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On this page, the deletion or merging of templates and modules, with a few exceptions, is discussed.

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What not to propose for discussion here

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The majority of deletion and merger proposals concerning pages in the template namespace and module namespace should be listed on this page. However, there are a few exceptions:

Stub templates
Stub templates and categories should be listed at Categories for discussion, as these templates are merely containers for their categories, unless the stub template does not come with a category and is being nominated by itself.
Userboxes
Userboxes should be listed at Miscellany for deletion, regardless of the namespace in which they reside.
Speedy deletion candidates
If the template clearly satisfies a criterion for speedy deletion, tag it with a speedy deletion template. For example, if you wrote the template and request its deletion, tag it with {{Db-author}}. See also WP:T5.
Policy or guideline templates
Templates that are associated with particular Wikipedia policies or guidelines, such as the speedy deletion templates, cannot be listed at TfD separately. They should be discussed on the talk page of the relevant policy or guideline.
Template redirects
List all redirects at Redirects for discussion.
Moving and renaming a template
Use Requested moves.

Reasons to delete a template

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  1. The template violates some part of the template namespace guidelines, and can't be altered to be in compliance.
  2. The template is redundant to a better-designed template.
  3. 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.
  4. The template violates a policy such as Neutral point of view or Civility and it can't be fixed through normal editing.

Templates should not be nominated if the issue can be fixed by normal editing. Instead, you should edit the template to fix its problems. If the template is complex and you don't know how to fix it, WikiProject Templates may be able to help.

Templates for which none of these apply may be 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

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To list a template for deletion or merging, follow the three-step process below. Do not include the "Template:" prefix in any of the steps.

If you have never nominated a template for deletion or used Twinkle before, you might want to do it manually to avoid making mistakes. For more experienced editors, using Twinkle is recommended, as it automates some of these steps. (After navigating to the template you want to nominate, click its dropdown menu in the top right of the page: TW , and then select "XFD".)

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Step 1

Tag the template

 Paste one of the following notices to the top of the template page:

Note:

  • If the template is protected, request that the TfD notice be added on the template's talk page using the {{editprotected}} template, to catch the attention of administrators or template editors.
  • If the template is designed to be substituted, add <noinclude>...</noinclude> around the TfD notice to prevent it from being substituted alongside the template. Example: <noinclude>{{subst:Tfd}}</noinclude>
  • Use an edit summary like
    Nominated for deletion/merging; see [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion#Template:name of template]]
  • Before saving your edit, preview the page to ensure the TfD notice is displayed properly.
Multiple templates
If you are nominating multiple templates, choose a meaningful title for the discussion (like "American films by decade templates"). Tag every template with {{subst:Tfd|heading=discussion title}} or {{subst:Tfm|name of other template|heading=discussion title}} instead of the versions given above, replacing discussion title with the title you chose (but still not changing the PAGENAME code).
Related categories
If including template-populated tracking categories in the TfD nomination, paste {{Catfd|template name}} to the top of any categories that could be deleted as a result of the TfD, replacing template name with the name of the nominated template. (If you instead nominated multiple templates, use the meaningful title you chose earlier: {{Catfd|header=title of nomination}}.)
TemplateStyles pages
If you are nominating TemplateStyles pages, these templates won't work. Instead, paste this CSS comment to the top of the page:
/* This template is being discussed in accordance with Wikipedia's deletion policy. Help reach a consensus at its entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026_May_8#Template:template_name.css */
Step 2

List the template

 Edit today's TfD log and paste the following text to the top of the list:
  • For deletion: {{subst:Tfd2|template name|text=Why you think the template should be deleted. ~~~~}}
  • For merging: {{subst:Tfm2|template name|other template's name|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}

If the template has had previous TfDs, you can add {{Oldtfdlist|previous TfD without square brackets|result of previous TfD}} in the |text= field immediately before your rationale (or alternatively at the very end, after the last }}).

Use an edit summary such as Adding deletion/merger nomination of [[Template:template name]].

Multiple templates
If you are nominating multiple templates, paste the following code instead. You can add up to 50 template names (separated by vertical bar characters |). Use the same meaningful title that you chose in Step 1.
  • Multiple templates for deletion: {{subst:Tfd2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|title=meaningful title|text=Why you think the templates should be deleted. ~~~~}}
  • Multiple templates for merging: {{subst:Tfm2|template name 1|template name 2 ...|with=main template (optional)|title=meaningful title|text=Why you think the templates should be merged. ~~~~}}
    • If there is a template you want the other templates to be merged into, you can optionally specify it using |with=.
Related categories
If this template deletion proposal involves a category populated solely by templates, paste this code in the |text= field of the {{Tfd2}} template, before your rationale: {{subst:Catfd2|category name}}
Step 3

Notify users

 Notify the creator of the template, the main contributors, and (if you're proposing a merger) the creator of the other template. (To find them, look in the page history or talk page of the template.) To do this, paste one of the following in their user talk pages:
  • For deletion: {{subst:Tfd notice|template name}} ~~~~
  • For merging: {{subst:Tfm notice|template name|other template's name}} ~~~~
  • Multiple templates: There is no template for notifying an editor about a multiple-template nomination. In these cases, write a personal message.

If you see any WikiProjects banners (they look like this) at the top of the template's talk page, you can let them know about the discussion. Most WikiProjects are subscribed to Article alerts, which means they are automatically notified. If you think they have not been notified, you can paste the same message in the projects' talk pages, or use Deletion sorting lists. Note that Twinkle does not notify WikiProjects.

