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On this page, deletion of templates (except as noted below) is discussed.

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What not to propose for deletion here

The majority of pages in the Template: namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:

• Speedy deletion candidates

  If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion for general items or templates, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if the template is a recreation of a template already deleted by consensus here at TfD, tag it with {{db-repost}}. If you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{db-author}}.

• Stub templates

  Should be listed at Stub types for deletion.

• Policy or guideline templates

  Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, like the CSD templates cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant guideline.

• Userboxes

  Should be listed at MfD, regardless of what namespace they reside in.

• Template redirects

  Redirects for discussion.

• Renaming a template

  Requested moves.

Reasons to delete a template

• The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance
• The template is redundant to a better-designed template
• The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used
• The template violates a policy such as NPOV or CIVIL

Templates for which none of these apply may be deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.

Listing a template

To list a template for deletion, follow this three-step process (replace TemplateName, not including the namespace identifier "Template:", with the name of the template to be deleted unless otherwise noted):

I	Tag the template Add one of the following two codes to the top of the template page (the first for most templates, the second only for inline templates): {{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}} {{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}} Do not change PAGENAME to the actual name of the page. The command "subst:" requires the text "PAGENAME". Do not substitute either template. If the template to be nominated for deletion is protected, either put the notice on its /doc (template documentation) sub-page inside <includeonly>...</includeonly> markup; or put the notice on its talk page (without such markup); or use {{editprotected}} on the talk page to ask an admin to add the notice to the template. If placed directly into the nominated template, use <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the TFD notice if it is likely to be disruptive to articles that transclude that template. Do not mark the edit as minor. Include in the edit summary the phrase TfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#TemplateName] If the template has been nominated before, use "TemplateName (2nd nomination)", "TemplateName (3rd nomination)", etc. If you are nominating multiple related templates, replace TemplateName in the edit summary with an informative discussion title, and use {{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} or {{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} instead of the versions given above, using the same discussion title for TemplateName (but not for {{subst:PAGENAME}}, which must remain the name of the template being TFD tagged). If you were nominating a lot of navboxes about American films, you might use "American films by decade", for instance, as the TemplateName. If a template is intended to be substituted, wrap the {{tfd}} or {{tfd-inline}} template in <noinclude> tags: <noinclude>{{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}</noinclude> The TFD template, in the form {{tfd-inline|literal name of template|TemplateName}}<br />, should be added to the top of any categories that would be deleted as a result of the TFD, using the same TemplateName value and edit summary as the template(s), and the actual name of the template (minus the "Template:" prefix). Note that it is {{tfd-inline}} followed by a line-break; the wording of {{tfd}} is not suitable for category use.
II	List the template at TfD Follow THIS LINK to edit the section of TfD for today's entries. Add this text to the section, at the top: {{subst:tfd2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for nominating the template. ~~~~}} If this is a multi-template and multi-category nomination, see {{catfd3}} instead (please read its documentation; the parameters it uses are not the same as those of {{tfd2}}). Make sure to replace TemplateName with the the same value as used in step 1, above (usually the template's name, excluding the "Template:" prefix). Use an edit summary such as Creating deletion discussion entry for [[Template:TemplateName] replacing TemplateName as above.
III.	Notify users. Consider adding {{subst:tfdnotice|TemplateName}} ~~~~ on relevant talk pages to inform editors of the deletion discussion. This is especially important if the TFD notice was put on the template's talk page. Use an edit summary such as Adding notification of deletion discussion entry for [[Template:TemplateName] replacing TemplateName as above.

It is considered civil to notify the creator and main contributors of the template that you are nominating the template. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template.

Consider adding to your watchlist any templates you nominate for TfD. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.

Discussion

Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.

People will sometimes also recommend subst or Subst and delete and similar. This means the template text should be "merged" into the articles that use it before the template page is deleted.

Templates are rarely orphaned (made to not be in use) before the discussion is closed.

