages. Somebody (Admin or otherwise) should remove them from pages so that they can be deleted. If you've cleared a page, note it here.

Remove Entirely

Convert to category

Footer

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