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Template:Accu-Stats

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The result of the discussion was delete. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk) 12:00, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Unused, seems to be superceded by other methods of citing Headbomb {t · c · p · b} 08:39, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Ranga-Reddy-geo-stub

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 23:48, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Malformed stub template with one transclusion. BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 05:48, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Msieversions

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The result of the discussion was delete. — JJMC89 (T·C) 23:55, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This template used to appear inside of the infobox for the Internet Explorer version articles, but now it has disappeared.

I thus propose the following:

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Template:Los Angeles metropolitan area

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Greater Los Angeles Area. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 17:46, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Los Angeles metropolitan area with Template:Greater Los Angeles Area.
The terms "Los Angeles metropolitan area" and "Greater Los Angeles Area" are pretty much synonymous in the minds of Southern Californians, and the latter term is more commonly used. See more at Talk:Greater Los Angeles which is also being proposed for merging. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanjay7373 (talk • contribs) 02:47, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Redirect for

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The result of the discussion was delete. Replace with the appropriate template to orphan. Primefac (talk) 18:20, 21 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is a hatnote template created in 2018 and used on about 70 pages. Its output is something like this:

"REDIRECT" redirects here. You may be looking for PAGE1.

The problem is that it addresses the reader directly in the second-person. I've used this exact wording on one or two dab pages where circumstances have been exceptional, but it should generally be avoided (MOS:YOU). I've had a look at a dozen or so of the template's uses in articles, and in almost all cases, You may be looking for should be replaced with It is not to be confused with, which is exactly the output of the much more commonly used {{redirect-distinguish}}. Now, one caveat is that 30 of the template's transclusions are in the project namespace, and there we generally have more leeway with style. Personally, I'd prefer rephrasing in these cases as well, but if there's a strong need to keep this exact wording on those 30 project pages, then this could easily be achieved by using the custom text field of the other hatnote templates. Further considerations are that the template's name is misleading (it has nothing to do with the widely known {{for}}), and that we generally have way too many hatnote templates. Notifications to the creators: Hddty and MJL, and to the editors who have used the template on the four random pages I've checked: AntiCompositeNumber, Kku, Teemeah, Ohnoitsjamie. – Uanfala (talk) 00:24, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

we generally have way too many hatnote templates I'm in agreement here. I was trying to figure out what the difference between {{redirect for}} and {{redirect-distinguish}}, couldn't decide which was better, and just picked one. I don't see any real point in having both, so orphan and delete seems appropriate. --AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 00:28, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I found it confusing as well when I was trying to find the most appropriate one. Orphan/delete works for me as well. OhNoitsJamie Talk 01:02, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. I think a simple redirect of {{Redirect for}} to {{Redirect-distinguish}} works just as well as orphan/delete. The two templates take parameters the same exact way, so I don't see a point in going through the orphan process when we could just save some time. –MJL ‐Talk‐☖ 17:05, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
That looks neat. But then {{Redirect for}} doesn't really make sense as a shortcut to {{Redirect-distinguish}}; the "for" bit in the title seems to suggest the wording used in {{For}}: "For X, see Y", which is not what {{Redirect-distinguish}} does. – Uanfala (talk) 17:17, 10 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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