Close

Consider adding any templates you nominate to your watchlist. This will help ensure that your nomination notice is not mistakenly or deliberately removed.

After nominating: Notify interested projects and editors

While it is sufficient to list a template for discussion at TfD, nominators and others sometimes want to attract more attention from and participation by informed editors. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing.

To encourage participation by less experienced editors, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations in the messages you leave about the discussion, link to any relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the TfD discussion page itself. If you are recommending that a template be speedily deleted, please give the criterion that it meets.

  • Notifying related WikiProjects: WikiProjects are groups of editors that are interested in a particular subject or type of editing. If the article is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, they may welcome a brief, neutral note on their project's talk page(s) about the TfD. You can use {{subst:Tfd notice}} for this. Tagging the nominated template's talk page with a relevant Wikiproject's banner will result in the template being listed in that project's Article Alerts automatically, if they are subscribed to the system. For instance, tagging a template with {{WikiProject Physics}} will list the discussion in Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.
  • Notifying main contributors: While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the creator and any main contributors of the template and its talk page that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, look in the page history or talk page.

At this point, no further action is necessary on your part. Sometime after seven days have passed, someone other than you will either close the discussion or, if needed, "relist" it for another seven days of discussion. If the nomination is successful, it will be moved to the Holding Cell until the change is implemented. There is no requirement for nominators to be part of the implementation process, but they are allowed to if they so wish.

Discussion

Anyone can join the discussion, but please understand the deletion policy and explain your reasoning.

People will sometimes also recommend subst, subst and delete, or similar. This means they think the template text should be "hard-coded" into the articles that are currently using it. Depending on the content, the template itself may then be deleted; if preserving the edit history for attribution is desirable, it may be history-merged with the target article or moved to mainspace and redirected.

Templates are rarely orphaned—that is, removed from pages that transclude them—before the discussion is closed. A list of open discussions eligible for closure can be found at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Old unclosed discussions.

Closing discussion

Administrators should read the closing instructions before closing a nomination. Note that WP:XFDcloser semi-automates this process and ensures all of the appropriate steps are taken.

Current discussions

May 8

Template:Far-right politics in the United States

Unnecessary sidebar created today; like many sidebars exists solely to add vertical cruft onto articles that already have several sidebars. We have far too many far-right politics sidebars already; not every topic needs a sidebar, which should only be for tightly related topics per WP:SIDEBAR, and this heavily overlaps with the existing conservatism sidebars and other far-right politics sidebars. It is also not tightly related, mixing current people and 1960s people who operate in decidedly different environments, including explicit neo-Nazis like George Lincoln Rockwell alongside Matt Gaetz and Hans-Hermann Hoppe. Including The Birth of a Nation alongside The Ukraine Hoax: Impeachment, Biden Cash, and Mass Murder as one of only 4 media entries neatly illustrates the problem, they are not tightly related. That something is technically verifiable does not mean it justifies a navbox, per WP:NAVBOX, or because existing bad sidebars proliferate means one more is justified, per WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. This does not add anything except visual distraction. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:01, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Doesn’t the Template:Far-right politics in France and its corresponding article also have a broad range in terms of timeline? It seems with the rise of the far-right in America, it’s only valid to have one for the land of the free as well. Also technically it’s incomplete because of how broad the American right even is to begin with. With more updates and more contributions, it can easily be more refined. DougheGojiraMan (talk) 03:04, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
@DougheGojiraMan WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. That sidebar is also bad and violates multiple navbox guidelines, and I am agnostic on whether it should be deleted, as I do not edit about far-right politics in France.
If the topic is so broad, it should not have a sidebar. Sidebars are for tightly related topics per WP:SIDEBAR. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:06, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Can you point to example of a tightly related sidebar in terms of the far-right sidebars? Is the British template a better example you want to use? DougheGojiraMan (talk) 03:07, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
None of them are good, and again, WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. That we have other bad templates is not a reason to make more bad templates. The British one is perhaps the least bad as there is more of a united history of the movement than in the US. Not every notable topic should have a navbox. Most of the people in the template aren't confederates, either, and it isn't like that is the unifying trait of the American far-right, which makes the flag both misleading and garish. The scope here is so broad as to be impossible, we have hundreds of notable far-right American things. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:10, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Then wouldn’t it also make sense to make a deletion discussion for all the others? Why this one specifically? Might as well clump them together DougheGojiraMan (talk) 03:33, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
WP:OTHERSTUFFEXISTS. I would need to discuss the situation specific to that country in each. PARAKANYAA (talk) 03:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete — I trust PARAKANYAA's judgment here and agree with their justification. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 04:37, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:TheTVDB

Article TheTVDB redirected as alternative to deletion, subject is not notable enough for standalone article. Template should be deprecated. -- Wikipedical (talk) 01:05, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

May 7

Template:Abuse-response

No substitutions: search. Mathglot (talk) 23:11, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Series

Broken template with no purpose established. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  • Delete - broken template created by vandalism-only account, which has now been indeffed Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Quest

Broken template with no purpose established. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:51, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

  • Delete - broken template created by vandalism-only account, which has now been indeffed Spiderone(Talk to Spider) 08:16, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Product Page

Broken template that appears to be taken from {{blockquote}}. Its purpose seems redundant to that template. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Object Page

Broken template that appears to be taken from {{blockquote}}. Its purpose seems redundant to that template. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Mission Page

Broken template that appears to be taken from {{blockquote}}. Its purpose seems redundant to that template. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:50, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Location Page

When transcluded it says and image space appears:

The text of the quote.

