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On this page, the deletion or merging of templates and modules, except as noted below, is discussed.

How to use this page

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What not to propose for discussion here

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The majority of deletion and merger proposals concerning pages in the template namespace and module namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:

Stub templates
Stub templates and categories should be listed at Categories for discussion, as these templates are merely containers for their categories, unless the stub template does not come with a category and is being nominated by itself.
Userboxes
Userboxes should be listed at Miscellany for deletion, regardless of the namespace in which they reside.
Speedy deletion candidates
If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{Db-author}}. See also WP:T5.
Policy or guideline templates
Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, such as the speedy deletion templates, cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant guideline.
Template redirects
List at Redirects for discussion.
Moving and renaming
Use Wikipedia:Requested moves.

Reasons to delete a template

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  1. The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance.
  2. The template is redundant to a better-designed template.
  3. The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used.
  4. The template violates a policy such as Neutral point of view or Civility and it can't be fixed through normal editing.

Templates should not be nominated if the issue can be fixed by normal editing. Instead, you should edit the template to fix its problems. If the template is complex and you don't know how to fix it, WikiProject Templates may be able to help.

Templates for which none of these apply may be deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.

Listing a template

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Shortcuts

To list a template for deletion or merging, adhere to the following three-step process. Utilizing Twinkle is strongly recommended as it automates and simplifies these steps. To use Twinkle, click TW in the toolbar (top right of the page), then select XFD. Do not include the "Template:" prefix in any of the steps, unless specifically instructed otherwise.

Step Instructions
I: Tag the template. Add one of the following codes to the top of the template page:

Note:

  • If it is an inline template, do not add a newline between the TfD notice and the code of the template.
  • If the template to be nominated for deletion is protected, make a request for the TfD tag to be added, by posting on the template's talk page and using the {{editprotected}} template to catch the attention of administrators or template editors.
  • For templates designed to be substituted, add <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the TfD notice to prevent it from being substituted alongside the template.
  • Do not mark the edit as minor.
  • Use an edit summary like
    Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:name of template]]
    or
    Nominated for merging; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:name of template]].
  • Before saving your edit, preview your edit to ensure the Tfd message is displayed properly.

Multiple templates: If you are nominating multiple related templates, choose a meaningful title for the discussion (like "American films by decade templates"). Tag every template with {{subst:Tfd|heading=discussion title}} or {{subst:Tfm|name of other template|heading=discussion title}} instead of the versions given above, replacing discussion title with the title you chose (but still not changing the PAGENAME code).

Related categories: If including template-populated tracking categories in the TfD nomination, add {{Catfd|template name}} to the top of any categories that would be deleted as a result of the TfD, this time replacing template name with the name of the template being nominated. (If you instead chose a meaningful title for a multiple nomination, use {{Catfd|header=title of nomination}} instead.)

TemplateStyles pages: The above templates will not work on TemplateStyles pages. Instead, add a CSS comment to the top of the page:

/* This template is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Help reach a consensus at its entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025_January_20#Template:template_name.css */
II: List the template at TfD. Edit today's TfD log and paste this text to the top of the list:
  • For deletion: {{subst:Tfd2|template name|text=Why you think the template should be deleted. ~~~~}}
  • For merging: {{subst:Tfm2|template name|other template's name|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}

If the template has had previous TfDs, you can add {{Oldtfdlist|previous TfD without brackets|result of previous TfD}} directly after the |text= before the why (or alternatively, after the }} of the Tfd2/Catfd2).

Use an edit summary such as
Adding [[Template:template name]].

Multiple templates: If this is a deletion proposal involving multiple templates, use the following:

{{subst:Tfd2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|title=meaningful discussion title|text=Why you think the templates should be deleted. ~~~~}}

You can add up to 50 template names (separated by vertical bar characters | ). Make sure to include the same meaningful discussion title that you chose before in Step 1.

If this is a merger proposal involving more than two templates, use the following:

{{subst:Tfm2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|with=main template (optional)|title=meaningful discussion title|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}

You can add up to 50 template names (separated by vertical bar characters | ), plus one more in |with=. |with= does not need to be used, but should be the template that you want the other templates to be merged into. Make sure to include the same meaningful discussion title that you chose before in Step 1.

