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Template:CopyrightedFairUse-DPRK

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The result of the discussion was Keep, but modify to make it clear that its use on Wikipedia is only allowed under the fair use policy. עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 07:51, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:CopyrightedFairUse-DPRK (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I brought this up at the Village Pump as well. This template appears to specify a license for content that is available for use but only noncommercial, which is a license incompatible with Wikipedia (would be like a cc-by-sa-nc). As such, it seems to be redundant, should be deleted and all instances of its use ought to be either replaced with a traditional fair use template, or else if the file is replaceable by a free one that would convey the same information, then it ought to be deleted as invalid fair use. - Burpelson AFB ✈ 19:57, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep Since it appears that Wikipedia has permission to use such images, we can use this template like we do {{Non-free with NC}}. Of course, it should be changed to remind the user that a valid fair use rationale is still required. Noncommercial permissions are useful: it makes it easier to use fairly, because there's guaranteed to be no commercial damage to the copyright holder. Nyttend (talk) 12:19, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep. If this is non-free, which it is, we still need a way to say that it is freer than a completely non-free image. And we should certainly always use a comparable non-commercial or no-derivatives image in preference to a not-free-at-all one. I disagree with Nyttend on the need for a rationale. Or rather, I disagree that we should need the same sort of rationale, complying with all of the NFCC, in the same way that we do for a completely non-free image. But that's a discussion for another day. Angus McLellan (Talk) 13:45, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Modify as if fair-use - While I don't think this template needs to necessarily be deleted, it is important to bring up that this is in effect a significant change in Wikipedia policy in regards to non-commercial use images. As to if this is the proper forum for that discussion, I can't say. In the context of Wikipedia, it is under fair-use rationale that these images are being used, not because of the 501(c)3 non-profit status of the Wikimedia Foundation which shouldn't be a legitimate rationale here. --Robert Horning (talk) 01:24, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    I would be amendable to revising it to fair use and requiring a rationale. Since the current "free for noncommercial uses" license isn't compatible with Wikipedia we do need to specify this somehow, and requiring a fair-use rationale seems appropriate. Otherwise, people will assume it is free, and otherwise, we would be able to use cc-by-nc licenses here (and this is basically the same as that). - Burpelson AFB ✈ 15:12, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Infobox Diocese

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The result of the discussion was Merge Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 01:03, 12 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Diocese (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Redundant with {{Infobox diocese}} (note lowercase D). Template should be redirected or just switched with AWB. I'm happy to do the latter. Selket Talk 13:40, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:TCSC

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The result of the discussion was Delete and replace with {{cn}}. Ruslik_Zero 18:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TCSC (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The template was already discussed at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2010 July 30. However, one important aspect was then not taken into account. First, the reason for the previous deletion discussion is till valid, the website is still unavailable. However, even if we cuold find another website for the same information, the source would still be unreliable. The Toward Civil Society Center (which gave its name to the template) is an organisation with no reliable sources about it, so no indication of how notable or trustworthy it is. While it exists and its director is a part-time professor[1], it just has received no attention at all[2],[3],[4],[5]. Even if we could somehow revive the link, which seems improbable, I don't think it would be wise to include it anyway. Fram (talk) 08:32, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete I checked on the wayback machine http://web.archive.org/web/*/mcdmerkez.org/* which did not have any relevant pages, so it looks like the data is going to be unrecoverable. Might be an idea to change link to {{cn}}.--Salix (talk): 08:14, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or replace with {{cn}} per Salix. —Half Price 20:03, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep in some form. Agree that the link is probably gone for good but dead links do not necessarily mean the source was originally faulty. Assuming good faith on the part of the editor who used it on thousands of articles about Azerbaijan municipalities, and with no solid evidence that the source is unreliable, providing some explanation of where these population figures came from might be justifiable unless/until a better source is found. That way readers can judge how much credence to give these figures. Station1 (talk) 16:24, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • We need evidence that a source is (or was) reliable, not evidence that a source is unreliable. Lack of evidence that a source is reliable is sufficient reason not to use it. Fram (talk) 10:01, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Hayward attractions

