Wikipedia talk:Incomplete lists

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To quote: "the majority of wikipedia articles, lists or not, are incomplete, and they can all be expanded. there's no need for this." Hyacinth 21:30, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Just because something is widespread doesn't mean we shouldn't inform readers somehow of incomplete or nonrepresentative information. It does mean that an automatic solution may be more appropriate, though. I'm sure this issue is being debated somewhere already. Derrick Coetzee 22:26, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Also, many readers will naturally think of an extra item that can be added to the list - this extra reminder will hopefully persuade them to add it. I do have another question though - what is the difference between listdev and expand_list? saturnight 23:36, Sep 6, 2004 (UTC)

There is no difference that I know of. I've tried to combine them in the past, but was faced with rather vicious opposal. There appear to be active factions supporting both. I don't really understand. Derrick Coetzee 05:28, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Is there a compelling reason not to create a category for incomplete lists, which could be added to all 3 templates? _R_ 14:34, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] dynamic lists

Shouldn't the {{dynamic list}} tag be on this page? It's not widely used, but that may be because it isn't on this page. I didn't want to add it to the project page without mentioning it first, in case it's located elsewhere. [[User:Lachatdelarue|Lachatdelarue (talk)]] 22:48, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Expand list and listdev

Is there a reason both of these exist? Would anyone complain if I redirect the latter to the former? Or is there still 'rather vicious opposal'? --SPUI (talk) 01:29, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Redirection

Why do all of the list templates now redirect to Template:listdev? It seems to have disappeared from the TfD page. -- Smjg 17:46, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)