Template talk:RM (cash)

Requested move 15 July 2015

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The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 (talk) 16:30, 29 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Template:RM → ? – The title of this template can easily be confused with {{Requested move}}, especially due to WP:RM redirecting to Wikipedia:Requested moves. A possible new title for this template could be Template:RM (cash), but I do understand that the length of that title possibly upsets the purpose of this shortly-named template (and thus, why I didn't recommend that in my actual move request.) Currently, this template has only 45 transclusions: my recommendation is to move the template (to whatever new title), substitute all current transclusions with the new name (so that no existing uses of this template break), and then retarget Template:RM to Template:Requested move. (I cannot count how many times I accidentally used {{RM}} instead of {{Requested move}} when I started editing Wikipedia: I would imagine that others have had the same issue.) Steel1943 (talk) 01:55, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Comment why is this a road template? The link on the template is for a monetary currency, and not a road topic. Indeed the proper monetary template is called {{MYR}} -- I don't think it's a good idea for roads to maintain a separate set of currency templates apart from the currency template system. -- 67.70.32.20 (talk) 04:47, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems to be part of a template series for disambiguating toll roads by fare media, rather than a general template for indicating things denominated in ringgit. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 05:35, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

MOVE to Template:Malyasian ringgit (cash) preferentially or Template:RM (cash) per 209.211.131.181; pending deletion of this entire template set. It should not replicate the currency templates. Instead ROADS should use some sort of generic template that accepts currency templates as a parameter, and a specifier for cash or token -- 67.70.32.20 (talk) 08:06, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move. This is also not a currency template, so it's also confusable with RM as the conventional symbol for the ringgit. I'd be fine with Template:RM (cash) as a new name, but any other sensible new name is also fine by me. This template series is badly named and inconsistent in general, so consistency with the other existing templates need not be considered. Note that if this is changed, the documentation at Category talk:Malaysia expressway and road infobox templates/doc needs to be updated as well. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 05:35, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Malaysian ringgit? Greg Kaye 06:55, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose I've never seen this template until today, and I've requested lots of page moves in the past. I've always copied the template from WP:RM#CM (IE the one that starts "subst:Requested move.." Even the template's instructions state "This template should always be substituted, i.e. use {{subst:Requested move}}." Template:RM is not the same as WP:RM, as it's in a different namespace. Lugnuts ^{Dick Laurent is dead} 07:05, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

What I am referring to is that in several cases, the Wikipedia-namespace shortcut that targets a discussion forum usually also has a template or template redirect that matches its most common or known shortcuts. Compare this to WP:RFD and {{RFD}}, WP:TFD and {{TFD}}, or WP:CFD and {{CFD}}. Helping editors use Wikipedia functions by associating template and template shortcuts with the forums' shortcuts seems to be the precedent. Steel1943 (talk) 11:24, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Move per OP's rationale. I've also been annoyed by this confusing redirect and see little reason not to move it. Bataaf van Oranje (talk) 12:51, 22 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.