Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 July 7

July 7

Template:Verifiedbadge

• Template:Verifiedbadge (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Created by a user blocked for spamming, to use in his autobiographical article (since deleted). Clearly this is of no use to Wikipedia, but I wasn't able to find a suitable criterion for speedy deletion. Un assiolo (talk) 19:33, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Delete - no transclusions or incoming links. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 00:28, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Seconda Categoria

• Template:Seconda Categoria (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

The template was only transcluded in Seconda Categoria; it was likely originally meant to link pages of all the regional tournaments in this league (which do not have Wikipedia pages), but it only links to the names of the regions. Not useful. Broc (talk) 13:31, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:BC Körmend by season

• Template:BC Körmend by season (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Navbox with all red links in the body. DB1729^talk 10:30, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:User WP:AGS

• Template:User WP:AGS (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Ancient Germanic studies was redirected and is no longer a project or task force. Gonnym (talk) 10:02, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

• Keep for the same reasons as Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:WikiProject Colonial Empires/Userbox/CEBASICBOX, Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_July_7#Template:User_WikiProject_Dacia, Wikipedia:Categories_for_discussion/Log/2024_July_7#Category:WikiProject_Dacia_participants and Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 July 7#Category:WikiProject Colonialism participants. Although the WikiProjects are gone, these templates and their accompanying categories have historical interest. It would have been helpful to bundle these related nominations together or at least link them. And polite to notify the successor wikiproject at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject History. – Joe (talk) 09:02, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:User WikiProject Dacia

• Template:User WikiProject Dacia (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia was redirected and is no longer a project or task force. Gonnym (talk) 09:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:WikiProject Dacia Invitation

• Template:WikiProject Dacia Invitation (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Dacia was redirected and is no longer a project or task force. Gonnym (talk) 09:51, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Fake pp-semi

• Template:Fake pp-semi (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

There is no real place this would be used, even as an example. Gonnym (talk) 09:42, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:User18

• Template:User18 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

No transclusions or incoming links. Created in 2021. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:37, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Keep No user template has similar or more expansive contents than this one. In particular, it is the only one that links to Special:AbuseLog and Special:Log/block. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:42, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

I just fixed the broken unnamed parameter. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:48, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Keep Also, because it's one of the only ones able to easily cross-link a user from a Wikimedia sister project (the other is {{Userxx}}). It was created to support linking users involved in cross-wiki issues, which admittedly don't come up that often, but it a big time-saver when it does. It looks like I must have forgotten about it when the time came to use it, so ironically, this Tfd has reminded me. There are not a ton of users who are interested in or know how to deal with cross-wiki issues, so it would be helpful to keep this around for that purpose. Maybe it needs a rename, to highlight the cross-wiki nature of it, and if someone could suggest a good name for it, I'd support that. (as creator) Mathglot (talk) 02:37, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

Delete Evidently nobody cares about whatever virtues are being extolled here because this has remained unused for years. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 03:41, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:49, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 02:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Usbk/light

• Template:Usbk/light (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

No transclusions or incoming links from discussions. Created in 2016. – Jonesey95 (talk) 20:38, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

• Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 23:52, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
• Keep I'll try to dig a bit more. I believe this template was created to allow pages to contain very large numbers of userboxes without falling over. It may on the other hand have been to deal with slightly tendentious categories. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 16:40, 26 June 2024 (UTC).
  
  • Confirmed someone who didn't get it had removed the uses of the template. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 22:26, 26 June 2024 (UTC).
    

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:49, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, ✗plicit 02:53, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Template:Cat

• Template:Cat  (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Category link  (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Cat with Template:Category link.
{{Cat}} has the option for a "category:" prefix (i.e. {{cat|stubs}} and {{cat|Category:stubs}} have the same output: Category:Stubs), but otherwise this template just has fewer features than {{Category link}}. {{Category link}} does not accept the category prefix ({{Category link|Category:Stubs}} becomes Category:Stubs), but does allow for various options. They should be combined. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 00:11, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

• Merge Template:Category link to Template:Cat as an inferior duplicate. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 02:01, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

  I suppose I could've made it more clear in my nomination, but {{Category link}} has numerous options which {{Cat}} lacks, such as |count=, |count_type=, and the ability to "pipe" links ({{category link|X1|X2}} becomes X2) (you can read more on at Template:Category link/doc). HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 02:56, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

• Merge as both do the same thing. Gonnym (talk) 09:28, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
• Merge or reverse merge as both do the same thing. Unless someone has other criteria it seems reasonable to keep the one with the most features, as HouseBlaster says. I am not sure how the merge will technically impact the current usage of the template, hopefully there are solutions for that. Marcocapelle (talk) 15:16, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
• Comment: As HouseBlaster mentioned in an above comment, {{Category link}} has the ability to pipe links, which is incredibly useful (I've personally used it extensively on my saved links page). If the templates are merged, this functionality should stay. Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) 17:09, 7 July 2024 (UTC)
• Update: because the ability to optionally include a category prefix at {{Category link}} would be a good idea regardless of the outcome of this discussion, I have gone ahead and added that functionality to the sandbox. The sandbox version calls a new subtemplate, {{Category link/core}}, which has the added benefit of eliminating multiple calls to the WP:EXPENSIVE PAGESINCAT magic word. If this merge goes ahead, we just need to sync the main template with the sandbox and redirect {{cat}} to {{category link}}. HouseBlaster (talk · he/they) 22:32, 7 July 2024 (UTC)