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The result of the discussion was Merge, and it looks like it has already been merged. Can be userfied upon request. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 13:57, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hayward attractions (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Its redundant to the superior Template:Hayward, California template, which i have fixed up to include any of the significant articles from the attractions template. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 07:18, 28 September 2010 (UTC)}}[reply]

  • Merge - I actually think the organization by type is more useful. Or the template could do both type and location, using a grid. That might be the best option. --Bsherr (talk) 07:27, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I was planning to (i.e. i AM going to) reorganize the ordinary city template by type and not region, esp. since im not aware that hayward has highly distinctive neighborhoods that are separately notable. location is really not needed for this city, i think. thanks for reminding me. if people want a grid, I cant do grids, all i can do is substitute phrases in the current template. If people think the types in the Attractions template are good, ill probably just use them. My idea would be: Landmarks, Parks, Education, Business, People, Transportation, and Other, im not sure of order yet. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:09, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Helpme

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The result of the discussion was speedy closed. This is TfD; you want room 12A. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:58, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Helpme (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Rename to {{help me}} as proper grammar usage. Access Denied [FATAL ERROR] 07:09, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Behave

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The result of the discussion was Delete. Ruslik_Zero 19:20, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Behave (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Redundant with new, standardized, and well-documented Template:Uw-joke1. And the Austin Powers reference is a bit dated by now. Apparently disused, as was tagged for speedy deletion for seven days, and substitutions would have carried the speedy deletion template. Only reviewing administrator objected. Bsherr (talk) 06:03, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Pokemon directory

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The result of the discussion was No consensus Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 14:01, 21 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Pokemon directory (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Pokémon (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Pokemon directory with Template:Pokémon.
Cut out the 100-200, etc. lists and this fits neatly into the Pokémon template with ease. In fact, there is already a Pokémon species part of the template, making this template a bit redundant already. Harry Blue5 (talk) 21:30, 12 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Refstart

