Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2014 December 31

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December 31

Template:PragerU

Template:PragerU (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Apparent violation of WP:PROMOTION, WP:ADV, WP:ELMINOFFICIAL, and WP:BALASPS. Prager University is a website that publishes short videos of speeches by notable people (similar to TED Talks). DougHill, the creator of the template, has added the template to every Prager U speaker that has his or her own article. (examples: [1], [2], [3]) This appears to be an effort to promote Prager U in violation of the above policies and guidelines among others. Most speakers have surely given many speeches more notable than the Prager U ones. Relevant discussion can be found on DougHill's user talk. I do not work on templates so my apologies if this is the wrong forum. Dr. Fleischman (talk) 19:42, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Blackboxwarning

Template:Blackboxwarning (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Redundant to {{Warning}}. Hardly used. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:16, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox U.S. county

Template:Infobox U.S. county (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:Infobox settlement (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Infobox U.S. county with Template:Infobox settlement.
I started making the US county template a wrapper for the standard settement infobox, in the former's sandbox, but there are just a few parameters missing. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 12:00, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please use |type=infobox with {{Tfm}}. You're disrupting literally thousands of articles. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 12:57, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment @Pigsonthewing: I echo the IP's sentiments – please only visibly tag the template that you're actually trying to get rid of. You've tagged several highly used templates for merger recently, which has caused quite a lot of annoyance. Infobox settlement has well over 400,000 transclusions, and it's really not necessary to disrupt hundreds of thousands of articles for this. Thanks, Number 57 13:03, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- This is standard procedure, and is insisted on by some editors, who object to template mergers where it is not done. If you want to change it, please raise the matter at Wikipedia talk:Templates for discussion to see whether there is consensus to do so. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:18, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  - It's also "standard procedure" to use |type=infobox on infoboxes. I've pointed this out to you before. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 13:31, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
    - @Pigsonthewing: will you be using this parameter in the future? 213.7.227.83 (talk) 17:06, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
      - As soon as its available in WP:Twinkle. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:17, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
        Please consider the possibility of that being disrespectful towards readers and editors who've expressed discontent. 213.7.227.83 (talk) 20:54, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Divbegin

Template:Divbegin (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

544 uses. Redundant with and replaceable by {{div col}} (63939 uses). Will need some cleanup as this template closes with a raw </div>. Gadget850^talk 10:41, 31 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]