— Author

I don't know what is the purpose, or how that is related to Locations. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:48, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:38, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Episode Page

Recently created page redundant to {{Episode needed}}. It is unclear why we need a second template doing the same, and how episodes and pages are connected. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:45, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Character Page

Unused template with a broken code, it is unclear what is the purpose of this page. When transcluded, it appears to be sourced from {{Blockquote}}. Tbhotch™ (CC BY-SA 4.0) 22:43, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Speedy delete per WP:G5 as the user was block evading. Gonnym (talk) 08:39, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Unsupported media requiring review

I'm pretty sure this issue is completely resolved for locally hosted files. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:05, 28 April 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 04:14, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
Delete. No comment on usefulness in over a week. Gonnym (talk) 08:41, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Block Communications

Post-Gazette sold to a nonprofit; TV stations sold to Gray; now down to just The Blade, Buckeye Broadband and BCSN. Mvcg66b3r (talk) 03:19, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Keep. 5 links remain which is enough. Gonnym (talk) 08:40, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

May 6

Template:Announce-files

This forgotten oddity from 2009 was used by one user—its creator, who is now globally banned (!)—to add notifications of new potentially relevant files to talk pages. It looks like they used it about 40 times. (It was substed in each use.) Untouched since 2009 except to add a category and unlikely to see much use today. Sammi Brie (she/her · t · c) 15:58, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Why this user is making nonsense edits? Windows 11 Experimental (talk) 08:42, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Post-Internet

Per the article's lede, "Post-Internet is a loosely defined 21st-century art movement". What we have here is a set of loosely connected articles, with no clear or definitive inclusion criteria. Not a suitable subject for a navbox. --woodensuperman 14:17, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Per the article's lede, "Post-punk (or postpunk) is a loosely defined music genre and period" does that stop Template:New wave and post-punk from existing??? I'm sorry but you frankly are very misinformed about these movements and I don't think you should be the one making calls to delete templates when you have no clue about a movement. Every artist mentioned in that template was a big figure in the post-internet movement. And the post-internet page itself has a section with sources for which artists were associated. For example DIS (collective) or Keeping It Real Art Critics and more. My big issue is that I have sources for everything I add to these templates but you can't source on a navbox. You don't seem to want to cooperate but instead want to mass delete templates at random Aradicus (talk) 16:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Note that nearly all of the other navboxes you have created have been deleted for the same concerns. --woodensuperman 16:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
I won't make templates anymore, waste of time, but you ignore everything I'm saying, what is your explanation for the sourcing at Post-Internet#Notable artists Aradicus (talk) 17:29, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
I think that's for the best. Or at least wait a while until you are familiar with WP:NAVBOXES and the respected guidelines. --woodensuperman 18:36, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Also you are being misleading, after fixing the templates with good advice important templates like Template:Hyperpop were not deleted Aradicus (talk) 17:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
{{Hyperpop}} was not deleted because the closing editor assumed that the navbox would be improved. However, I see you are trying to reintroduce the same issues after cleanup, adding redirect after redirect to the parent article and ignoring WP:BRINT. --woodensuperman 18:33, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Kolhan University

Navigation template full of red links. Of the two blue links, one is a redirect to the parent article. Insufficient links to facilitate navigation. ✗plicit 12:03, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nominator. Useless for navigation. --woodensuperman 12:19, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Windows 11 version history

All of the articles have been redirected. Vestrian24Bio 09:49, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom, useless for navigation. --woodensuperman 09:58, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Windows 10 version history

All of the articles have been redirected. Vestrian24Bio 09:48, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

  • Delete per nom, useless for navigation. --woodensuperman 09:58, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Anna Kavan

Only links three articles. WP:NENAN. --woodensuperman 09:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

I'm working on making more book-specific pages for Kavan. ElektraFlowers (talk) 01:06, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Internet rap

An absolute mess of a navbox with no apparent inclusion criteria and a travesty of WP:BRINT and WP:BIDIRECTIONAL guidelines. See transclusion check for examples. --woodensuperman 08:58, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Internet music

An absolute mess of a navbox with no apparent inclusion criteria and a travesty of WP:BRINT and WP:BIDIRECTIONAL guidelines. See transclusion check for examples. --woodensuperman 08:55, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Is bidirectional that it should feature the template on every page mentioned? If so that's fine I can do that. What else is an issue? I raised a concern that Template:Romanticism made mention of artists who were part of the movement but you had previously told me that you cannot make mention of individuals in a template because its "subjective" Aradicus (talk) 16:31, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Musical artists should not be included in genre templates. {{Heavy metal music}} is a better example. And you should only transclude the navbox on the pages if there is a clear and direct connection, not a loosely related and tangential connection. Note that most of the other navboxes you've created have been deleted for the same issues. --woodensuperman 16:47, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

