Template talk:FS1037C MS188

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Is it just me that finds the usage of this template rather irritating? It just seems to be slapped onto technical articles arbitrarily, with no indication of which particular material it's associated with, making it impossible to discern at a later date.

If article material has in fact come from this particular standard, why can't it just be cited in the normal way, like everything else? Oli Filth^(talk) 18:52, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

For me it is a good warning sign, since this source is old and i.m.o. nonacademic and incomplete, and wiki articles based on it usually are poorly written. However, people might interpret it as some kind of quality guarantee. I suggest that the template somehow should mention the year 1996, to emphasize that this is old stuff. Okay? The template should be removed from articles that are rewritten to a large extent. Mange01 (talk) 23:03, 23 January 2008 (UTC)