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The result of the discussion was Keep all. Ruslik_Zero 19:20, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Refstart (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Refref (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Refref2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This isn't a welcome, warning, badge or notifier: it's a complete manual which is redundant to just pointing someone at the actual documentation page. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 10:55, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • They contain essentially the same information, so I fail to see how one can be better than the other. They can simply be used differently. It is not a help page: it is a help template that can be posted to user and article talk pages to focus attention on this vital activity much more potently than sending someone off to another page. We should have more help templates, not get rid of one. Ty 22:46, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • I consider that anything that will help to improve the standard of referencing is worth time. I'm surprised you don't. It's easy enough for them to be "in synch" by simply copying across. Besides which there is more than one permissible approach to referencing anyway. You seem somewhat confused. Ty 01:01, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep It has also proven to be very helpful with new editors, Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners is good too...Modernist (talk) 12:21, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong keep No reason whatsoever to delete and a very strong reason to keep - namely that it is used to help editors, especially new ones. WP:REFB is useful also, but sometimes it seems preferable to make something more obvious and easier to access for those who obviously have difficulty negotiating wikipedia's complexity. Referencing is one of the most vital activities, especially with WP:BLP issues, and anything that improves this must be a good thing. It is not a welcome notice, but it can be useful to supply it along with a welcome notice sometimes. The fact that it may not resemble other things on Wikipedia is neither here nor there. The only thing that matters is whether it is a net benefit to the project, and it clearly is. Ty 22:42, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It's a misuse of templatespace and a duplication of existing content. That's two good reasons to delete. WP:USEFUL, presented without addressing the reasons given for deletion, is no argument at all. I can't see what advantage this has over Wikipedia:Referencing for beginners, which is in the proper namespace for help documentation. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 08:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • It is not a misuse of template space to have a template. That is what template space is for. I don't see any valid reason given in the nom for deletion. You say what it isn't, but you don't address the pertinent point that it benefits the project by being able to bring the guidance to the (usually new) editor, rather than expecting the editor to go somewhere to find it. You seem very rigid in your view of what parts of wikipedia are suitable for what tasks, but I'm not aware of anything beyond your own opinion that validates that stance. There is always room for innovation, if it provides a net benefit to the project. That point is the one that is most important of all, but you apply what you imagine to be rules over that. Ty 01:07, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak keep, but only if redesigned. Potentially useful if trimmed to just a summary of salient points with a link to the proper help page. As it is I don't consider it acceptable to spam someone's talk page with this amount of information, even if it is collapsed. It's also counterproductive to maintain such a substantial duplication of the actual help page, and as Chris says, it's not what templatespace is for. PC78 (talk) 02:18, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment We also have {{Refref}} and {{Refref2}}. ---— Gadget850 (Ed) talk 04:12, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete - Yes, it's a legit use of the template space. Yes, it's helpful for new users. But here's the problem. This template, which is substituted, substantially increases the size (in capacity) of the talk pages to which it is added, when it would be just as easy and helpful to link the user to the help page. It's an inefficient use of resources. So there's the reason to delete. (Now, I agree with PC78 that it could be redesigned to summarize and link instead of reproduce the contents of the help page, but that would bear no likeness to the current templates.) Could a proponent address whether linking would suffice? --Bsherr (talk) 17:40, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment I've used both on differing occasions to aid new users and I find both useful...Modernist (talk) 11:31, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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              • Your proposed template needs to be rewritten so the editor does not have to click two non-essential links to finally get to the third, which is the one that matters. Apart from that, it can be useful. It would be good to have the choice of the existing template, your new template and simply linking to WP:REFB. Then whatever is judged appropriate in the circumstances can be used. Sometimes (mostly new) editors seem to need the information put in front of them directly, and they get lost very quickly when clicking round: that is when Template:Refstart can be particularly useful. Ty 04:54, 1 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                • How about now? But Tyrenius, the point of the template in the sandbox is to replace to existing resource-intensive refstart template. With it reordered to put the guide first, does this address your concern about new users getting lost? They just have to click the link. --Bsherr (talk) 01:08, 2 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
                  • I disagree with the sandbox template replacing the refstart template, which I find very useful on certain occasions for editors who seem to need such information put in front of them. I have no problem with your new template being an additional resource to provide more choice. Ty 03:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • If it's truly necessary to place all this text onto someone's talk page (and I still personally find this highly inappropriate), why not just substitute (or better still, transclude) the Wikipedia page? As stated above, it is conterproductive to have to maintain the same text in two different places, and it only invites confusion if the two pages fall out of sync. PC78 (talk) 00:22, 8 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep refref and refref2. I was surprised tonight when I used {{Refref}}in response to a helpme request to see the deletion notification. As the creator of that template and {{Refref2}}, I should have been notified of this discussion. Putting that aside, this discussion is entirely focused on Refstart, a different kind of template than these others (which were added mid-discussion). They are used for a different purpose, and the considerations for their deletion are not the same. These templates should not have been lumped in and there is not a single post above addressing them. Refstart is not only massive in size, but contains a massive duplication of content (I am not falling either way on that template, nor saying that that duplication is necessarily a problem, but that template does need to be distinguished from these others). The Refref templates are neither duplicative nor massive. They are not "a complete manual" and there is no similar visual reference guide anywhere. The Refref templates are {{Help desk templates}}, geared toward insertion at the helpdesk, at the new contributor's help desk, for responding to {{helpme}} and for like uses, where, by contrast, the large-scale content of Refstart would not be a good fit.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 03:42, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Fuhghettaboutit, though I do take your assurance for it, it's not otherwise clear that they are help desk templates. They're listed on Template:Help desk templates, but they're not demonstrated on that page. That page itself should be included in or a subpage of WP:UTM, not a separate page in the template namespace; this would have prevented us from locating this page and identifying the help desk templates. Critically, these templates are not in Category:Help desk templates. And lastly, the templates do not have documentation. That being said, I don't mind addressing these templates separately from refstart since they have a different use. But the discussion concerning refstart is nonetheless applicable to these templates, though perhaps less so than refstart. Of course, you know that if you want to monitor templates, you can always add them to your watchlist. Because the templates were added subsequent to the start of the discussion, I mistakenly overlooked the notifications. --Bsherr (talk) 15:03, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • Those of us who are regulars at the help desk know where to look if we don't know them by heart, i.e., Wikipedia:Help desk/How to answer and the aforementioned overarching help desk template, where these templates (many of which I created) are featured and are used regularly (especially {{Astray}} and {{Creation}}). In any event, that they weren't displayed at the template page has been remedied, and I have added documentation for both. This is a good thing, thanks for the nudge, but the substance of their use is what's important. You say that "the discussion concerning refstart is nonetheless applicable to these templates", yet the grounds of the nomination, and the discussion that has followed, has not touched on any issue applicable to these templates unless you can make a case that they too massively duplicate existing content. I don't see how the case for that can be supported. Accordingly, I do not see what relevance this discussion has to these templates other than the superficial connection that these and refstart both regard citations.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 22:50, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • What I mean by that is I think they're fallible to the same argument that they provide nothing that cannot be accomplished better by instead providing a brief summary with links to the relevant instructions. Less so than refstart, but "nonetheless". Once this TfD is done, I'll join in to help with fixing up the help desk templates page. Your work so far is really a great improvement. Cheers. --Bsherr (talk) 23:16, 18 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was Merge Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 04:47, 20 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Eon Footer (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Job is done better by {{geological eon}}. This is a duplication in fact. Check Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2010_September_6#Template:Phanerozoic_Footer for a similar template that was deleted. Magioladitis (talk) 12:55, 15 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Merge with {{geological eon}}; the two templates are so similar, that there's no reason for them both to exist. --ais523 21:38, 1 October 2010 (UTC)
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Template:Catmoretext

