Wikipedia:Requested templates/Other/2007/March

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Contents 1 Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony 2 Would it be a good idea to have a Location and Hours template? 3 Template for fair use for pictures of rare animals 4 Place page template

[edit] Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

Bow Wow Peecee1978 04:50, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Was that a request or a random comment? If it was a request, we need more detail. —dgies^t_c 05:00, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Would it be a good idea to have a Location and Hours template?

Hi all,

Sorry for off-topic: this is not a template request, but a question. Many tourist attractions, subway lines, etc. have a location and/or hours of operation posted on their Wikipedia articles. Do you think it'd be useful to have nice templates for this information so that this important info will be close to the top of every article and stand out? It could look like this:

Ontario Science Centre

• Location: 770 Don Mills Rd. at Eglinton Ave. E. (map)
• Hours: Open daily 10-5; closed Dec. 25. Hours may vary; phone ahead.
  Info is current as of March 2007.

And for businesses and tourist attractions, you could add extra info:

• Admission: CDN$14; over 64 and ages 13-17, CDN$10; ages 5-12, CDN$8. Theatre and special exhibits extra.
• Parking: CDN$8
• Phone: +1 (416) 696-3127

Yes, this information is very commercial, but it's useful, and being useful is what an encyclopedia is all about.

So, do you think this should be a template? Or do you think it's better just to put all this info in text form in some paragraph of the article?

Cheers, --unforgettableid | how's my driving? 18:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I think that while this is obviously useful information, you may run afoul of WP:NOT#DIRECTORY. —dgies^t_c 19:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Right. Don't add business hours, street addresses, or phone numbers. -- Rick Block (talk) 03:14, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

OK, fine, I can see why phone numbers shouldn't be there (not only hard to verify, but also increased risk of exploiting Wikipedia for commercial use and/or pranks.) But does WP:NOT#DIRECTORY really mean that useful info such as hours and street addresses can't go on the articles of already-notable tourist attractions? If so, do you think it is likely I could get the rules changed? Cheers, --unforgettableid | how's my driving? 06:14, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Template for fair use for pictures of rare animals

Since there are a number of rare animals that free pictures would be extremely hard to procure for, I think a template for rare animals is called for. I'd like some ideas on the wording of such a template, though. bibliomaniac15 02:54, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

It might be better to discuss this at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Fair use or Wikipedia talk:Fair use. Mike Dillon 02:59, 15 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Place page template

I've been doing a lot of work relating to and thinking about articles which are about settlements (towns, cities, villages, etc.) I've noted that there is a wide variety in the way existing articles have been made and have wondered if it might not be useful to produce a Places Template which would provide a person creating a new article with a skeleton on which the new article would build.

The template I have in mind would include a suggested concept of an introductory part and several suggested sections such as History, Location and Climate, Commerce and Industry, Culture and Recreation, Local Government, Notable Characeristics, etc. A places Infobox could be included with the template.

Using a template of this sort, the new article creator would simply "fill in the blanks" with whatever information was available and leave the empty headings for other editors to add to in the future.

I'm willing to spend some time on this myself, but before starting I was wondering what others thought about this and possibly get a few additional thoughts from persons who have created other templates. --JAXHERE | ^Talk 16:19, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

What you're asking for is probably handled better as a "preload" where a new page can be started using text from an existing page. One example is found at the top of this very page where we have: Click here to create a new request. If you want to introduce preloads for geography articles, it would probably be better to discuss it over at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Geography. If they like your idea and you need technical assistance, feel free to ask again here. —dgies^t_c 17:58, 20 March 2007 (UTC)