May 5

Template:Universal clickable button

This template and its module (Module:Universal clickable button) were generated using an LLM (the module has -- Use your custom class instead left in). There are no PAGs on using LLMs in template space, so I guess this is to test the waters/gather some thoughts. It may also violate WP:TFD#REASONS as unlikely to be used instead of our current button templates. Thanks Kowal2701 (talk, contribs) 12:33, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete. Duplicate of Template:Clickable button. If that template can be improved, suggest improvments on that talk page. Gonnym (talk) 09:18, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Delete I don't see why we need this in addition to Module:Clickable button. it looks like most of what they did was add color options, but that could have also been done through an edit request on the current module. Regarding LLM usage, I can see arguments for allowing LLM use to help writing and editing templates and modules, they could help make technical work more accessible to editors who are less comfortable with programming. That said, we don't want vibe coding taking over this space and LLM work should always be checked and tested (like any template or module) and the comment being left in in this case is a sign to me that the editor didn't thoroughly check (or fully understand?) the work. ScrubbedFalcon (talk) 10:43, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Keep: This template provides a flexible button for contexts such as, user pages, talk pages, and user messaging, where existing templates are intentionally more restrictive. It is not a duplicate of Clickable button or Clickable button 2, as those prioritize consistency and limited styling, while this template allows controlled customization (such as expanded color handling and per-instance styling) that would conflict with their design goals if added there. For this reason, these features are not suitable as modifications to the existing templates, but instead require a separate template with a different scope. It therefore serves a complementary role rather than replacing existing templates. The template is fully functional and documented, and its limited use reflects its recent creation. As for LLMs, the module was reviewed with AI-assisted verification, and the code is written and understood by the author. TheUnit 72 (talk) 14:30, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Sex editnotice

Propose merging Template:Sex editnotice with Template:Non-sexual nudity editnotice.
These editnotices are very similar to each other (both stating about the presence of images that some users may find objectionable), and could be merged to form an equivalent to the talk page header {{censor}} (see discussion Wikipedia talk:Editnotice#NOTCENSORED-like editnotices as well). Xeroctic (talk) 11:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Mile End–Bow Road tube station

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. 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).

The result of the discussion was keep. Cabayi (talk) 12:39, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Not transcluded on either of the two main articles it links to in its /doc. Gonnym (talk) 09:19, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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

Template:NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps background color

Unused color template. Gonnym (talk) 09:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

  • This is one of the eight color templates backing Template:United States uniformed service background color, whose documentation page I expanded to illustrate the expected usage. - Morinao (talk) 06:05, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
    Templates should be created and used, ideally by the person creating them. When templates aren't used, they end up here and usually end up being deleted. If you know of articles that can use this, then you should use it there. Gonnym (talk) 09:24, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Cite law US-NV

Unused citation template. Gonnym (talk) 09:16, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:People's Artist of Uzbekistan

Unused icon template. Gonnym (talk) 09:15, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Order Fidokorona xizmatlari uchun

Unused icon template. Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Order "Mehnat Shuhrati"

Unused icon template. Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Polynesia Cup

Unused navigation template. All links were redirected. Gonnym (talk) 09:14, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Tubeexits2019

Unused data template. Gonnym (talk) 09:13, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:DLRexits2019

Unused data template. Gonnym (talk) 09:13, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Southern suburbs

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 09:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Map template used on Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Discott (talk • contribs) 12:07, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
This template is currently not used anywhere. Gonnym (talk) 09:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
I see what has happened. Someone has moved the template to Template:Southern Suburbs, Cape Town. Might was well delete this old template then. The new one looks better. Discott (talk) 10:14, 8 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Departments of the Republic of the Congo Image Map

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 09:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:MPBL labeled map (NCR)

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 09:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:MPBL labeled map

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 09:11, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Prefectures of the Central African Republic Image Map

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 09:10, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Monticello Subdivision

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 09:10, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Keep. This template had been removed from the Monticello Subdivision article on April 20th with no reason given. The template is in need of updating, though. —Mulad (talk) 13:05, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Madurai District Railway Stations

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. 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).

The result of the discussion was keep. Cabayi (talk) 12:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 09:08, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

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

Template:Kiddieland Limited

The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. 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).

The result of the discussion was keep. Cabayi (talk) 12:41, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 09:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Great. Withdrawn. Gonnym (talk) 09:20, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:Lines around Łódź/alt

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 09:02, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Transperth Stadium Special Service

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 08:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:VRABAC (Belgrade)

Unused route template. Gonnym (talk) 08:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

  • Keep: Hello! I'm the one who made it, I'm going to put it in the article I'm writing in a few days. MapperGuy87 (talk) 09:04, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:2020 Women's T20 World Cup

All links are adequately covered in {{T20 World Cup}} making these redundant. Vestrian24Bio 02:54, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Player of the match in Men's T20 World Cup final

No need for this to be a navbox, players of the tournament already have a separate navbox which is enough. Vestrian24Bio 02:48, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:2021 Men's T20 World Cup

Template:2024 Men's T20 World Cup (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:2026 Men's T20 World Cup (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

All links are adequately covered in {{T20 World Cup}} making these redundant. Vestrian24Bio 02:45, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

May 4

Template:Hard Knocks

Fails WP:PERFNAV and WP:NAVBOX #5. These seasons wouldn't appear in a see also section of the season articles in later years for other teams.UCO2009bluejay (talk) 22:59, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Jweiss11 (talk) 00:17, 5 May 2026 (UTC)

May 3

Template:Kuro Games

Navbox based upon Kuro Games, a video game developer. Two of their releases have articles, the other two do not. Three links, not worth having a this point. soetermans. ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 18:31, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

  • delete, navbox can be replaced by simple in-article and see-also linking. Frietjes (talk) 16:08, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
  • delete for now per above --Lenticel (talk) 01:40, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:RfA-thanks