Related categories: If this is a deletion proposal involving a template and a category populated solely by templates, add this code in the |text= field of the Tfd2 template but before the text of your rationale:

{{subst:Catfd2|category name}}
III: Notify users. Please notify the creator of the template nominated (as well as the creator of the target template, if proposing a merger). It is helpful to also notify the main contributors of the template that you are nominating. To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template. Then, add one of the following:

to the talk pages of the template creator (and the creator of the other template for a merger) and the talk pages of the main contributors. It is also helpful to make any interested WikiProjects aware of the discussion. To do that, make sure the template's talk page is tagged with the banners of any relevant WikiProjects; please consider notifying any of them that do not use Article alerts. Deletion sorting lists are a possible way of doing that.

Multiple templates: There is no template for notifying an editor about a multiple-template nomination: please write a personal message in these cases.

Consider adding any templates you nominate for TfD to your watchlist. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.

After nominating: Notify interested projects and editors

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While it is sufficient to list a template for discussion at TfD (see above), nominators and others sometimes want to attract more attention from and participation by informed editors. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing.

To encourage participation by less experienced editors, please avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations in the messages you leave about the discussion, link to any relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the TfD discussion page itself. If you are recommending that a template be speedily deleted, please give the criterion that it meets.

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WikiProjects are groups of editors that are interested in a particular subject or type of editing. If the article is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, they may welcome a brief, neutral note on their project's talk page(s) about the TfD. You can use {{subst:Tfd notice}} for this.

Tagging the nominated template's talk page with a relevant Wikiproject's banner will result in the template being listed in that project's Article Alerts automatically, if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a template with {{WikiProject Physics}} will list the discussion in Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.

Notifying substantial contributors to the template

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While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and any main contributors of the template and its talkpage that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, look in the page history or talk page.

At this point, you've done all you need to do as nominator. Sometime after seven days have passed, someone else will either close the discussion or, where needed, "relist" it for another seven days of discussion. (That "someone" may not be you, the nominator.)

Once you have submitted a template here, no further action is necessary on your part. If the nomination is successful it will be added to the Holding Cell until the change is implemented. There is no requirement for nominators to be part of the implementation process, but they are allowed to if they so wish.

Also, consider adding any templates you nominate to your watchlist. This will help ensure that your nomination tag is not mistakenly or deliberately removed.

Twinkle

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Twinkle is a convenient tool that can perform many of the posting and notification functions automatically, with fewer errors and missed steps than manual editing. To use Twinkle, click its dropdown menu in the toolbar in the top right of the page: TW , and then click 'XFD'.

Note that Twinkle does not notify WikiProjects, although many of them have automatic alerts. It is helpful to notify any interested WikiProjects that don't receive alerts, but this has to be done manually.

Discussion

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Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.

People will sometimes also recommend subst or subst and delete and similar. This means the template text should be "merged" into the articles that use it. Depending on the content, the template page may then be deleted; if preserving the edit history for attribution is desirable, it may be history-merged with the target article or moved to mainspace and redirected.

Templates are rarely orphaned—that is, removed from pages that transclude them—before the discussion is closed. A list of open discussions eligible for closure can be found at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Old unclosed discussions.

Closing discussion

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Administrators should read the closing instructions before closing a nomination. Note that WP:XFDcloser semi-automates this process and ensures all of the appropriate steps are taken.

Current discussions

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January 20

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Template:Laois Hurling Team of the Millennium

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No article about this team, looks fancruft The Banner talk 03:29, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 19

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Template:Ireland composite rules shinty team 2007

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 21:04, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Munster Hurling Team of the Last 25 Years (1984–2009)

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a player template for a non-existing subject The Banner talk 20:47, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Leinster Hurling Team of the Last 25 Years (1984-2009)

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a player template for a non-existing subject The Banner talk 20:46, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Munster Football Team of the Last 25 Years

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a player template for a non-existing subject The Banner talk 19:31, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Castleisland Desmonds Football Team 1985

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 19:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Castleisland Desmonds Football Team 1986

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 19:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Laois Minor Hurling Team 1934

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:41, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Australian freedom of information commissioners

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Only one link to an article outside the title. Not enough navigation for a navbox. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:NGC objects:1-500

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Propose merging Template:NGC objects:1-500 with Template:NGC objects: 1-1000.
This is an exact duplicate of half the larger template. The larger template aligns with the list. Alternatively, delete the larger template as a duplicate. -- Beland (talk) 10:22, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:NGC objects:501-1000

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Propose merging Template:NGC objects:501-1000 with Template:NGC objects: 1-1000.
This is an exact duplicate of half the larger template. The larger template aligns with the list. Alternatively, delete the larger template as a duplicate. -- Beland (talk) 10:21, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~ Tom.Reding (talk ⋅dgaf)  12:23, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:TCC Entry