Current discussions

December 5

December 4

Template:Germaine Seden

Template:Germaine Seden (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Template only contains one article, a future album that was deleted. Tassedethe (talk) 17:26, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:NCIS character

Template:NCIS character (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template was mainly used in the LoC for one-paragraph character summaries[1], from where I have removed it now. There a few other individual NCIS characer articles (currently under AfD) where I boldly replaced this template with the usual {{Infobox character}}. I.e. this template is orphaned now and redundant anyway. – sgeureka ^t•c 10:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:The Powerpuff Girls

Template:The Powerpuff Girls (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Seems a little small for a template. Not much you can add here; I tend to believe that templates should have at least five "main" entries. I don't think even adding Craig McCracken or Genndy Idon'tknowhowtospellthatname onto here would save it. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:51, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

• Neutral Four articles are always borderline for the necessity of templates. – sgeureka ^t•c 10:46, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

December 3

Template:Explicit

Template:DTFD

Template:DTFD (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

The three interconnected "Talk thread deletion notice" templates (Template:DTFD, Template:DTFDB and Template:DTFDN) are unnecessary. They are intended to serve as notice prior to thread deletion on article talk pages--the user is instructed to use all three in the same instance. There is no requirement for prior discussion of harmful talk page entries listed in Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines; any inappropriate talk entry can be deleted by any user. In fact, if a talk entry contains a personal attack or a legal threat, or if it contains personal information, using these three templates would slow down the process and expose the harmful entry to a greater number of viewers. Instead of having these three templates, deletion of the bad talk entry is recommended by WP:TPG. Binksternet (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Keep: DTFDB is used at the bottom of the DTFD red box like the bottom of the occo box. See User talk:Example for useage. As for DTFDN, I will let that go as per WP:DTTR. It is meant to be for things that are disputed or may not be clear-cut, anything else may be removed by anyone. Besides, it may not warrent total deletion but some stuff should be removed. One editor once suggested to me to remove the vowels from insults, especially insultive slurs.--Ipatrol (talk) 22:20, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:ImageCopyrightVandal

Template:ImageCopyrightVandal (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This recently created template is a poor substitute for any one of a number of well known, well used templates that convey more, relevant information to the user whose talk page it is added to. AussieLegend (talk) 06:03, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete There are better and more informative templates that can be (and are) used. The tone of this message is also not the best. Looks to me like saying "Stop what you're doing right now. We don't like it", and that's not the way it should be done even for a warning. WP:BITE? Chamal ^talk 12:54, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Weak keep. I can imagine a situation in which this template might be appropriate, one where a series of other templates were sent to a user who continues to upload copyrighted images. Binksternet (talk) 18:19, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

In such a case, surely the appropriate action when all the existing templates have failed would be to list the user at WP:AN? If the user has ignored all the other templates, what is the likelihood that he or she would respond to this one? --AussieLegend (talk) 23:58, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:VandalNoticeSmall

Template:VandalNoticeSmall (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This recently created template is a poor substitute for {{Repeat vandal}}, which more correctly reflects current policy in a less confusing way. If deleted, two redirects created at the same time ({{VNS}} and {{PlzIndef}}) should also be deleted. AussieLegend (talk) 05:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Redundant template. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 19:24, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:LDSInfobox

Template:LDSInfobox (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Moving from MFD, where template was listed by mistake. Original MFD discussion is copy-pasted below. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 05:11, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Any LDS Church-unique info this template conveys is now more comprehensively conveyed in Template:LDSGAinfo (see, for example, redundancy on Gordon B. Hinckley). The biographical info is better presented in Template:Infobox Person (see WP:GA Thomas S. Monson) and any succession info is already presented in the Template:Succession boxs at the bottom of each article. -- Eustress (talk) 04:12, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Tentative support for deletion, so long as someone commits to add Template:LDSApostleshipinfo to the presidents of the church pages, since this nominated template currently contains the information that would regularly be presented there for apostles who were not presidents. This is relatively complicated, but Template:LDSGAinfo does NOT contain the same information as Template:LDSApostleshipinfo—one contains apostle ordination date and one contains membership in the Qof12 date. Some people think these are always the same, but they are not, and some people have been apostles for years without being a member of the Qof12. In the end, I can't really say that I think this proposal is accomplishing much, since one template will be deleted but another will have to be added to all the pages it is on anyway. I suppose it could be seen as a type of standardization, but at the same time it's also a bit of a make-work project for someone. I think the nominator and I discussed this at one point; I just can't seem to remember where it was. Good Ol’factory ^(talk) 04:16, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Keep No exact counterpart, and it seems designed for a small subset compared with the full "person infobox." If the above is correct, and this infobox would be more useful if added to, why not? Collect (talk) 12:09, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Whiggishness

