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Excellent

I may be prejudiced, since I suggested it, but I think this is a potentially very useful tag, and I'm glad to see it implemented. For the description, I might suggest that "group, organization or ensemble" seems a little more clear and general purpose, at least to me. But I won't insist on it. Anyway, good show, thanks. :) Xtifr _tälk 22:33, 29 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, of course you're welcome to change it as you see fit. I wasn't sure whether I was being all-inclusive in that description or not, and have no preference for one wording over the other. BigNate37_(T) 08:54, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, on re-reading, I'm not so sure what I think. It may be just fine the way it is. I'll ponder for a while. cheers, Xtifr _tälk 10:55, 30 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...and, after reflection, I changed "band" to "ensemble", because that also covers non-musical troupes (e.g. Second City), but I left "team" in, because that's good. Xtifr _tälk 09:57, 2 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Redirects with possibilities?

I think this category should, by definition, be included. Thoughts? --Closedmouth 06:30, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

...Mmm...maybe? I suspect it would be appropriate in most cases, but I'm not sure it would be appropriate in all cases, so I don't have a strong opinion either way at present. Xtifr _tälk 22:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

It is, indirectly (apologies for replying so late, I realize the dates on these comments ;). This template places pages into Category:Redirects from members, which is categorized in Category:Redirects from people, which is in Category:Redirects with possibilities. In my opinion, there's no sense polluting the category heirarchy by placing redirects in two heirarchical levels with a single redirect tag. BigNate37_(T) 18:04, 17 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I didn't even notice that, thanks. --Closedmouth (talk) 00:15, 18 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Seven years later that remains true. Category:Redirects from members and its siblings in {R from people} ipso facto contain Redirects with possibilities. Those are possible biographies in my interpretation. See Category talk:Redirects from people for more of that, perhaps with debate to follow.

That one of the R from people subcats --Redirects from members, which now contains about 85% of all {R from people} pages-- greatly needs maintenance. Many redirects from impersonal things are there.

--P64 (talk) 20:10, 21 February 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Printworthiness

If {{R from person}} redirects are marked as printworthy, these should too. @Paine Ellsworth: Any opinion? 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 12:08, 14 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Just so you know, I agree. The category is a subcat of Category:Redirects from people, so it fits. P.I. Ellsworth ed. ^put'r there 20:38, 16 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Include "band" in documentation?

I think it would make sense to include "band" in the documentation here, to make it easier to ctrl-f find it

Old:

|to=a general, related topic, such as the group name, organization, ensemble, or team of membership

New:

|to=a general, related topic, such as the group name, organization, ensemble, band, or team of membership

—siro χ o 05:30, 14 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]