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No transclusions or documentation. Created in June 2024. – Jonesey95 (talk) 06:32, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep – Still planing on getting this to work for the WP:TCC in a few months; would be nice to keep it around until then. If I don't end up using it, I'll self-nominate it after the fact. Aza24 (talk) 19:18, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:World Aquatics U20 Championships women's water polo tournament winners

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Having only two links makes this an unhelpful template. Bgsu98 (Talk) 05:13, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's okay if you want to delete the template. I don't mind and that's all. Stevencocoboy (talk) 05:33, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Galway under-21 hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:54, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Dublin under-21 county hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:46, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 18

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Template:Documentation/ruler

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Unused template that has been recreated (by the same author) every time it was deleted, supposedly for use on pages or templates imported from German Wikipedia, though this is not standard practice as far as I know. The name is also misleading: being a subtemplate of {{Documentation}} suggests that it's used as part of that system, even though it is not (it's not added directly by the template or module, nor is it part of any standard/widespread usage conventions). 「ディノ奴千？！」☎ Dinoguy1000 21:17, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete and salt. Users that are copying data from other places should take a few minutes to clean their imported article. If that is too much of an ask, then they should stop doing that. We don't need useless templates on en.wiki. Gonnym (talk) 16:40, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kilkenny Hurling Team 1895

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:22, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Waterford Hurling Team 2011

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WP:NENAN, looks like fancruft The Banner talk 14:21, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Intermediate Hurling Team 2006

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:31, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Football Team 1893

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:31, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Football Team 1894

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:30, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:St Joseph's Doora-Barefield Hurling Team 1999

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:42, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:St Joseph's Doora-Barefield Hurling Team 2000

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:41, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:London county hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Offaly under-21 hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:40, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Castlegar Hurling Team 1980

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Indre senators

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Unused and only two links. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 17:27, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:36, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 17

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Template:Dublin Hurling Team 1889

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 20:05, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:London Hurling Team 1901

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 20:05, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


Template:2024 NCAA Division III playoff navbox

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per a previous discussion on related templates. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 18:05, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per previous discussion. Thetreesarespeakingtome (talk) 22:38, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Clare Junior Hurling Team 1949

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:24, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Minor Hurling Team 1939

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:22, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Limerick Minor Hurling Team 1965

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:20, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kilkenny Minor Hurling Team 1959

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 13:20, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:RTÉ Sports Awards

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Just 4 awards but no article exists for the RTE Sports Awards The Banner talk 03:03, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kilkenny Minor Hurling Team 1939

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 03:00, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tipperary Junior Hurling Team 1991

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:26, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tipperary intermediate hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:26, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Down senior hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:25, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 16

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Template:Pmcon

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No transclusions. This is one of a set of templates discussed here, most of which have been deleted. The reason for these templates' existence do not appear to have been explained. Now that this one is unused, it can probably be deleted. – Jonesey95 (talk) 22:30, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

2017 EuroBasket men's team roster templates

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almost all single-use templates which can be merged with the parent article. the three that aren't single-use can be handled with WP:LST or Template:Excerpt. Frietjes (talk) 19:17, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Amsterdam tram line 1 and similar

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No transclusions. The templates' creator is OK with deleting them, knowing that they can be restored if they are ever needed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:04, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Castlegar Hurling Team 1985

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Athenry Hurling Team 1988

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kildare Hurling Team 2014

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:06, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Dublin Hurling Team 1941

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:05, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Galway Minor Hurling Team 1997

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:03, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Junior Football Team 2009

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:02, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Carbery Rangers Football Team 2005

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 16:01, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Oilers season

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Unused template A1Cafel (talk) 13:37, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Liberal Party of Australia leadership structure

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Template is redundant as it only is linked to from one page. Qwerty123M (talk) 11:19, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Asian Winter Games Ski orienteering

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I created almost all of those templates long time ago. at the time I thought they will reappear again in the program but that didn't happen. so these templates are unnecessary because those sports had been there just once. the templates are connecting only two pages. Sports2021 (talk) 05:24, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cleanup road junction list

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Propose merging Template:Cleanup road junction list with Template:Exit list.
The two templates are redundant to each other. Both cleanup templates pretty much deal with the same issue, and this one in particular is very over-specific. ToThAc (talk) 05:04, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G7 by Pppery (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 23:01, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No transclusions or categories one year after creation. The template's creator has no plans to use it. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:25, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.


