Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Userboxes/APO

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The result of the debate was . userfy, NOT performed by the closing admin Yamamoto Ichiro 会話 22:42, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Userboxes/APO

This user box is a substantial duplication of another template, which exists at Template:User aphio. While I understand this has transclusions and links to it, the number pales in comparison to the above-mentioned userbox. Comparison of links to this template and the other one below:

This userbox (up for deletion): Special:Whatlinkshere/Wikipedia:WikiProject Scouting/Userboxes/APO - 5 unique users*
APhiO Userbox (to replace the proposed deleted one): Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:User aphio - 14 unique users*
(*1 user has both boxes)

• comment I thought we were no longer supposed to have userboxes in templatespace? --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 11:54, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Template space is fine if they're uncontroversial, which both of the mentioned templates almost certainly are. — Gavia immer (talk) 14:38, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

OK. Template:User aphio is not linked to any of the indexes. --— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 15:42, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

• Move to Userspace (i.e. User:UBX). Many people use this template. miranda 20:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

Many is pretty subjective, I think. There are only 6 using the one that is up for deletion vs. 15 using the one that I would like to replace it with, with 1 person using both. Why have two userboxes that say the same thing? Why not consolidate? Justinm1978 (talk) 21:13, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

• Userfy - per User:Miranda. These are two completely different userboxes, different wording, different colors, different categories. There are often multiple variations of userboxes to meet the needs of different users. Some are only used on one or two pages. It shouldn't be in Project space though.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 02:34, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

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