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The result of the discussion was delete. JPG-GR (talk) 17:57, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Catmoretext (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

A somewhat specialized template which basically allows for appending more text to the end of a "catmore/catmain" note. If this sort of functionality is desired, it would seem it could be added to {{catmore}}. If it doesn't have a broad use, there is always {{rellink}} for special situations. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 04:53, 28 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:SharedIPCORP

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The result of the discussion was no consensus. JPG-GR (talk) 17:55, 16 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:SharedIPCORP (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This template variation doesn't seem to further the purpose of Template:SharedIP. While some variations of the SharedIP template may be useful, unlimited variations wastes time in that the user must identify which SharedIP template to use, when doing so in regard to this template serves no purpose. Identifying the owner of an IP as a business would not prompt a user to treat the shared IP any differently (relative to a nonprofit organization, or a residence). The differences in language between this template and the more general shared IP template are not significant, and add no value. Specifically regarding shared IP addresses owned by private entities, I am very concerned that identifying the entity owning the IP in this way is an unnecessary invasion of the anonymous user's privacy. (Unlike schools, governments, etc., many private entities are small and without notariety.) Although this information is public (and may and should be called upon as necessary for our purposes), it is unnecessary to publicize it. I propose that the template be substituted with Template:SharedIP and then deleted, or in the alternative, redirected. Bsherr (talk) 04:36, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