January 15

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Template:John Hazelwood nav-aid

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This sidebar is only used on the main article. Either this is helpful and should be used on all linked articles, or this isn't needed per WP:BIDIRECTIONAL. Gonnym (talk) 18:12, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No objection. -- Gwillhickers (talk) 18:39, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Custom musical artist

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Unused infobox-like template for a musical artist. We already have {{Infobox musical artist}} and that is the only one that should be used. Gonnym (talk) 17:23, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ancient parishes of Rutland

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No transclusions. It is unclear how this navbox would be used, since the articles it links to (I checked a dozen) are about current or recent civil parishes, not about ancient parishes. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:48, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tile set download

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No transclusions, documentation, or incoming links from discussions. Created in 2012. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:22, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Totd plain welcome

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No transclusions. Does not appear to have been substed. Created in 2015. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:21, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:JPX

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Unnecessary navbox. 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:EF9C:2836:D3E7:518C (talk) 11:25, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:41, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:ASG

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Unnecessary navbox (only four links, one of which is a redirect). 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:EF9C:2836:D3E7:518C (talk) 11:18, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. 4 links is enough here, however, all the non-links should be removed. I've tagged the articles for notability. Gonnym (talk) 11:55, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Hex

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Unnecessary navbox (only three links). 2A0E:1D47:9085:D200:EF9C:2836:D3E7:518C (talk) 11:12, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Keep, and there are 4 links. Gonnym (talk) 11:53, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:40, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Next Iron Chef 5

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No cast and crew in navboxes WP:PERFNAV --woodensuperman 11:16, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:The Next Iron Chef 3

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No cast and crew in navboxes WP:PERFNAV --woodensuperman 11:15, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Urban Symphony

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One notable single. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 09:46, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Aleksandar Makedonski

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Only one notable album. WP:NENAN --woodensuperman 09:34, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 14

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Template:Copa Libertadores 2014

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Finalists templates not needed for club football competitions. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 19:55, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kilkenny Junior Hurling Team 1951

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:44, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Carlow under-21 hurling team managers

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:44, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kilkenny Minor Hurling Team 1962

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:42, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:St Lachtain's Hurling Team 2010

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Junior Hurling Team 1923

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Galway Junior Hurling Team 1940

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Dublin Hurling Team 1906

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:39, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Limerick minor county hurling team managers

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Single use template The Banner talk 14:15, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Wexford minor county hurling team managers

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Single use template The Banner talk 14:14, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tipperary Minor Hurling Team 1949

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:13, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Cork Minor Hurling Team 1928

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:12, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Capital cities of European Union member states

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Flags are unsuitable in navboxes per WP:NAVDECOR. In any case navbox is redundant to {{List of European capitals by region}}. --woodensuperman 11:07, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:K.M.S.K. Deinze squad

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K.M.S.K. Deinze went bankrupt in December 2024 and ceased to exist. Pelotastalk|contribs 08:45, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure

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No transclusions. It seems like it might be useful, but it was created in 2012 and has no uses. Maybe there is a different template that meets the need for this one. – Jonesey95 (talk) 01:02, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Graphicrequest

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No transclusions, documentation, or incoming links from discussions. Created in 2007. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:54, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Highly wanted draft

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No transclusions or incoming links to explain why this template exists. Created in 2022. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:53, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

When an editor is working in draft-space on an article that could eventually become the target of a highly red-linked article in main space (such at those at WP:WANTED), the hope is that this notice might help give pause for editors that might otherwise over-zealously "clean up" draft space. --N8wilson 🔔 04:08, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Redirect to {{Promising draft}}. Mathglot (talk) 11:30, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Not sure. On one hand, the scenario of making a highly wanted draft seems so specific that it's unnecessary, made apparent by the lack of transclusions and use overall. However, it would feel appropriate to keep because the lack of an equivalent (promising drafts are, hence its title, promising, not necessarily highly wanted) and could warrant more use in the future if the template was advertised a bit more. I'm on the fence on this one. —Sparkle and Fade (talk • contributions) 01:50, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:HHAF color

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No transclusions or incoming links. Created in 2022. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:48, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Welcome to Wikipedia/historical

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No transclusions of this subpage. It appears to be identical to this version from the page history, which is easily accessible. We don't need to keep specific revisions of existing pages as a record, since the record is always available. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:40, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]


January 13

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Template:Rally di Roma Capitale

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Navbox with only red links in body. DB1729talk 22:07, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Song about the Margaret Evans

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This template was apparently sitting at the bottom of Jacob Aaron Westervelt for about fifteen years until I removed it just now. It is not a navbox. It might be worth incorporating into the article. I have copied the template's content to the article's talk page for reference. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:32, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Limerick Minor Hurling Team 1958

