Category talk:Pages using deprecated templates

Circumvent?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Categories_for_deletion/Log/2006_November_29#Category:Pages_containing_deprecated_templates Rich Farmbrough, 13:08, 1 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

That discussion hardly had any input. Certainly not from the people who work with Tdeprecated. I think the nominator has been partially mistaken. It seems to me that those bots leave certain instances untouched (e.g. all userpages). Another strong argument to keep this category is, that it allows us to track what is going on with deprecated templates. And that is not only usefull, but positively necessary, for two reasons. The first being, that users might continue to use a template after its official deprecation (and despite all precautions, I'd say this is likely to happen now and again). Another problem is that editors sometimes deprecate templates without sticking to the proper procedures. Then, one can suddenly find tens, hundreds, and thousands of pages here. Keeping this pages allows for locating such problems and fixing them. Debresser (talk) 13:33, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well I just removed the last instance of Qif - and might was that template once upon a time. But it only moves the problem to Pages using deleteted templates - but that is an improvment I suppose. Rich Farmbrough, 17:25, 1 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

What problem? Debresser (talk) 18:10, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pages using templates that are past their sell-by date. Rich Farmbrough, 19:46, 1 October 2009 (UTC).[reply]

I think I showed above the usefulness of this page, even if at present it is empty. We have several such categories. And the more empty they are, the better. Debresser (talk) 20:35, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]