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Template:Please don't change this page

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The result of the discussion was move. to Wikipedia:Introduction (historical)/2/Template and then redirect with an {{r from merge}}. Primefac (talk) 20:24, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The sole purpose of this page was its one transclusion formerly on Wikipedia:Introduction (historical)/2. After all of the subpages of Wikipedia:Introduction were moved after Wikipedia:Introduction was repurposed and its former function deemed historical, this template no longer serves a purpose. And even if the reliant page hadn't been moved, I would have suggested this be substituted and deleted (the sole transclusion has already been substituted) since 1) it has no utility to be used anywhere else (one transclusion, not intended to be used elsewhere), and 2) the name of the template is misleading and could make editors assume it has something to do with full page protection. Steel1943 (talk) 20:43, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Please don't edit this page

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The result of the discussion was move. to Wikipedia:Introduction (historical)/3/Template, then redirect with an {{r from merge}}. Primefac (talk) 20:26, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The sole purpose of this page was its one transclusion formerly on Wikipedia:Introduction (historical)/3. After all of the subpages of Wikipedia:Introduction were moved after Wikipedia:Introduction was repurposed and its former function deemed historical, this template no longer serves a purpose. And even if the reliant page hadn't been moved, I would have suggested this be substituted and deleted (the sole transclusion has already been substituted) since 1) it has no utility to be used anywhere else (one transclusion, not intended to be used elsewhere), and 2) the name of the template is misleading and could make editors assume it has something to do with full page protection. Steel1943 (talk) 20:41, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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College football independent records

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The result of the discussion was Delete -FASTILY 01:16, 8 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The templates are now unused, having been replaced by regional templates; see Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 January 23#NCAA independents football records and Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2020 February 5#College football independents records for two similar nominations. Jweiss11 (talk) 19:44, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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2020 association football leagues templates

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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 May 7. (non-admin closure) TheTVExpert (talk) 17:36, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:False version

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The result of the discussion was keep. (non-admin closure) TheTVExpert (talk) 17:35, 7 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance templates describe issues with an article, such as the article being possibly outdated, non-neutral or otherwise requiring improvement, and are removed when the issue is fixed. This does not appear to be possible here. There are slightly similar tags like {{current event}}, but even these are directed at improving or maintaining the article. Wikipedia is not a news provider, nor should an encyclopedic article give undue weight to hoaxes in this way. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 01:54, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

  • Additional concern: This is essentially original research placed in a big orange box above an article. The discussion that led to its creation can be found at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Medicine#Blood_irradiation_therapy. The only mainspace transclusion is at the top of Blood irradiation therapy. It sets a problematic precedent. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 02:09, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose. To give the TL;DR, blood irradiation therapy went from about 50 views per day to around 30,000, and we learned it's because a manufactured version is spreading on social media. This notice, while somewhat unusual, was designed to alert readers of that. I agree with you that it doesn't quite fit squarely as a maintenance template, since it's not about edits that need to be made to the article. So I have no objection to reformatting/reclassifying it somehow. But in an IAR sense, I feel strongly that it was needed. Last Saturday, 99.8% (that's math, not hyperbole) of readers on that page were there because of the false version, and the fact it was false was essential information to communicate to them prominently. The view counts have dropped since then, and it's hard to tell whether that was because of the notice or just the image running its course, but we're Wikipedia — we don't mess with misinformation. Was it OR in some sense? Sure. Would leaving it out have improved Wikipedia's ability to provide information to readers? Absolutely not. And that takes precedence for me. I doubt this is the only time we're ever going to see something like this — we need to adapt to the information ecosystem we now live in, and the template is a step in that direction. Courtesty pinging discussion participants @Beorhtwulf, Mark viking, and WhatamIdoing:{{u|Sdkb}} talk 05:08, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment. It did seem to me that it was useful for the blood irradiation article to have some kind of warning on it a couple of days ago, given the enormous spike in traffic it received, so whatever happens to this template I am glad Sdkb decided to be bold and put it there. Wikipedia is at risk of being co-opted into misinformation campaigns by people circulating nonsense and claiming they got it from Wikipedia, and relying on the average Facebooker not following this up to check. There is a legitimate question about whether there are many other articles where this template or something like it needs to be displayed, since it has only been used on one so far so is perhaps a strange outlier. It doesn't seem quite right though to dismiss the idea of having such a warning as original research specifically. Whether it's a good idea or not is a separate matter to concerns about editors inserting their own research findings or other ideas into the text of articles uncited. A suggestion: there is a talk page template to highlight when an article has been used in or the subject of media coverage. This is aimed at editors rather than readers to help them understand the context of an article, and I think it would be at least as useful for editors to know that a fake version of an article is being circulated online. Moving it to the talk page would defeat Sdkb's objective of warning the reader to be careful though. Beorhtwulf (talk) 06:29, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose There is probably some larger policy discussion we need to have at WP, maybe at the Village Pump, about how to deal with widely distributed faked Wikipedia articles. These harm our reputation and for medical topics, could even potentially cause some harm. Until we come to consensus on that, I think this template is a good initial effort in that direction. It lets the reader know that bogus versions of the article are circulating and to wary of them. To me, such a warning is consistent with our mission of providing neutral, accurate information. Because such a caution is meta-information about the article, rather than the topic itself, a template at the top seems the appropriate place to put it. I appreciate the nom's concern that this could be abused, but the initial use was a good one and future uses can be discussed on a case-by-case basis. I am inclined to keep this template until we have that wider discussion. --{{u|Mark viking}} {Talk} 11:38, 30 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose deletion per Sdkb and Mark viking. Mdaniels5757 (talk) 21:59, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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