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 14:41, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Swiss Figure Skating Championships

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All articles were redirected to the parent article per this AFD, rendering this template obsolete. Bgsu98 (Talk) 12:20, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Rower–Inistioge Hurling Team 2014

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:48, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tipperary Junior Hurling Team 1930

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Single use template The Banner talk 00:46, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tipperary Minor Hurling Team 1930

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:45, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kerry Minor Hurling Team 2014

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WP:NENAN The Banner talk 00:44, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Miss Nicaragua winners in the Big Four pageants

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was delete. ✗plicit 10:25, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only one link to an article of relevance. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 20:19, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:12, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:Australian Figure Skating Championships

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was keep. ✗plicit 10:24, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Per this Afd and my recent edits redirecting the remaining articles due to over a decade or six years of no sources and/or in-depth coverage of the annual event. No articles to navigate to or with. Template is no longer needed. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 15:11, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 00:08, 13 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Old discussions

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January 12

Template:Infobox United States Congress

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Comparing this infobox with Template:Infobox legislative term, it provides far less detail and is inconsistent with articles on other legislative bodies. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 18:38, 12 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Although we can consider changing the modern congress’ wikiboxes, replacing all 118 congress’ old wikiboxes would be a massive overhaul of excessive time and effort because of the need to create hundreds of hundreds of images for the senate and house party membership images to account for the hundreds of hundreds of party membership changes - including those that change the majority of the House or the Senate in the middle of the congressional term (i.e: Andrew Jackson’s last Congress, 1835-37). And finding an image to represent the average senate and house membership would be too subjective and unreliable with no hard rules for how to determine an average House and Senate party membership image. At the very least we should keep these things in mind Ozzy4Prezz (talk) 19:52, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Could we make the US Congress template depend on the infobox legislative term template, and forward most of the arguments? – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) 17:34, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 10

Template:Psf

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Used once... in 2012. Clearly not something that is needed any more; recommend subst before deletion to preserve the archive. Primefac (talk) 19:10, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Numbered routes in Rhode Island

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Per Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2006 April 1 and other precedents, these have been considered redundant to both Numbered routes in Rhode Island and Category:Numbered routes in Rhode Island for quite some time. Some 19 of these navboxes have been deleted over the years as listed at Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Roads/Precedents#Highway system navboxes. Additionally, by actively deploying them, they distort Special:WhatLinksHere for any entry in the box because they all now link to each other. Imzadi 1979 → 01:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - This template helps users move between each route with only one click. Several Interstate Highways have navigation boxes. --Jax 0677 (talk) 01:39, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    The Interstate Highways have navboxes to their related routes that they intersect, thus they're already linked in the real world and in the article. Rhode Island Route 122 does not connect to Rhode Island Route 238 in the real world (for one example), and yet they're both linking to each other now because of this navbox. That distorts and somewhat destroys the utility of Special:WhatLinksHere/Rhode Island Route 122 because everything now links to everything else in this set of 61 articles.
    Numbered routes in Rhode Island provides greater context to each article if a reader of Route 122 is looking for another route to read about, while the navbox contains no context other than being a list of links. The extra click to get that context is worth that minimal effort. Imzadi 1979 → 01:52, 2 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    In musical ensemble navigation boxes, some songs in the template do not connect in real life to other songs/albums in the same document (which is sometimes the case with many items in a navigation box). The "utility of Special:WhatLinksHere/Rhode Island Route 122" is irrelevant. Template {{Simon Property Group}} was created, and it was discussed that it should be kept, because users can access other facilities with only one click. --Jax 0677 (talk) 01:25, 4 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • delete, over navboxing. a category does a better job here. Frietjes (talk) 15:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 7

Template:Aviation accidents and incidents in Indonesia

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Foreseeable that the scope of this template will become too broad (see Russia and France), and thus has been partitioned in three. DemocracyDeprivationDisorder (talk) 11:05, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 14:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Izno (talk) 21:50, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

January 5

Template:Nowiki and samp

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This template does not appear to have found much need or use, as it is only used a handful of times on talk pages and only once in a template /doc. I could maybe see this being merged into {{samp}} with a |nowiki= parameter or similar, but otherwise I don't see much need to keep this around. Primefac (talk) 20:28, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Completed discussions

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A list of completed discussions that still require action taken on the template(s) — for example, a merge between two infoboxes — can be found at the "Holding Cell".

For an index of all old and archived discussions, see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/Archives.

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