  • This would also empty Category:Shared IP addresses from corporations and businesses, right? Does that need addressed separately? Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward: not at work) - talk 12:33, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • It may be addressed here, I believe. If the category is empty due to the deletion of this template, it would then be speedily deleted. I advance the same arguments about the category as I do the template. --Bsherr (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep Okay, so then do we delete Template:SharedIPEDU, Template:SharedIPGOV, Template:SharedIPMIL, Template:SharedIPPublic, Template:MobileIP, Template:ISP, etc? Of all of those, the only one I can see possibly furthering Template:SharedIP (per nom, anyway) is Template:SharedIPGOV (because GOV IPs are considered sensitive). There is no more reason to have a Template:SharedIPEDU then Template:SharedIPCORP. Many of these have been around for quite sometime, and although I myself once made a similar proposal to merge all with Template:SharedIP, there was no support for that movement. Furthermore, I dispute the suggestion that SharedIPCORP be merged because companies are less notable than schools or governments or have less users considering companies like HCA which have one proxy to represent hundreds of physical locations, and schools like Sea Gate Elementary School (notice the redlink) in Naples, Florida that only have one or two user editing within their network and of course lacks an article, yet that institution should be marked with SharedIPEDU because it is shared by 726 students + the faculty. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 19:29, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • Hi PCHS. I think you misunderstand me. I am not agruing that companies are less notable than schools. I am arguing that, because the vast majority of companies have fewer than twenty employees, labeling anonymous contributors as being from such a company invades their privacy (it's gotta be one of the twenty), in a way that it does not for most schools (in the example you give, one of 726 students). That's all. But that's really not the primary argument here (maybe I was off-topic to advance it). What's important is that identifying a shared IP as a corporation does not currently serve any functional purpose, unless there is one that you can identify. You asked whether we then proceed to delete other shared IP templates, but that's not at issue here; see WP:OTHERSTUFF and WP:ALLORNOTHING. I'm pleased to discuss this template with you, but could you explain the use of identifying a shared IP as a company? Thanks. --Bsherr (talk) 00:07, 18 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • I'm not trying to fight here, but I must unfortunately disagree with you. The existance of this template does nothing to invade privacy beyond what the use of Template:SharedIP would do if used on such IP, nor does it imply that such IPs should be flagged any more than the existance of the more general Template:SharedIP. One could similarily argue that flagging small private schools with about 50 students, or even one room schoolhouses with about ten students, with the Template:SharedIPEDU is an invasion of privacy. I made the template for use for categorization purposes and it was inspired by Template:SharedIPEDU. If you're saying that such categorization is not needed, then you must agree that such categorization with schools is not needed either because in absense of a special template for businesses, a special template for schools just outright assumes bad faith. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 16:43, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • Ok, please consider the privacy argument out of scope, then. (I've crossed it out. I'll address it on the talk pages of the relevant templates.) I am indeed saying that the categorization of shared IPs as businesses is not needed. SharedIPEDU is not at issue here, and to discuss it is not consistent with WP:OTHERSTUFF and WP:ALLORNOTHING. If you can explain to me how disucssing SharedIPEDU is indeed consistent with those guidelines, I'm delighted to discuss it. In the mean time, can you address specifically why the categorization of shared IPs as businesses is needed, without resorting to referencing SharedIPEDU? --Bsherr (talk) 17:04, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
      • So, basically, my rationale for keeping is for categorization. Nothing more. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 17:47, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
        • I get that, but why is the categorization of businesses useful? That's why I'm proposing deletion. --Bsherr (talk) 17:51, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • Based on your note on my talk page, do you want the categorization just for the purpose of identifying an IP as being owned by a particular company? If so, that's fine, but it doesn't have anything to do with the purposes of SharedIP. It ought to be a user box. --Bsherr (talk) 18:01, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
          • It's useful just as it is to categorize anything. Most of the shared IPs belong to businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and ISPs. I consider this one to be a piece of the puzzle. Of course, you can argue that the categorization of shared IPs in general is useless if you'd like, but this discussion only involves one piece of the puzzle. It's like if we were put high schools in each of the 50 states into a sub category but then decided to delete Category:High schools in California because it wasn't useful to categorize them. I urge you to review WP:WEDONTNEEDIT and WP:IDONTLIKEIT. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 18:03, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
