Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Holding cell

There are several tools that can help when implementing TfDs. Some of these are listed below.

• Template linking and transclusion check – Toolforge tool to see which pages are transcluded but not linked from or to a template
• WhatLinksHereSnippets.js – user script that allows for template use to be viewed from the Special:WhatLinksHere page
• AutoWikiBrowser – semi-automatic editor that can replace or modify templates using regular expressions
• Bots – robots editing automatically. All tasks have to be approved before operating. There are currently three bots with general approval to assist with implementing TfD outcomes:
  • AnomieBOT – substituting templates via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster
  • SporkBot – general TfD implementation run by Plastikspork
  • PrimeBOT – general TfD implementation run by Primefac
  • ProcBot – purging transclusions via User:ProcBot/PurgeList

The closing procedures are outlined at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Closing instructions.

Templates for which each transclusion requires individual attention and analysis before the template is deleted.

• Template:Infobox_storm2024 March 10 – Infobox_storm ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:WikiProject_Glass2024 November 5 – WikiProject_Glass ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:LDS_Temple2025 December 1 – LDS_Temple ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases ) -- merge subpages into this template and/or a module subpage
  • Subpages of Template:LDS Temple
  • Status values added to Template:LDS Temple. See example for code replacement. --Gonnym (talk) 17:30, 6 January 2026 (UTC)
• Template:List_has_been_split2025 December 13 – List_has_been_split ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:Infobox_element/symbol-to-top-image2026 January 21 – Infobox_element/symbol-to-top-image ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:Protected_title2026 February 13 – Protected_title ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

Templates to be merged into another template.

• None currently

Templates for which the consensus is that they ought to be converted to some other format are put here until the conversion is completed.

• Template:Lang-mnc2025 November 15 – Lang-mnc ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

  Gonnym, recognising that I haven't dived too deeply into this template, I'm not entirely sure where to start as far as conversion goes. Where are the translit values you gave at the TFD coming from? If I have (for example) a call like {{Lang-mnc|m={{ManchuSibeUnicode|lang=mnc|ᠠᠯᡳᡥᠠ<br />ᠠᠮᠪᠠᠨ}} |v=aliha amban|a=aliha amban}} what will the replacement look like? Primefac (talk) 12:45, 1 January 2026 (UTC)

  I'll take a look at converting transclusions and take a look at the edge cases that are left. --Gonnym (talk) 14:04, 2 January 2026 (UTC)

• Template:Graph:Chart2025 November 16 – Graph:Chart ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Module:Graph2025 December 1 – Module:Graph ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:Campaignbox_Eighty_Years'_War2025_November_22 – Campaignbox_Eighty_Years'_War ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
• Template:Season_sidebar2025 December 5 – Season_sidebar ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

  I didn't want to clog up the close with this (since it's about implementation, and only my initial thoughts) but I think {{games year list}} integration would work for a lot of the existing uses of this template. Primefac (talk) 16:53, 20 December 2025 (UTC)

Uses are very limited. I do not think its a great idea. WikiCleanerMan (talk) 19:10, 28 December 2025 (UTC)

• Template:Infobox_cricket_country_season2025 December 15 – Infobox_cricket_country_season ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

  Info should probably be folded in to {{2017–18 Indian domestic cricket season}} and similar since they're already on those pages. Primefac (talk) 13:22, 26 December 2025 (UTC)

Templates for which the consensus is that all instances should be substituted (e.g. the template should be merged with the article or is a wrapper for a preferred template) are put here until the substitutions are completed. After this is done, the template is deleted from template space.

• None currently

These templates are to be deleted, but may still be in use on some pages. Transclusions should be removed from pages so that the templates can be deleted. Note that simple references to them from Talk: pages should not be removed.

• None currently

Templates for which consensus to delete has been reached, and for which orphaning has been completed, can be listed here for an administrator to delete. Remove from this list when an item has been deleted.

• None currently