Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2026 May 2

Template:Moses

• Template:Moses (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 13:07, 19 April 2026 (UTC)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 11:53, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:49, 3 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Democratic Socialism US

• Template:Democratic Socialism US (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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)

• 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)

Relisted to generate a more thorough discussion and clearer consensus.
Please add new comments below this notice. Thanks, Primefac (talk) 11:53, 2 May 2026 (UTC)

Template:Infobox planetary system

• Template:Infobox planetary system (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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)

Template:Infobox irregular satellite

• Template:Infobox irregular satellite (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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

• Template:2012 World Twenty20 Qualifier (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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

Template:2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier

• Template:2013 World Twenty20 Qualifier (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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

Template:San Antonio Brahmas roster navbox

• Template:San Antonio Brahmas roster navbox (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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

• Template:Superhero toy lines (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
• Template:Action figures (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

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)