            • It's not a content category. This category does not further the encyclopedia, and it makes it more complicated to identify shared IPs with templates. But in the spirit of compromise, if it's truly just about the category, why not replace the entire template with a transclusion of SharedIP plus the category tag? Then we can close this and go over to CfD to discuss the merits of the category. Would that work? --Bsherr (talk) 18:18, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
              • IF the same were done with SharedIPEDU (especially that one because that one assumes bad faith more than any), SharedIPPublic, ISP, and MobileIP (why did we ever even have that one; wasn't ISP sufficient?). The problem is, I can tell you it isn't going to happen with some of the others that have been here forever, so I think this one should be kept for uniformity.
              • BTW, I did some reading at Wikipedia:Categorization, and this seems to be in a big gray area. It's a form of user page categorization, and policy on user page categorization isn't well defined. I will note that a category contatining Shared IPs in general will be large and for this reason it may be useful to break down the category into subcategories for businesses, schools, government agencies, public terminals, and ISPs. MobileIP might as well be merged with ISP IMO. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 18:29, 22 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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  • Summary + One More Point Consider this from WP:SIP: If the IP address belongs to anything that might be closely related to the above,(a list of major government institutions) or a major corporation, for example Microsoft, Sun, etc. it may be a good idea to notify the committee. What I don't quite understand is why the person who has nominated the template for deletion supports Template:SharedIPGOV, but does not support this one, which, even considering WP:OTHERSTUFF, leads me to believe this is mostly WP:IDONTLIKEIT. IMO, deletion should not be considered until if and when a larger discussion regarding shared templates in general takes place. But that's just my opinion. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 02:40, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • PCHS has not responded to any of my inquiries asking why the template, compared to the plain Shared IP template, is worth keeping. The existing SharedIPCORP template doesn't even mention SIP. It needlessly complicates the labeling of IPs, and serves no more useful a purpose than a specific template for shared IP addresses of corporations with red logos, or that manufacture chewing gum. I would just point out that it seems, as this nomination is perhaps near closing, that the only one who cares about this template enough to argue for keeping it is its author, who has provided no reason for keeping it other than to arbitrarily preserve this useless categorization. --Bsherr (talk) 16:10, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
    • I continue to to maintain that this template serves more purpose than templates like Template:SharedIPEDU, whose main purpose is WP:ABF whereas SharedIPCORP is useful because blocks major corporations' IPs should be reported to the Wikimedia Foundation Communications Committee and of course for the COI reasons below. I also would like to stress the fact that it will be likely extremely difficult to get rid of established templates like SharedIPEDU and having this one at leasts provides a balance so that we're not only singling the EDU IPs out. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 23:34, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep and possibly rename. There is an important purpose in having a message box to identify an IP as belonging to a corporation: when a user at that IP persists in editing articles with which they appear to have a conflict of interest -- for example, [User talk:209.242.95.101]], an IP address belonging to Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal which persists in editing that article and others related to it. It's useful to have a message box to notify other editors of the IP's conflict of interest, which is not necessarily immediately apparent. I realize that it muddies the water to also make it a "shared IP" template and that it may make sense to rename this template or build a new one specifically to address potential COI issues. But I think it's important to recognize this additional function that the template serves. Tim Pierce (talk) 17:02, 30 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep If I had known this template existed, I would've used it myself. --I dream of horses (T) @ 18:03, 5 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Note to closing administrator - Just want to call your attention to the "edit, substitute, delete" option that Twp and I have discussed above, since it may not be clear from the !votes. --Bsherr (talk) 19:39, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Something to consider This is from Template talk:Shared IP edu: This template was considered for deletion on 2008-12-14. The result of the discussion was snowball keep. Notice the discussion at [6]. Notice how, ironically, it was me that nominated it along with some other templates. I made the same arguement as Bsherr. The only reason this doesn't similarily get snowballed is because it is a newer template. It was decided then that it is useful to have templates like this one. User:Gladys j cotez specifically suggested that more templates be created. This is why we should not yet delete this template; there has been a total of four people comment on this issue and only two support deletion. PCHS-NJROTC (Messages) 00:06, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Super League Greece