Template:Whiggishness (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

This template, though well-meaning and employed on at least some of the five articles it is in use on accurately, the template amounts to a POV-pushing template - the Whiggish view of history is a significant strain of historical thought. To specifically call it out in this form gives the false impression that we are unusually biased against this POV, and that this POV is considered unacceptable for Wikipedia. It is not appropriate to have a template that treats a given perspective as a specific problem. Phil Sandifer (talk) 01:27, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Too specific, a bit POV pushing. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:52, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delete. Trivializes a complex political point of view. Binksternet (talk) 18:23, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:!vote

Template:!vote (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Duplicates the functionality of {{not a ballot}}. Brought here instead of speedy deletion because:

• The "birthdays" of these templates are close together (but {{!vote}} is younger)
• {{not a ballot}} survived a TfD at one point (though it was a speedy keep)
• The templates are not identical stylistically, and the WP community should choose which is better rather than simply throw one away.
• A desire to avoid drama if at all possible. Thinboy00 @076, i.e. 00:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• The two templates obviously duplicate each other's functionality, but that's a reason for a merger, not a deletion. We should simply settle on the wording and style (perhaps a combination of the two), place the updated code at Template:Not a ballot, and redirect Template:!vote. —David Levy 01:15, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Merge/redirect to Template:Not a ballot since that's the older one. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Merge and keep the redirect. These are near duplicates; we only need one. It might be useful to look at merging {{rally}} as well; it's not an exact duplicate, but close. — Gavia immer (talk) 16:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Merge to {{Not a ballot}} per the above. I think that template is pretty good as it is, actually - but adding the reference to WP:Canvassing is probably a good idea as well. Terraxos (talk) 06:05, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

December 2

Template:Johnny Test

Template:Johnny Test (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Cast templates seem to be discouraged, especially given that none of the cast is primarily associated with this show. Remove the cast and you have just the creator and list of episodes, as the page on Johnny himself was redirected. Not enough for a template. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:10, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete per nom: not enough articles primarily related to this topic for a navigational template. Terraxos (talk) 06:02, 4 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delete absolutely per nom. Two directly related articles (main article, LoE) don't need a template.– sgeureka ^t•c 18:09, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Infobox UK school2

Template:Infobox UK school2 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Unused. Appears to be a user test.

Template:Infobox UK person (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Redirects to the above.

Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:27, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Strong Delete this is in fact speedy-able (it is a hard-coded instance of {{Infobox UK school}} with no transclusions), but only after being tagged for seven days -- so tagged (in other words, admins, don't try to speedy this immediately). --Thinboy00 @093, i.e. 01:14, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
  • WP:SNOW? Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:18, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Kill Bill character

Template:Kill Bill character (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Redundant to {{Infobox character}}. Orphan. Magioladitis (talk) 17:41, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete - always standardise, where possible. Andy Mabbett (User:Pigsonthewing); Andy's talk; Andy's edits 18:29, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delete per above. – sgeureka ^t•c 21:34, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:SVU Season 4

Template:SVU Season 4 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

All but one two SVU episode articles have been merged/redirected/deleted per lack of demonstated/demonstratable notability in the past two months. The season-specific templates are just redundant now, as the season pages already list the names of the episodes. Also included in this nom are

• Template:SVU Season 6 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Template:SVU Season 7 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)
• Template:SVU Season 8 (|talk|history|links|watch|logs)

– sgeureka ^t•c 17:06, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete all. Obvious. -- Magioladitis (talk) 17:48, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delete all, episodes were redirected. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 05:06, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:PD-US-LOC

