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Template:Mickey Mouse cartoons and featurettes[edit]

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was keep Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:24, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Mickey Mouse cartoons and featurettes (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

In my opinion, this navigation box is redundant. Quoting from Wikipedia:Navigation templates#Alternatives: "If the group of articles overlaps significantly with an existing category, consider using {{otherarticles}} instead (not to be confused with the {{other uses}} template)."

  1. These articles significantly overlap with Category:Mickey Mouse short films which lists the films alphabetically, making them easier to find by title.
  2. These films are also listed in chronological order along with a brief summary of each one in the article Mickey Mouse (film series).
  3. In addition to both of these, we also have the article List of Mickey Mouse films and appearances which is a kind of "Mickey Mouse filmography" page.
  4. So far, only about half of the Mickey Mouse short film articles have been created, so this template will only become more crowded and lopsided.
  5. The "See also" field is not as practical as any three of these articles: List of Mickey Mouse films and appearances, Category:Mickey Mouse television series, or Mickey Mouse (disambiguation).

That is why I think it would be best just to get rid of it. However, if the template is deleted, there is still the possibility for smaller templates grouping some of these films in ways that would be more significant. Pigby (talk) 20:58, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Get rid of the category page insteed because that setup is confusing, the articles in see also box that are missing can be added. DoctorHver (talk) 19:54, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep At first I thought this some kind of joke. What's wrong with this navigation template? It serves a very specific purpose and these navigation templates are used throughout Wikipedia. As such, the fact that there is "overlap" between the CAT and the NAV templates is not a good enough reason to delete this template. JOJ Hutton 20:18, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment There's nothing wrong with the template itself, I just think it's redundant and doesn't contribute anything new. However, I was reading a little deeper into the essays and came across this little gem: WP:NOTDUP. (You're welcome! :-P) For the record though, I'm generally pro-navbox, I just think they're overused. Looks like I may have found the reason. Pigby (talk) 23:07, 7 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep — A similar discussion here came up last month. If nobody wanted this template, it could be deleted as unused, but it's not worthy of deletion simply because there is a category, as you discovered at WP:NOTDUP. —PC-XT+ 08:33, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • keep, seems fine. Frietjes (talk) 14:48, 12 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Colonial Maryland[edit]

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 21:03, 11 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Colonial Maryland (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Over a month old, but still completely non-functional, and no useful work-in-progress content worth saving Jackmcbarn (talk) 17:41, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

delete, looks like an abandoned test.--Salix alba (talk): 17:47, 5 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]
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