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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:59, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:ASAP Rocky (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

only links two articles. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 23:36, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:01, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:I-- (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:L-- (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:--- (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

redundant to more commonly used template:clade, which I used to replace these in the only article using them. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 21:09, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was Keep Happymelon 16:38, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:FoP-USonly (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:FoP-US (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Misrepresents US law and project policy, purpose unclear. 9carney (talk) 19:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Magog the Ogre has begrudgingly changed the law reference to 17 USC 120(a) yet the wording of the template remains defective: it goes on about the significance of the date December 1st, 1990 which is not even mentioned in 17 USC 120(a). The second paragraph is also defective because its wording ignores the possibility of freely licenced or fair use files. The innaccuracies of the text could easily be fixed but It's the lack of clarity as to purpose which is the biggest problem. some users have been mistakenly using this template in place of the correct non-free template for images of buildings in non-FoP countries. If this template carried a clear instruction that it was only to be used for buildings constructed in the US then it might be of some use. 9carney (talk) 17:54, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Right, the date 1 December 1990 is not given in that law. I assume that a link to s:Architectural Works Copyright Protection Act should be added somewhere. The second "error" is that you haven't understood what the templates mean. They just tells that architects have no say in the use of a photo of a building in the United States, unless the architects themselves took the photo. {{FoP-US}} and {{FoP-USonly}} license the building and need to be accompanied by a second licence which licenses the photo or painting of the building. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:57, 25 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:06, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Constituent college (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

replaced by template:for. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:42, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Author agrees - this template was intended to encourage clarification linking for university colleges (as opposed to community colleges, high schools or dorms), where confusion is common and little explanation normally available, but this is just as easy with template:for. Philtweir (talk) 19:04, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Consul Datebox (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused, except for a user sandbox. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:09, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Contact-me (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

single use template, redundant to other templates. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:35, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Contact XMPP (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:XMPP (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused and probably replaced by template:User XMPP. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Convergent evolution infobox (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

was only being used in one article, where I replaced it with template:multiple image. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:En2bndigit (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:ConvertDigit (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:21, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:10, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:ConvertFile (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

replaced by template:should be PNG, template:should be SVG, ... 198.102.153.2 (talk) 18:18, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:12, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Baseball Hitting Stats (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:08, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:12, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:BSACouncil (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused infobox. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:13, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:BDInDecade (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

appears to be replaced by Template:BDDecadesInCentury. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 17:01, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:13, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:BBC News World Divisions map (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

old and unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:59, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:13, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox foremost royal claimant (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:37, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:13, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Digimon organization (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:35, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Country Special Olympics World Games (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:34, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Info ISO-3166-2 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:33, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox AFL (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:32, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:14, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox AFL2 1969 (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:31, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:12, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox hot spot data (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:30, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox mars hot spot data (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused template frontend. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:29, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 03:11, 31 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Gibson County, Indiana topics (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

unused wrapper for two other navboxes. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:25, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was Delete Happymelon 16:33, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:GiulianiTop (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

old and redundant to current {{sidebar}} system. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:23, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was Delete Happymelon 16:34, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Gilbert&Sullivan opera (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

old and unused. 198.102.153.2 (talk) 16:22, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was Keep Happymelon 16:31, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Unsolved (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Not encyclopaedic and WP:NOTTEXTBOOK Gnevin (talk) 12:59, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep - I disagree. WP:NOTTEXTBOOK suggests not providing leading questions with solutions, which this template does not do (in fact the whole point is that there is no solution). As for the unencyclopedic side of things, we do have categories for this sort of thing, but the linking to Unsolved problems in computer science beside the discussion of the problem is a useful one. --Michael Billington (talk) 06:07, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment This is a relic of Wikipedia's past remaining essentially unchanged since 2005 while the rest of the project has move on leaps and bounds . We don't have random Did you know's in article bodies or ask the reader questions Which team won the 2012 Champions league in the Champions league . While I'm aware of WP:OTHERSTUFF, i've never seen anything like this used anywhere else in the project. Gnevin (talk) 08:53, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep, even Strong Keep - Didn't we just have this discussion? I guess not - it was a year and a half ago. Still, all the reasons mentioned before that led it to be kept. WP:NOTTEXTBOOK is a policy meant to avoid the creation of lists of information, not a policy which prohibits an accurate and catchy way of describing a problem associated with the encyclopedia entry. What do people have against this template? Do we prefer our information only be listed in visually unappealing long-text form? Anyway, seeing as we apparently are just going to nominate it over and over again, I'll just copy paste my response from last time: I think it is helpful (it's helped me find my way to some very interesting pages while I was browsing - ways that categories likely wouldn't have). And yes it is unorthodox but I don't find it necessarily unprofessional (I would be glad to introduce the template to a society of important people!). In any case asking a question is a completely legitimate exercise if it is clearly meant to show that the question is unanswered: it is less clumsy and more attention-grabbing to say "Unanswered question: is the universe expanding?" than to say "Unanswered problem: whether or not the universe is expanding" (or worse, footnote without any graphics or font change: "Category:Unanswered problems in Physics"). Magog the Ogre (talk) 09:07, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • While it is indeed correct that we don't include random DYK templates in articles, the difference is that DYKs are not linked in any way in the real world. "Unsolved problems in physics" is a tangible subject: we have a list article for it. What is also true from the nom, however, is that as of 2012 we have (finally) mostly standardised the way we present navigational templates into either {{navbox}}es or {{sidebar}}s, and this is neither. So it is perhaps worth considering transmogrifying this into an actual navigational sidebar so that editors can browse around that most interesting of domains rather than having it be essentially a nutshell for the article they're already on. In fact, looking at the previous TfD (nearly two years ago), I suggested this at the time. That TfD was anything but a unanimous keep anyway, especially considering some of the non-reasons given in support of it. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 10:12, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Good idea Gnevin (talk) 14:48, 23 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was Delete Happymelon 16:29, 30 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Energy-civ (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Delete Unused template of unknown use. -- Alan Liefting (talk - contribs) 04:28, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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