Template:PD-US-LOC (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Per Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2008_May_15#Template:PD-LOC. The few remaining uses have all been nominated for deletion as nonfree or invalid source.Calliopejen1 (talk) 16:02, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete Makes sense to me. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 23:11, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
• Hold discussion until no transclusions remain. We don't want one of these images to survive IfD only to not have a © tag. --Thinboy00 @098, i.e. 01:21, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Comment It's my understanding that as part of template-deletion, we can move that remaining uses be bot-subst'd. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:31, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep as it's a valid copyright tag. If it is deleted, rewrite one of the existing PD-(c) templates to make it clear that post-1923 expired-copyright items can use that template instead. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 04:30, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• But this template does nothing that {{PD-US-no renewal}} doesn't do. By the way, only 2/100 uses (before I retagged them) had to do with non-renewal. The rest were misc other PD reasons, and a few weren't PD at all. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:27, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete. That "or for another reason" text invites serious potential problems. What's needed is a "copyright holder failed to do some specific thing, 1923-1978" tag, without the guesswork. — Gavia immer (talk) 16:10, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Comment. If that template comes into existance then I may change my opinion. davidwr/(talk)/(contribs)/(e-mail) 17:00, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• That is already available as {{PD-US-no renewal}}. Calliopejen1 (talk) 22:24, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Campaignbox Mumbai terrorism

Template:Campaignbox Mumbai terrorism (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

90% of content already in Template:Campaignbox India terrorism, also article Terrorism in Mumbai is enough. TheFEARgod (Ч) 15:57, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Process comment Shouldn't a "TfD" notification template be put on the template itself? Since I oppose the deletion and created the template, I am conflicted on doing this, but I think there should be a time extension on the deletion until this is done. Thanks!--Cerejota (talk) 01:01, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

see history of the template--TheFEARgod (Ч) 12:32, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete as per nom--Adrian 1001 (talk) 17:04, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - Template is useful to connect the historic occurrence of terrorism in Mumbai and as a substitute for "See Also" material in the related articles (so that when there are updates we have a central place instead of having to go to each article). While some content (not 90%) is also covered in the India campaingbox, the India campaign box is limited to actions after 2001. I feel a localized template was warranted. Furthermore, I opened a discussion topic on the page of November 2008 Mumbai attacks (the latest attacks), so I feel that a TfD is a bit premature and harsh (to the content - don't worry, I am not taking it personal ;-), perhaps letting the community express itself outside of process would have been more useful than opening a deletion discussion right away. Thanks! --Cerejota (talk) 01:01, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep for now - despite the fact that all the links in this template are already included in {{Campaignbox India terrorism}}, I think it is actually useful in its own right, as it singles out the attacks in Mumbai. Perhaps most preferable would be to separate the attacks in the 'India terrorism' box by location, which would remove the need for this template - but if that one remains as it is, this one seems worth keeping as a Mumbai-focused alternative. Terraxos (talk) 17:10, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep - It serves a useful purpose for a narrative. The only issue is whether it is duplicative of the other infobox. It might be nice if there were other "submenu" templates for, say, Delhi, or other geographic areas of India particularly affected by multiple attacks. So it was part of a pattern of information presentation, and not a singular exception. Make sense? --Petercorless (talk) 18:01, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep per Cerejota and Terraxos. The nomination doesn't seem to have any reasons why it shouldn't exist, as we're replete with redundant navboxes and navbox-like things. GetLinkPrimitiveParams (talk) 18:38, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
• Keep Terrorism in Mumbai does have its own unique components as compared to Terrorism in India, the template serves a useful purpose (the fact that it includes pre-2001 incidents is important. Kaushik twin (talk) 19:49, 3 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:604 Records

Template:604 Records (|talk|history|links|watch|logs|delete)

Record label templates seem to be discouraged. What if one of these artists leaves the label? Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 04:10, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Delete, per nom.--TheFEARgod (Ч) 15:58, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

Template:Terrorism in Central Asia by country

This navigating template makes no sense, because already there is "Terrorism in" in general template for Asia (Template:Asia in topic): Template:Asia in topic. Including those six countries. --91.77.93.43 (talk) 00:14, 2 December 2008 (UTC)

• Comment This nom was misplaced, I moved it. Ten Pound Hammer and his otters • ^{(Broken clamshells • Otter chirps • HELP)} 03:55, 2 December 2008 (UTC)
• Delete, per nom. --TheFEARgod (Ч) 14:01, 4 December 2008 (UTC)