Wikipedia:Avoid using WikiProject talk page templates

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✘ This proposal has failed to attain consensus within the Wikipedia community. A failed proposal is one for which a consensus to accept is not present after a reasonable amount of time, and seems unlikely to form, regardless of continuing discussion.

Recently (or not so recently) there has been a push by many Wikipedia:WikiProjects to put templates - like {{U.S. Highway WikiProject}} - on the talk pages of all articles within their scope. While this may help newbies find other like-minded editors, it has a serious flaw. One can no longer find out if there is discussion on a talk page from the color of the "discussion" tab. --SPUI (T - C) 00:39, 24 June 2006 (UTC)