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The result of the discussion was Keep. Ruslik_Zero 18:28, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Super League Greece (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This is just two templates put together. When used in many articles it doesn't make sense. For instance, if used at the bottom of an article for a club currently playing in Super League, why should there also be a template for list of seasons? Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 10:57, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because like every other League, it has a current season and this template states the teams competing in this current season, while the other one, this one Template:Super_League_Greece_seasons, links to all the League's seasons... Haven't seen you complaining about these two templates: Template:Serie_A_teamlist and Template:Serie_A_seasons. You could merge them in one, like this one: Template:Premier_League, instead of just asking one to be deleted... Heracletus (talk) 15:01, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with Heracletus Aris1983 (talk) 08:38, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
First of all WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is not a valid argument. The Serie A templates make sense. The teamlist template should be used on club pages, and the season list template on the Serie A article, plus the individual season articles. That Premier League template is probably a bit much though. Needs to be thinned. There are lots of things you don't see me complaining about, that doesn't mean that they're correct or not. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 22:03, 19 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
You should first read what WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS is all about before you use it as an argument or counter-argument. The Serie A templates are both used in most italian teams' articles. And, if you find their rationale valid, what is the deal with the greek league templates, the greek league templates are much the same as the italian league ones... Also, i think most people would understand that calling the premier league's template just too much is a stinky argument; that's like the most established league around... You can read the first two paragraphs from here WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS#Deletion_of_articles, so that you at least know what you're talking about?Heracletus (talk) 20:14, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No, it's not a valid argument but it's totally reasonless to propose for example the article about Europe for deletion, when you don't have any problem with the articles Asia, Africa etc. Since you are so sensitive about this issue and it bothers you when a template combines the other two, why didn't you ask Template:Ligue 1, Template:Serie A, Template:Fußball-Bundesliga to be deleted too? When a template is widely used, it's a little weird to demand deletion in one particular case. You should propose the deletion of all these templates in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Football I guess. - Sthenel (talk) 12:02, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Because I haven't seen every template. Saw this one, didn't see the point in it. I'm not at all sensitive about this, so please don't resort to thinly veiled personal attacks. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 14:56, 20 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No personal attack. I've just described what sounds strange to me here. We should avoid any kind of discrimination and since we've noticed that there are other templates like this, we should talk about them being deleted. - Sthenel (talk) 00:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. I guess the whole issue of these large templates needs a more general discussion than would be covered here. Ilikeeatingwaffles (talk) 09:39, 21 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Infobox Syria Governorate

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The result of the discussion was Replace with Template:Infobox settlement and delete. Ruslik_Zero 18:34, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Syria Governorate (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Redundant to Template:Infobox governorate (settlement). Dr. Blofeld 20:21, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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  • I agree it's redundant. Instead of deleting it, why not simply convert it to a wrapper for {{Infobox settlement}}? --Stepheng3 (talk) 18:26, 29 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • It can easily be substituted and then deleted. It would be different if it was used in hundreds of articles but it isn't.♦ Dr. Blofeld 10:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete this one. There is so little in this template, that it would be easier to just replace it, rather than try to refactor it and create a proper wrapper. This is different from other templates which have lots of regional specific information. I agree that wrappers should be considered as a compromise, but in this case I don't think it's the best option. If you want me to perform the conversion, just ping me, it wouldn't take more than about 10 minutes to complete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 07:02, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Taxonomy disambiguation

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The result of the discussion was No consensus Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 06:56, 7 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Taxonomy disambiguation (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Recently created. Only 6 transclusions. I think the general {{disamb}} is just fine. Categorisation is much better done by categories and not by templates Magioladitis (talk) 15:28, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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