Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 January 28

January 28

Template:Siblings

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The result of the discussion was speedy delete. I can only interpret this as a test page or accident, and have deleted it as such. — The Earwig ^talk 22:48, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

• Template:Siblings (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unnecessary template, new user creation, possibly mistake or test edit JW 1961 Talk 20:23, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Template:Editnotices/Page/Grace

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The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted by Fastily (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 02:04, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

• Template:Editnotices/Page/Grace (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This template is badly wrong in two major ways. (1) Blacklinks and redlinks are allowed on DAB pages per WP:DABMENTION. Several editors have cheerfully and correctly ignored this instruction while adding entries to DAB page Grace. (2) Citations are not allowed on DAB pages per WP:DABREF. Every editor of Grace has correctly ignored that instruction. Compare Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2021 January 16#Template:Editnotices/Page/Aslan (disambiguation), closed as delete.

Note. I have not added {{tfd}} to the page under discussion. If I try to edit it, I get the message, "Warning: This page can only be edited by administrators and other users with the tboverride right because it matches the following title blacklist entry: [some stuff which doesn't copy into here correctly]". I ask the next passing admin to add that template for me. Narky Blert (talk) 18:21, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

• Added the TfD template. For the record, support deletion, on the same basis as the aforementioned TfD in the nom. — The Earwig ^talk 22:43, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
• Delete per previous nomination. Pompous notice contrary to policy for disambiguation pages. Nigej (talk) 06:32, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
• Question: @Narky Blert:, you said "Blacklinks and redlinks are allowed on DAB pages per WP:DABMENTION". Perhaps I'm missing it, but I can't see that that section says that. Did you link to the right place or am I just dumb? --Xurizuri (talk) 06:22, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

  @Xurizuri: I should have cited WP:DABRED for redlinks. Narky Blert (talk) 06:29, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

  Ah perfect, thank you. --Xurizuri (talk) 06:44, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

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Template:SIGMA

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The result of the discussion was delete. Primefac (talk) 01:14, 5 February 2021 (UTC)

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This template is equivalent to {{math|Σ}} and is barely used to boot (3 uses). Suggest deletion, though subst-only template after conversion to {{math}} is a second possibility. Izno (talk) 05:15, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

• Get rid of it I don't have any particular opinion on how it's done (bc I don't know the technicalities), but I don't think this should exist. There's already multiple other ways you can input sigma and those are confusing enough. Only having some greek letters in templates is no good too. --Xurizuri (talk) 06:26, 2 February 2021 (UTC)
• Isn't the ability to be able to type {{SIGMA}} a good thing? On mobiles, for example, you'd normally have to find the symbol otherwise and copy+paste it. ProcrastinatingReader (talk) 15:32, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

  No, the above is the HTML reference &Sigma. (I find it bizarre that my phone keyboard carries mu, theta, and omega as their own separate keys, but no other Greek letters. Maybe because it's 4 years going.) --Izno (talk) 18:30, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

• Delete Seems to be duplication, as does {{TAU}} Nigej (talk) 18:59, 4 February 2021 (UTC)

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