While this is listed as a subst template and has historical usages on user pages, I can't find this linked from any project page, RfA specific page, or any twinkle-like page. If this still something that is actively used, it should be added to those pages. Gonnym (talk) 16:18, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Keep Unambiguously intended for use on user talk pages. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:21, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
How do users know about this if it isn't linked from anywhere? Gonnym (talk) 16:00, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
Many of these are probably substitutions of this template. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 04:54, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
As I said has historical usages on user pages. Past usages are found. Can you find new usages? Gonnym (talk) 15:59, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
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To answer the above question: It is irrelevant. This template has enough usage that it needs to be preserved for attribution purposes, and there is no obvious reason why it couldn't be used today. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:41, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
That isn't true at all. Gonnym (talk) 15:10, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
Justify that. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:14, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
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  • delete, no longer needed. Frietjes (talk) 16:09, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:RfC3

Unused and doesn't seem to be linked from any active page. Gonnym (talk) 15:16, 17 April 2026 (UTC)

Mark as historical This was used on Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User conduct, and was likely substituted. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 19:14, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
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  • delete, no longer needed. Frietjes (talk) 16:10, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Trapfriis

This template provides an external link to the website http://www.trap-friis.dk/indexev.html. However, according to the webmaster, this website has not been updated since February 2008, at the latest. There are now many more websites that provide information on cyclists. Kiwipete (talk) 04:58, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete Proximate to WP:ELNO#16. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:19, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

May 2

Template:Moses

For the same reasons as Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 March 28#Template:Abraham. Bsherr (talk) 20:57, 6 April 2026 (UTC)

Delete, yet another linkspam sidebar that will never be compliant with WP:SIDEBAR. This is not serving our readers in any capacity and merely serves as a decoration. Give all that space back to educational content. MediaKyle (talk) 21:01, 6 April 2026 (UTC)
Strong keep this proposal was accepted in the article's talk page at Talk:Moses#Series by @Dimadick. It is useful for navigation and helps readers view more context for other articles. Wikieditor662 (talk) 15:11, 8 April 2026 (UTC)
keep It helps the navigation between a series of relevant articles, and has no decorative purposes. Dimadick (talk) 07:06, 9 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete linkspam clear and simple. Way too many links of loosely related pages to be useful in any way. This is not a directory of everything in a topic that is tangentially related. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 04:37, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
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Delete per nom. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:49, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Strong keep: This is very useful for those studying the Bible and can help them easily link together different narratives and how they're related to Moses. from Piperium (chit-chat, i did that) at 21:16, 7 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Democratic Socialism US

There is already Template:Socialism US template. I've seen American ideology templates previously deleted for far less overlap. This is a redundancy to have two. CeltBrowne (talk) 23:07, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

  • Keep. Hi! I can see where you're coming from with the redundancy argument. However, I argue that the original Socialism US sidebar is overbloated (communists, democratic socialists, social democrats, libertarian socialists) and could benefit from breaking templates up like this one. I will also add--the note about "fictional flag" in your editing history doesn't really make sense. That is a commonly used flag by democratic socialists (especially in the United States). Aunger67 (talk) 18:49, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
Agree to keep. Wikitalovin1 (talk) 20:17, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
I do think the flag in the template is fictional. A red banner with a red DSA logo in the canton is not a real flag as far as I am aware. DSA flags are usually a centered white logo, but we also probably shouldn't use a logo specific to a particular organization if the template isn't specifically about said organization.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 12:57, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Leaning delete because this is redundant to multiple US political sidebar templates. Template:Socialism US already has a lot of overlap with Template:Progressivism US because the terms socialist, progressive, and democratic socialist have so much overlap in the context of US politics that they are almost synonymous. There's at least still enough meaningful differences between the words socialism and progressivism that having those two templates be separate is justified, but any American politician who self describes as a democratic socialist probably already has both Socialism US and Progressivism US on their page because an American democratic socialist is almost necessarily both a socialist and a progressive. For example, Bernie Sanders, Zohran Mamdani, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, some of the most high-profile self-described democratic socialists in the US, all already have both of the templates I mentioned on their page. We don't need a 3rd. Having too many redundant templates adds clutter to the articles and makes it more difficult for editors to maintain and curate these templates, all without providing a benefit for the reader not already provided by the existing templates.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 23:22, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    I see your points. It seems that progresivism is describing a more broad coalitional left (including social liberals, social democrats, and some democratic socialisits) in the United States as an opposing force to US conservatism, so I agree with what you're saying that there is enough difference between the progressivism and socialism sidebars. However, the socialism sidebar just seems a bit unsure of itself and a bit overbloated for a movement that's pretty disparate (i.e. revolutionary communists in the same column with reformist dem. socialists).
    I'm wondering if it would help to retitle the Socialism US sidebar as "Communism and socialism in the United States," and then maintain the Democratic Socialism sidebar since it's definitely a larger faction in US socialist politics with super prominent politicians like Bernie Sanders, AOC, and Zohran Mamdani--as well as groups like Democratic Socialists of America existing and the WFP. Moreover, the pretty specific ideology of Modern liberalism in the United States (U.S. variant of social liberalism) has its own sidebar, so I think it's only fair if democratic socialism gets one as well with its rising prominence.Aunger67 (talk) Aunger67 (talk) 20:13, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
    Hmmmm, I don't know that there is a good way to split the socialism US template up. If we renamed the other sidebar to "Communism and socialism in the United States", that still implies that socialists, including democratic socialists, are within the scope. That means the only options would either be to exclude some of the most well-known American socialists past and present from a template that'd still have the words "and socialism in the United States" in its name, or continue including them and continue having the current problem of 3 templates on every American democratic socialist biography.  Vanilla  Wizard 💙 13:08, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete as redundant as described by others.--User:Namiba 20:38, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete redundant to Template:Socialism US and full of WP:OR and opinion. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 02:18, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. The smaller scope of this template makes it a more manageable and functional sidebar for articles related to this topic than the broader socialism in the US sidebar. --Bsherr (talk) 17:01, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep - the claims of redundancy are a bit misleading. There are no other templates devoted to this topic. - R9tgokunks ⭕ 22:39, 29 April 2026 (UTC)
    the claims of redundancy are a bit misleading. There are no other templates devoted to this topic.
    Almost every individual person listed on Template:Democratic Socialism US is already listed on Template:Socialism US. CeltBrowne (talk) 09:08, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
    I think this point you bring up is actually an argument for keeping both templates. The Socialism US template is overly
    bloated. This Democratic Socialism US template can greatly assist in slimming-down the Socialism US template and help readers navigate with more specificity.Aunger67 (talk) Aunger67 (talk) 18:26, 2 May 2026 (UTC)
    I think that even if you removed all the Democratic Socialists from Template:Socialism US, which would be controversial in itself, users will, more than likely consistency re-add them over time. Furthermore, it will lead to dozens and dozens of arguments about if Person X/Organisation X is "Socialist" or "Democratic Socialist" which will likely be resolved by keeping the person/organisation on both sidebars. Because sidebars are supposed to be WP:BIDIRECTIONAL, both sidebars would appear on the person's/organisation's article, taking up a significant amount of space. CeltBrowne (talk) 05:14, 8 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep Concur with R9tgokunks that there is a significant distinction between this and other left-political templates about US politics. Simonm223 (talk) 15:47, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
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Template:Infobox planetary system

