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April 22, 2006

Viva colour templates

I don't see a reasonable purpose for these templates, and the creator hasn't provided any input as to how these templates could be used in an useful manner, other than being at Viva (bus rapid transit) (where I subst'ed them).—♦♦ SʘʘTHING(Я) 15:36, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. These templates do little beyond encouraging people to make articles more complex than necessary. David Arthur 18:40, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Planetbox classification

Template:Planetbox classification (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
There is no officially-accepted system of planetary classification (what the hell is a "habitable jovian" anyway?), there is very little observational data available, so trying to implement some kind of appearance/classification system when all we have in most cases is a lower limit on the mass and an orbital period is just speculation. We are an encyclopaedia, not a speculative site like Extrasolar Visions (I think this is where the creator got the idea). Using this template for any real extrasolar planets makes it seem like we know more than we actually do about them. I'd advise removing it from all the articles it's been put in, and deleting the template. Chaos syndrome 10:57, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Strong delete. Wikipedia must stay clear from this kind of speculation.--Jyril 14:41, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Age

Oh so very "clever", but completely unnecessary. Why we would need to have an age calculation on an encyclopedia is beyond me. This function breaks the moment that someone tries to mirror our content. It is good enough just to note birthdates and leave it at that. Be on the lookout for much more cruft like this as a result of the poor decision to implement m:ParserFunctions. The documented reason for it's creation (Ever wonder how old your favorite child actor is?) is enough for me to want this one gone. -- Netoholic @ 04:10, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep, this could be useful on userpages (for example, if someone wants to have their age displayed and have it kept up to date without editing it directly). Ditto for infoboxes that handle people (an age field that's always up to date). Etc. —Locke Cole • t • c 05:43, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete or userfy per nominator. There's no reason that this template should be used in the main namespace or the article talk page; information about the subject's birthdate should be in the article, not on the talk page. It can be userfied if this needs to be used on user pages. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 14:12, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
    • I believe Ed was just demonstrating it on the talk page, not saying information about age/birth should be moved to the talk page exclusively. And, respectfully, I don't see why we shouldn't use this in the main article namespace (especially in, say, infobox templates about people). —Locke Cole • t • c 17:28, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User SaintCliff

Template:User SaintCliff (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)
On top of not being useful to building an encyclopedia, this userbox uses a fairuse image within it. Which is a big no no in the userbox world. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 04:25, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep "Not being useful to building an encyclopedia"???? You've got to be kidding...that describes any userbox that relates to a user's personal interests, which is many, many user boxes and one of the key reasons for user boxes; so we can tell about ourselves. Also agree with user preschooler. Rlevse 12:37, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:User supports UN

Template:User supports UN (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs) Redundant. there is already a un-supporting userbox using exact words and almost identical at Template:User UN. an admin should speedy-delete. --preschooler@heart my talk - contribs 06:29, 22 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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