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The result of the discussion was no consensus  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:59, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Infobox university ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Infobox institute ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Infobox university with Template:Infobox institute.
Although not all educational institutes are universities, these two infobox templates share a lot of fields in common. I prepared a merged version at Template:Infobox institute/sandbox and some test cases can be found in Template:Infobox institute/testcases. Quest for Truth ( talk) 21:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

  • Keep, infobox 'institute' is used for many sorts of institutes (not all educational), inc. partisan policy institutes, random not-profits, royal societies, even political organisations, etc. Maybe they could have a common core, but the two are very different types of organisations, and Special:WhatLinksHere data should be kept distinct, at least until infobox 'institute' is only used for educational institutes. John Vandenberg ( chat) 03:16, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Keep, I regularly use the institute infobox for nonprofit organizations that are not universities or academic in nature (i.e. think tanks). There are many such articles, and I don't see why it's necessary to merge the two infoboxes at this time. Safehaven86 ( talk) 04:41, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Comment not all institutes are educational, I would say most are not. Research institutes, medical care institutes, etc. -- 70.50.148.122 ( talk) 07:23, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Question What happens to all of the pages using one of those two infoboxes if the merge is made? If they would have to be manually changed, I'd be strongly opposed to a merge. As things are, I don't really see any reason to merge them. Do you have a stronger justification for doing this? Thanks. HistoricMN44 ( talk) 14:33, 31 January 2014 (UTC) reply
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The result of the discussion was no consensus  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:58, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:New Jersey Prep ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This has unclear inclusion/exclusion guidelines. The template title links to a list of 200 schools, with only a select group included in the template (and no clear reason why they're excluded, since it's listed as a template for private and prep schools and probably should match the full 190+ list). It looks like other states don't have similar templates for their private/prep schools. As it stands, NJ has the list of 190+ private schools and templates for the list of schools in each county; this one seems arbitrary and less useful. Ethereal Static ( talk) 18:42, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was delete  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:50, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Dolby Atmos ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I don't think it's a good idea to have a navigation template for the sound technology used in certain films. This certainly isn't WP:DEFINING such as the film's director, for example. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 18:00, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was userfy  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:56, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:PBB with animation ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unused. Page could be userfied if its creator wishes to retain it for demonstration/experimentation. NSH002 ( talk) 10:31, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

Userfy so that User:Emw/PDB Sandbox/Animation continues to work. John Vandenberg ( chat) 03:19, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
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The result of the discussion was moved to Portal:Caribbean/Tasks, but feel free to send to MFD.  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:55, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Caribbean opentask ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Created in 2007, and never modified since. None of these tasks are related to Caribbean topics. John Vandenberg ( chat) 09:39, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was delete  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Logic task ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

A fork of {{ todo}}, created back in 2005. No doubt it was needed then, but now the todo template provides all the needed functionality. Currently there are only two invocations. I think those should use {{ todo}} and the logic template redirected or deleted. John Vandenberg ( chat) 06:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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January 25

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The result of the discussion was no consensus  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:59, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Infobox university ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Template:Infobox institute ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Propose merging Template:Infobox university with Template:Infobox institute.
Although not all educational institutes are universities, these two infobox templates share a lot of fields in common. I prepared a merged version at Template:Infobox institute/sandbox and some test cases can be found in Template:Infobox institute/testcases. Quest for Truth ( talk) 21:48, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

  • Keep, infobox 'institute' is used for many sorts of institutes (not all educational), inc. partisan policy institutes, random not-profits, royal societies, even political organisations, etc. Maybe they could have a common core, but the two are very different types of organisations, and Special:WhatLinksHere data should be kept distinct, at least until infobox 'institute' is only used for educational institutes. John Vandenberg ( chat) 03:16, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Keep, I regularly use the institute infobox for nonprofit organizations that are not universities or academic in nature (i.e. think tanks). There are many such articles, and I don't see why it's necessary to merge the two infoboxes at this time. Safehaven86 ( talk) 04:41, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Comment not all institutes are educational, I would say most are not. Research institutes, medical care institutes, etc. -- 70.50.148.122 ( talk) 07:23, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
  • Question What happens to all of the pages using one of those two infoboxes if the merge is made? If they would have to be manually changed, I'd be strongly opposed to a merge. As things are, I don't really see any reason to merge them. Do you have a stronger justification for doing this? Thanks. HistoricMN44 ( talk) 14:33, 31 January 2014 (UTC) reply
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The result of the discussion was no consensus  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:58, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:New Jersey Prep ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

This has unclear inclusion/exclusion guidelines. The template title links to a list of 200 schools, with only a select group included in the template (and no clear reason why they're excluded, since it's listed as a template for private and prep schools and probably should match the full 190+ list). It looks like other states don't have similar templates for their private/prep schools. As it stands, NJ has the list of 190+ private schools and templates for the list of schools in each county; this one seems arbitrary and less useful. Ethereal Static ( talk) 18:42, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was delete  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:50, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Dolby Atmos ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

I don't think it's a good idea to have a navigation template for the sound technology used in certain films. This certainly isn't WP:DEFINING such as the film's director, for example. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 18:00, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was userfy  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:56, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:PBB with animation ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Unused. Page could be userfied if its creator wishes to retain it for demonstration/experimentation. NSH002 ( talk) 10:31, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

Userfy so that User:Emw/PDB Sandbox/Animation continues to work. John Vandenberg ( chat) 03:19, 26 January 2014 (UTC) reply
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The result of the discussion was moved to Portal:Caribbean/Tasks, but feel free to send to MFD.  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:55, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Caribbean opentask ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Created in 2007, and never modified since. None of these tasks are related to Caribbean topics. John Vandenberg ( chat) 09:39, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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The result of the discussion was delete  Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:48, 2 February 2014 (UTC) reply

Template:Logic task ( talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

A fork of {{ todo}}, created back in 2005. No doubt it was needed then, but now the todo template provides all the needed functionality. Currently there are only two invocations. I think those should use {{ todo}} and the logic template redirected or deleted. John Vandenberg ( chat) 06:46, 25 January 2014 (UTC) reply

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