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[edit] Quick Question

User box pillage was deleted. There was no notice that I was aware of. Can I get the User Box code for it so I can put it back on my user page?

Template:User Pillage that was the Transclude for it.

Thanks Æon Insane Ward 20:35, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Posted to user talk. — sjorford++ 08:08, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August 12?

August 11 and august 13 are there. No august 12. It's not on the project page for some reason but it exists on the sub page.--Tbeatty 09:20, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


That's because the pages all have to be manually updated each day. We really should get a bot to do this. -- Ned Scott 09:48, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Big Brother project

Could we delete this template as it involves metadata or maybe request that they remove this metadata stuff as it really looks dumm in the top of the screen. Lincher 23:54, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:OH Highways

The template, Template:OH Highways, is no longer needed as it would have grown in size to the point where it would function best as a single-use template. It would have fit on the bottom of all state route pages listed here, but would have consumed a lot of space. A more approperiate link back to List of State Highways in Ohio works just as well. Seicer (talk) (contribs) 16:28, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August 21

Where is August 21? Eixo 08:41, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Old discussion not closed

It looks like Template:Serbia and Montenegro topics should be deleted per Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_June_30#Template:Serbia_and_Montenegro_topics. (Yes, I see it's under closing in progress, but it's almost two months old now.) TimBentley (talk) 20:56, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] August 25

August 24 and 26 have been closed out, but no action has yet been taken for August 25:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_deletion/Log/2006_August_25

[edit] Housekeeping tasks

It was mentioned somewhere above that it would be nice to have a bot to do some daily housekeeping on this page. Zorglbot is doing something similar for Wikipedia:Copyright problems, so it would be relatively easy for me to adapt it to work here. Would that be welcome ? Schutz 22:10, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

It would definitely be welcome. -- Ned Scott 03:44, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

So here is the first step: creating a new daily page; the result is here, any comment welcome. Schutz 20:23, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Please add the {{tfd log}} on the top as well. Hbdragon88 07:07, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
The template uses {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} and {{CURRENTDAY}}, doesn't it mean that the dates in the headers will change every day ? Shouldn't we use a template with an argument, such as {{tfd log|September 6}} ? For now, the bot can just write the full header with the correct date, I'll try to have this in place for tomorrow's new page. Schutz 09:04, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
The template doesn't work, and because it uses some additionally complex templates inside of it.. there's no direct way to make that work. It would just reset itself every day. But they do need to include the nav links (most of the recent ones are missing this, actually). -- Ned Scott 09:37, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Ok, improved version for tomorrow is here; again, all comments welcome. Schutz 22:21, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Awesome. Can it also adjust the links on the main page when the dates shift? -- Ned Scott 23:44, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
It will, as it currently does on Wikipedia:Copyright problems, but I have not had time to get around it yet. Schutz 06:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
Very awesome. -- Ned Scott 07:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

I have the bot working (under User:Zorglbot), and I just tested it. However, I must apologize in advance: since I can not be in front of my terminal at 0:00 GMT, when the change is supposed to happen, I will run it manually a little bit earlier for the next few days, in order to make sure everything is going smoothly. This may produce some duplications of sections for a few hours, sorry about this. When everything is shown to work well, I will schedule it to run automatically at 0:00 GMT. Schutz 21:43, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

It seems to be working great! Good job, this will make things a lot easier :D -- Ned Scott 04:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Informing the creators is being ignored

This was crossposted and has little to do with the specific workings of this page. Please discuss at Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy#Informing the creators is being ignored. The comments have already been moved. Please do not spam such complaints across multiple pages. Rossami (talk) 19:18, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Create "Infobox:" namespace?

(also posted to WP:VPR)

Copying and pasting a proposal made at Bugzilla :

...Infoboxes seem to've become part of the Wikipedia furniture, at least in the English Wikipedia. Hence, rather than the many "Template:Infobox..." pages (with inconsistent capitaliz/sation etc), suggest an "Infobox:..." namespace created.

What do folk think...?  Thanks, David Kernow (talk) 12:44, 23 September 2006 (UTC)

Totally agree. Infoboxes have become a major feature and many of them serve a very good purpose, but they, like all aspects of Wikipedia, should be presented consistently. I think that's really important - everything should carry the Wikipedia "brand" and in style and appearance should be part of a set, rather than a one-off. I think though, that it's difficult enough to reach consensus in discussing one infobox - I imagine discussing them as a group is going to be even more difficult, but worth aiming for. Rossrs 10:45, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for your feedback!  I agree that consensus on a more standardiz/sed appearance may be impossible and perhaps not necessarily desirable, but introducing the Infobox: namespace as a means to produce greater consistency (and less "Template:Infobox" redundancy) seems an obvious improvement... Yours, David (talk) 13:31, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
I'd encourage anyone interested in infobox consistency to please comment at Wikipedia:Geographical infoboxes, a proposal to standardize the look and feel of a large class of templates by using a common CSS style. -- Rick Block (talk) 16:04, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
Pointer added to Wikipedia talk:Geographical infoboxes; thanks for your suggestion, Rick!  David (talk) 16:16, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
To clarify, the suggestion is to participate in the discussion at Wikipedia:Geographical infoboxes (although adding a link to this discussion certainly doesn't hurt). -- Rick Block (talk) 18:09, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unclosed discussion

Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 16#Template:Saban American Tokusatsu. TimBentley (talk) 03:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Nothing at Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 August 25 was closed either. TimBentley (talk) 03:11, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Unused, outdated templates

The instructions on this page are unbearable. Another editor has inquired at Talk:Hugo Chávez about how to delete a number of outdated, old, unused templates s/he came across. The original editor is no longer involved with the articles, and is only sporadically active on Wiki. [1]. I don't know how to delete a template, and the instructions on this page make it sound like a lot of work to clear out something that's not in use. Here are the unused templates:

  • Template:ChavezLinks
  • Template:ChavezNotes
  • Template:ChavezArticles
  • Template:ChavezHonors
  • Template:ChavezCategories
  • Template:ChavezReferences

If anyone can make this easy, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Sandy 00:23, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Kudos

As a first time user of the TfD nominating process, I have to complement the editors of the page. The explanations, instructions, and process were very easy to follow. Good job.--G1076 17:35, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Useless But Funny Userbox Templates

Can we consolidate the votes for Earth, Mars, Wikipedian, etc, etc, etc onto one piece of discussion? They all do the same thing, excpet it's a lot more trouble when the argument is spread across many discussions. 75.33.140.40 01:58, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Tfd log

User:Ned Scott noted that {{tfd log}} wasn't working, but I've fixed it using the relatively new {{#time}} parser function, so for whoever creates the new day's log pages, it's now available for you to use. howcheng {chat} 03:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Closebox

TfD's getting quite inconsistent about this now: should TfDs be closed like this:

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was example. --ais523 09:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Template:Whatever

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The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

or like this:

[edit] Template:Whatever

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was example. --ais523 09:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

...

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

There's both in the TfD logs at the moment, and it would be nice if it were consistent. --ais523 09:42, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

I always do the second one, as it keeps the closing wikitext in the same section as the debate, whereas using the first, {{tfd top}} appears in the previous section, overly confusing the process. Martinp23 12:52, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

The second one is how it's always been. —Pilotguy (push to talk) 17:48, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

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