Not used anywhere except Solar System. Exoplanetary systems are typically centered on articles about their host stars and use starbox templates. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:49, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

  • What would this be replaced with? An infobox only being used on one article is obviously not great, but uh... Solar System is a rather unique and important article. If it cannot be replaced without losing lots of information, I'd be inclined to say that the technical debt is worth it. 1brianm7 (talk) 08:15, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
IAR and keep. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:48, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
  • I say keep it, it may not be used often but still is of some use(I'm using it in my draft btw).Lutitium (talk) 12:14, 4 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep as, notwithstanding its lack of use elsewhere, Solar System is a distinctly special article among all planetary systems. — chrs [talk] 01:21, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep – Many exoplanetary systems are included in their host star's articles, but a "Planetary System" and a "Star" are distinct. The Template:Infobox planetary system focuses on system-wide data (e.g., number of planets, architecture, debris disks), which can clutter a standard Starbox. As data on systems like TRAPPIST-1 or Kepler-90 grows, a dedicated template is essential for clarity and future-proofing.
ChPo ^_^ (talk) 02:46, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Infobox irregular satellite

Used only on Siarnaq; all moons use Template:Infobox planet, including Siarnaq. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 11:45, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Merge into Infobox planet, or remake as an embeddable module of the latter. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:47, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier

Redundant to {{Men's T20 World Cup qualification}}. Vestrian24Bio 05:23, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier

Redundant to {{Men's T20 World Cup qualification}}. Vestrian24Bio 05:22, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:San Antonio Brahmas roster navbox

Team isn't around anymore. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 02:07, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nom. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:13, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Superhero toy lines

Propose merging Template:Superhero toy lines with Template:Action figures.
Most of the template's items are not action/toy figures but links to generic articles (p.e. TV series) with no focus on toy lines. Fma12 (talk) 17:50, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Weak support. I noticed it at Centurions (TV series), whop are not generally described as "superheroes", just "heroes". That said, this could be retained if pruned to superhero-only content. Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 04:05, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
The 90% of the template are TV series or movies articles. All the superhero toy lines (mostly action figures) specific articles are already listed on Template:Action figures, including manufacturers. I think that retaining it would be redundant. Fma12 (talk) 15:00, 3 May 2026 (UTC)
Complete mess. First remove all links that are not to toy line articles (My Hero Academia and Big Hero 6 (film) are not). After that we can see what links remain and decide. Gonnym (talk) 11:58, 5 May 2026 (UTC)
 Done Links to non-toy line articles removed. Fma12 (talk) 09:13, 6 May 2026 (UTC)

May 1

Template:Charlize Theron

Cannot be considered primary creator for these works per WP:FILMNAV, she is one of six or seven producers in most of these cases. --woodensuperman 11:02, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete: Per Woodensuperman's nomination. vistadan 11:16, 1 May 2026 (UTC)

Old discussions

April 26

[edit]

This template is not used except as an example of itself: all of its transclusions (apart from on its own subpages) are via Template:Shortcut templates. The documentation says It should not normally be used except in unusual circumstances, due to the potential for confusion with the shortcut box. Of course, that advice could be changed, but I don't think there's any need for the template anyway; we have hatnotes such as Further information and See also that serve the same purpose but present the information in a more familiar format. Even if a hatnote is not desired, links can be added from the article text. Pink Bee (talk) 00:58, 18 April 2026 (UTC)

