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Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Header
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On this page, deletion of templates (except as noted below) is discussed.
How to use this page
What not to propose for deletion here
The majority of pages in the Template: namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:
Reasons to delete a template
- The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance
- The template is redundant to a better-designed template
- The template is not used, either directly or by template substitution (the latter cannot be concluded from the absence of backlinks), and has no likelihood of being used
- The template violates some other key policy such as NPOV or CIVIL
Templates for which none of these apply may be (and often are) deleted by consensus here. If a template is being misused, consider clarifying its documentation to indicate the correct use, or informing those that misuse it, rather than nominating it for deletion. Initiate a discussion on the template talk page if the correct use itself is under debate.
Listing a template
To list a template for deletion, follow this three-step process (replace TemplateName, not including the namespace identifier "Template:", with the name of the template to be deleted unless otherwise noted):
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Tag the template
Add one of the following two codes to the top of the template page (the first for most templates, the second only for inline templates):
{{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
{{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}
- Do not change PAGENAME to the actual name of the page. The command "subst:" requires the text "PAGENAME".
- Do not substitute either template.
- If the template to be nominated for deletion is protected, either put the notice on its /doc (template documentation) sub-page inside
<includeonly>...</includeonly> markup; or put the notice on its talk page (without such markup); or use {{editprotected}} on the talk page to ask an admin to add the notice to the template.
- If placed directly into the nominated template, use
<noinclude>...</noinclude> around the TFD notice if it is likely to be disruptive to articles that transclude that template.
- Do not mark the edit as minor.
- Include in the edit summary the phrase
TfD: Nominated for deletion; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for deletion#TemplateName]
If the template has been nominated before, use "TemplateName (2nd nomination)", "TemplateName (3rd nomination)", etc.
If you are nominating multiple related templates, replace TemplateName in the edit summary with an informative discussion title, and use {{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} or {{tfd-inline|{{subst:PAGENAME}}|TemplateName}} instead of the versions given above, using the same discussion title for TemplateName (but not for {{subst:PAGENAME}}, which must remain the name of the template being TFD tagged). If you were nominating a lot of navboxes about American films, you might use "American films by decade", for instance, as the TemplateName.
If a template is intended to be substituted, wrap the {{tfd}} or {{tfd-inline}} template in <noinclude> tags: <noinclude>{{tfd|{{subst:PAGENAME}}}}</noinclude>
The TFD template, in the form {{tfd-inline|literal name of template|TemplateName}}<br />, should be added to the top of any categories that would be deleted as a result of the TFD, using the same TemplateName value and edit summary as the template(s), and the actual name of the template (minus the "Template:" prefix). Note that it is {{tfd-inline}} followed by a line-break; the wording of {{tfd}} is not suitable for category use.
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List the template at TfD
Follow THIS LINK to edit the section of TfD for today's entries.
Add this text to the section, at the top:
{{subst:tfd2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for nominating the template. ~~~~}}
If this is a multi-template and multi-category nomination, see {{catfd3}} instead (please read its documentation; the parameters it uses are not the same as those of {{tfd2}}).
- Make sure to replace TemplateName with the the same value as used in step 1, above (usually the template's name, excluding the "Template:" prefix).
- Use an edit summary such as
Creating deletion discussion entry for [[Template:TemplateName]
replacing TemplateName as above.
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Notify users.
Consider adding
{{subst:tfdnotice|TemplateName}} ~~~~
on relevant talk pages to inform editors of the deletion discussion. This is especially important if the TFD notice was put on the template's talk page. Use an edit summary such as
Adding notification of deletion discussion entry for [[Template:TemplateName]
replacing TemplateName as above.
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It is generally considered civil to notify the creator and any main contributors of the template that you are nominating the template. To find the main contributors, look in the page history or talk page of the template.
Also consider adding to your watchlist any templates you nominate for TfD. This will help ensure that the TfD tag is not removed.
Discussion
Anyone can join the discussion, but please give a reason when saying what you think should be done with the template. Please explain how, in your opinion, the template does not meet the criteria above. Comments such as "I like it," while potentially true, generally do not fulfill this requirement. It also helps if you Bold your actual action (for example, Keep or Delete).
People will sometimes also recommend subst or Subst and delete and similar. This can be roughly "translated" into merge, and means the template text should be merged into the articles that use it (done by adding the subst: prefix to the template call, hence the name) before the template page is deleted.
Keep in mind that only very rarely are templates here orphaned (made to not be in use) before nomination. It is unhelpful to term a proposed action: "keep until orphaned" or anything similar as administrators will generally orphan any template before deletion. Please instead phrase it simply as "delete".
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