Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2014 November 21

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November 21

Template:Brick & Lace

Template:Brick & Lace (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Links too few articles. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:34, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Peugeot Sport sportscar driver timeline

Template:Peugeot Sport sportscar driver timeline (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose deleting. Absolutely trivial template. Cybervoron (talk) 19:35, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging all into Template:Infobox world university ranking; perhaps rename to {{Infobox university ranking}}; perhapas make a module of {{Infobox University}}.
No need for separate templates. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:08, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose merging unless a convincing argument is made why having separate templates is problematic or undesirable; if there is already an essay or discussion on the desirability of large, complex metatemplates over smaller, simpler templates then please point me to it. Without such an argument, it seems like unnecessary and needless busywork merge templates simply because it's technically feasible. ElKevbo (talk) 18:38, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- Having redundant templates creates an increased maintenance overhead. Merging them means that future changes only have to be made once. We have precedence, with hundreds of such redundancies having been resolved by merger and or deletion (or redirect) over the past few years. See also Wikipedia:Infobox consolidation. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:11, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the link; I suspected something like that might already exist. I'm afraid that I don't completely agree with it.

On a more specific note, if these templates are merged then the proposed merger to "Infobox world university ranking" is inappropriate because many of these rankings are not world rankings but national or regional. A more generic "university rankings" would seem more appropriate and accurate. I also request that if these templates are merged then specific examples for the most used defunct templates be explicitly provided in the documentation to help editors since many of the parameters of the new template would only apply to institutions in specific countries, especially those specific to U.S. institutions. It would help editors cut through the chaff. ElKevbo (talk) 19:55, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Obvious candidates to be merged. Merge to a generic {{infobox university ranking}}. If not merged, they should at least be converted to use a standard meta-template. — This, that and the other (talk) 03:21, 22 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Sam and Cat

Template:Sam and Cat (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This series had been canceled in only one season, made this template unnecessary. John123521 (Talk-Contib.) RA 04:20, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

November 21

Template:Brick & Lace

Template:Peugeot Sport sportscar driver timeline

Template:Welcome-anon-border

Template:List of music students by teacher

University ranking templates

Template:Sam and Cat