Context for why I created this: Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2020_May_16#c-Pppery-2020-05-06T23:00:00.000Z-Sdkb-2020-05-06T22:58:00.000Z. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:02, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
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I realise I forgot to say that I am proposing we delete this template (but I think that's implied). Also, for more context: The original use case – mentioned in the discussion linked by Pppery above – was here in Help:Introduction to the Manual of Style/5. The boxes were removed in this edit five years later, which replaced them with links in the body. Pink Bee (talk) 10:53, 26 April 2026 (UTC)

Template:No spam blue

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seems a bit redundant, as it's just {{No spam}} but blue. either delete or merge (with Template:No spam) User "Oreocooke" (speak of the sun and it shines) 19:50, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Merge. Not sure why I didn't just add it as an option to {{No spam}}, but that was 8-years-ago me. I mocked up a merged template at Template:No spam/sandbox. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 20:20, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
Merge. The mock-up works nicely. SirOlgen (talk) 00:04, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
Delete. The appearance of a blue email makes it look like a link, which it isn't. Stuff shouldn't be made to appear like UI elements that they aren't. Gonnym (talk) 08:29, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
Merge to {{no spam}}, and do not implement a feature to color this text blue, per MOS:TEXTCOL: Refrain from implementing colored links that may impede user ability to distinguish links from regular text. – Jonesey95 (talk) 15:22, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
Redirect or delete per Gonnym and Jonesey95, as this template is misleading. Only used in a few user pages and in {{copyvio}}, where it is already broken. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 12:51, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
Merge functionality into {{mailto}}. The mailto template is currently broken because of the hatnote, but otherwise serves as a spam-safe(?) alternative to bare mail links. From what I understand, most of {{no spam blue}}'s functional load comes from being used there (where it is desirable as there is an actual link). The only impact of using it rather than {{no spam}} there is the color of the @ sign, as the rest is already dealt with by the font color. Merging the functionality there (instead of keeping it as an option in {{no spam}}) would prevent it from being abused in roles other than direct mail links, per MOS:TEXTCOL. Chaotic Enby (talk · contribs) 12:56, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
checkY Support merge. It looks like a link, even though it isn't, which shows UI elements that it doesn't have. Floating Orb Talk! my edits 05:53, 30 April 2026 (UTC)
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Template:Simon Property Group West

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Unused templates. Seems the previous no consensus result was ignored as these are now unused. Gonnym (talk) 09:19, 30 March 2026 (UTC)

  • Keep for now - Navigation box was reformatted from this to this without sufficient discussion. The former navigation box had multiple navboxes under it so that each could be individually expanded, one navbox at a time. The latter navbox must have all regions expanded simultaneously. A discussion needs to happen about which type of navigation box we would like to have. --Jax 0677 (talk) 10:39, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
    Is there a discussion anywhere? I can withdraw if there is, but if there isn't one, these will just be re-nominated again at some point. Gonnym (talk) 11:23, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
    We can discuss this issue here. --Jax 0677 (talk) 14:33, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
    The old format was separated by state. Assuming that the seven navboxes above cannot be kept, they should redirect with history to {{Simon Property Group}}. --Jax 0677 (talk) 23:50, 30 March 2026 (UTC)
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  • Redirect to {{Simon Property Group}}. I can understand why there were originally seven templates (and that it's not necessarily a bad thing to plop them all into one mega-navbox to allow for specific expanding/collapsing as needed), but the newer version of the SPG navbox is not so bloated that it is unreadable. Might as well consolidate them. Primefac (talk) 13:11, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
    True, but I would still like to see them separated by state. --Jax 0677 (talk) 00:44, 25 April 2026 (UTC)
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Delete all as unused - as Primefac says, {{Simon Property Group}} covers these much better. No reason to break them out by all 50 states. Makes navboxes less user friendly and less useable. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 21:47, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

April 13

Medal templates 2

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I missed these in the first go-round (apologies for that), but similar to the rationale in the previous nomination for similar templates, these are basically identical to {{gold medal}}, {{silver medal}}, and {{bronze medal}} (and harder to see the details anyway). Primefac (talk) 23:32, 13 April 2026 (UTC)

  • delete after replacing with {{gold1}}, {{silver2}}, {{bronze3}}. Frietjes (talk) 23:54, 13 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Replace and Delete. The icons are so small that I can't even see what's pictured inside the circle. Gonnym (talk) 09:00, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep: I do see the differences between the templates and think that the difference itself helps to highlight that achievements were won in many kinds of competitions, be they Olympic, World, Continental and so on. CLalgo (talk) 11:18, 14 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep: Clearly to see pictured inside the circle and it's necessary to highlight different events, like olympics, worlds and continentals. {{gold1}}, {{silver2}}, {{bronze3}} can't replace of them. Stevencocoboy (talk) 02:32, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Just noting that I added {{Olympic Gold medal}} and its comrades to the nomination which weren't in the category originally, but are identical to the now-deleted {{OG1}} and co. from the first nom. Primefac (talk) 11:04, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep: I agree with @CLalgo and @Stevencocoboy. There should be an alternate template besides {{gold1}}, {{silver2}}, {{bronze3}} to differentiate from World, Continental, and Olympic competitions. {{OG1}} was redundant when {{Olympic Gold medal}} already exists. I don't see a good enough reason to eliminate these. SpinnDoctor (talk) 19:27, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
  • The most important information to communicate here is what position they came in and using both color and a number like {{gold1}} (1st place, gold medalist(s)) does is preferable to something like {{panam1}} or {{Olympic Gold medal}} (‹See Tfd› and ‹See Tfd›Gold) for legibility reasons. Reiterating what type of championship is secondary since that is expressed in plain text as well. For that reason I would prefer delete all of these but at the very least the {{GoldMedal}} (‹See Tfd›Gold medal) series should go since those don't communicate anything extra like the regional medals do. Trialpears (talk) 20:03, 15 April 2026 (UTC)
    They're difference to use. 1st place, gold medalist(s) always use for result, like final standing, for example Volleyball at the 2022 Asian Games – Men's tournament. Also (‹See Tfd›Gold and ‹See Tfd›Gold) always use in the infobox of national sport team, for example Italy men's national volleyball team, use ‹See Tfd›Gold in olympics, ‹See Tfd›Gold medal – World in worlds and ‹See Tfd›Gold in european events. We have use it for a long time and many years, to make more clearly and highlight different events. Both of them are necessery and that's why we need to keep them. Stevencocoboy (talk) 06:40, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Is there a way to merge them into {{gold medal}}, {{silver medal}}, and {{bronze medal}} and make the variants available as switches? However, the caveat is that alt attributes would be required for the variants. --Minoa (talk) 06:21, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
    I put that up as a suggestion in the TFD for the other medal templates and no one said anything in support so I didn't bother this time around, but if folk see that as a reasonable compromise I don't see any issue with it. There are two issues here, one of having many redundant/similar templates and the other being visibility; merging them all into one would fix at least one of those issues (with deletion obviously fixing both). Primefac (talk) 10:11, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
    I haven't seen notices of the previous TFD in relevant Wiki Projects, nor was noticed even as a creator of a template incorporating many of the discussed templates. Perhaps there were other uninformed editor, like me, that could have affected the direction of the discussion. CLalgo (talk) 10:27, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Merge as per Minoa, into alts (gold, silver, bronze).--Zoupan 16:43, 17 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep. I think that having gold, silver, and bronze medals with symbols of world, continents (e.g. Europe, Africa), and Olympic rings is advantageous for highlighting different events. I do not see any positivity in replacing them with generic medals symbolism with numbers instead of continents, Olympic rings, etc. -- Pofka (talk) 20:07, 16 April 2026 (UTC)
  • I'll just note (since it was raised a few times) that in neither light nor dark mode can I actually see what is inside the little medals unless I zoom in huge (or rather, distinguish between the variants), which somewhat defeats the purpose in my mind. Primefac (talk) 13:52, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
    I don't know why you can't while others, such as I, can. That is no reason for deletion. Enlargement? Maybe. But wholesale removal is way too extreme. If you see all images as the same, how will making them actually the same change anything for you? Your situation will stay the same, with identical images as you claim, while those who see the variety will lose it. CLalgo (talk) 14:18, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
    On phone I can't see them at all, On computer I can just about recognize them now that I know they are there. My preference here is solely about us not bring able to rely on these images being recognized by more than a fraction of users while a simple 1 with good contrast can clarify the position for everyone. Trialpears (talk) 17:06, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
    Just noting that "I can see it but you can't so it's your issue" is not a great mentality; an analogous situation is MOS:COLOUR, where "Color should not be used as the sole visual means of conveying information". A gold circle with a black "1" in it is clearly understood by everyone. Primefac (talk) 21:02, 18 April 2026 (UTC)
    That's why templates such as {{Infobox judoka}} do not use these images as "sole visual means of conveying information". Maybe there's a problem, somewhere with some specific usage of these templates. It doesn't mean there's a problem with their existence. Their wholesale erasure is way too extreme an act. CLalgo (talk) 22:22, 19 April 2026 (UTC)
    It's not erasure, it's consolidation; we don't need a different template for every competition. Primefac (talk) 10:29, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    It is erasure. It is to take something that's in Wikipedia and many editors think brings value to it, and removing in from the site, making it impossible to use. You can make the case that in some cases only the generic symbols should be used, but to claim that the specialized symbols should never be used, or in fact that it should be impossible to ever use them – that's an overreach. CLalgo (talk) 12:03, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Keep and Restore all removed ones. What the heck is going on here? I just noticed this strange discussion now. These templates are nice; I've been using them in articles for years. Maiō T. (talk) 17:58, 20 April 2026 (UTC)
    I support the call to restore all removed ones, as I too noticed the previous discussion only after the templates were deleted. CLalgo (talk) 07:02, 21 April 2026 (UTC)
    DRV is thataway. Primefac (talk) 11:09, 22 April 2026 (UTC)
    If any were indeed removed from articles, then definitely they all should be restored. -- Pofka (talk) 20:34, 23 April 2026 (UTC)
    For what it's worth, any uses of the now-deleted templates were replaced, not deleted outright. If no one noticed, then my point stands that these are unnecessary. Primefac (talk) 10:00, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
    Your point doesn't stand, as I for example have been alerted to the deletion only by that replacement of templates, not notified properly as one who has previously used them. CLalgo (talk) 10:12, 24 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete all - no need for custom medal templates for every different variation. Hinders Usability and makes things inconsistent and harder to read and understand. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 04:00, 26 April 2026 (UTC)
  • Delete all, these are purely decorative and hard to see a difference. We shouldn't be trying to convey different meanings from slightly different medals that are hard to distinguish. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 02:33, 4 May 2026 (UTC)

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