The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
Used in only two articles which link to and from each other without the need of the navbox. Does/would not need to be transcluded in the articles for the "associated acts". Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 22:43, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 October 23. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was keep for now. It sounds like there are some reasonable opinions being discussed, including an upgrade to both templates that would allow for what I'm interpreting as a "wrapperization". However, general improvements to templates does not necessarily require a discussion at TFD, so I would encourage those looking to improve the template(s) to continue work and discussion at the appropriate talk page(s). If the discussion results in the HIV template being no longer necessary, or a consensus about how to better "merge" the functionality of these two templates cannot be found, there is no prejudice against a renomination to garner opinions from those uninvolved in the proceedings. Primefac ( talk) 01:34, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Propose merging
Template:Africa topic with
Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa.
There are two duplicate templates here,
Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa (used on one article), and {{
Africa topic|HIV/AIDS in}}.
The problem with "Africa topic" is that it is extremely hard to edit. See for example HIV/AIDS in Ivory Coast. When you click on the edit link you get taken to the main page for Template:Africa topic, which doesn't make any mention of HIV AIDS. This means that the HIV/AIDS template is very likely to fall out of date and out of use because most editors - including I expect registered editors - are going to have no idea how to get to the "Africa topic" HIV template to edit it.
So I think the HIV/AIDS templates should be merged, and the template that remains should be Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa because it is easier to access and formatted like a regular template. Tom (LT) ( talk) 07:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
{{
Africa topic}}
. This is a general purpose template for all "topics in Africa", e.g. {{
Africa topic|Commerce}}
. {{
HIV/AIDS in Africa}}
should call {{
Africa topic}}
I believe, to ensure that we don't duplicate the country metadata. Example, when SOuth Sudan was created, it only needed to be added to {{
Africa topic}}
, not the dozens of Africa-by-country navboxes.The result of the discussion was convert to list. Primefac ( talk) 00:47, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
This template isn't actually used on any articles. I propose that the template is deleted and the content, which is quite encyclopedic, is changed instead to a list: List of insect-borne diseases Tom (LT) ( talk) 06:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 October 23. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:43, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was redirect to Template:Current. Regarding the continued presence of now-{{ Current}} on existing pages, that can be adjusted by an editor if they feel those usages no longer comply with the guidelines on those templates, or further discussed on a per-article basis per the normal editing process. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:13, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
This template survived an AfD back in March, but I'm renominating since I'd hope it's unsuitability has become much clearer with time. Per Template:Current#Guidelines, the current templates are not supposed to serve as general disclaimers (see also: WP:NODISCLAIMERS), nor are they meant to merely mark that an article contains content related to the news. They are also not supposed to appear on a page for more than a day or so. Given all this, it's evident that every one of the remaining ~60 transclusions is invalid, even putting aside that COVID-19 is more of an era at this point than a singular breaking news event. As I argued last time, I also feel that this template is an unneeded fork of {{ Current}}. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 06:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
{{
Current}}
. This would be useful for either or both of the following reasons:
{{
Current}}
was inappropriate, as it has very short term applicability. While I am not overly enamoured of the application of these types of templates anyway, I felt since we were using some variety of template, and over a longer period, it should not be one of the existing short-term templates.The result of the discussion was delete. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 23:32, 22 October 2020 (UTC)
Used in only two articles which link to and from each other without the need of the navbox. Does/would not need to be transcluded in the articles for the "associated acts". Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars Talk to me 22:43, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 October 23. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:45, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was keep for now. It sounds like there are some reasonable opinions being discussed, including an upgrade to both templates that would allow for what I'm interpreting as a "wrapperization". However, general improvements to templates does not necessarily require a discussion at TFD, so I would encourage those looking to improve the template(s) to continue work and discussion at the appropriate talk page(s). If the discussion results in the HIV template being no longer necessary, or a consensus about how to better "merge" the functionality of these two templates cannot be found, there is no prejudice against a renomination to garner opinions from those uninvolved in the proceedings. Primefac ( talk) 01:34, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
Propose merging
Template:Africa topic with
Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa.
There are two duplicate templates here,
Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa (used on one article), and {{
Africa topic|HIV/AIDS in}}.
The problem with "Africa topic" is that it is extremely hard to edit. See for example HIV/AIDS in Ivory Coast. When you click on the edit link you get taken to the main page for Template:Africa topic, which doesn't make any mention of HIV AIDS. This means that the HIV/AIDS template is very likely to fall out of date and out of use because most editors - including I expect registered editors - are going to have no idea how to get to the "Africa topic" HIV template to edit it.
So I think the HIV/AIDS templates should be merged, and the template that remains should be Template:HIV/AIDS in Africa because it is easier to access and formatted like a regular template. Tom (LT) ( talk) 07:02, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
{{
Africa topic}}
. This is a general purpose template for all "topics in Africa", e.g. {{
Africa topic|Commerce}}
. {{
HIV/AIDS in Africa}}
should call {{
Africa topic}}
I believe, to ensure that we don't duplicate the country metadata. Example, when SOuth Sudan was created, it only needed to be added to {{
Africa topic}}
, not the dozens of Africa-by-country navboxes.The result of the discussion was convert to list. Primefac ( talk) 00:47, 25 October 2020 (UTC)
This template isn't actually used on any articles. I propose that the template is deleted and the content, which is quite encyclopedic, is changed instead to a list: List of insect-borne diseases Tom (LT) ( talk) 06:56, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was relisted on 2020 October 23. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:43, 23 October 2020 (UTC)
The result of the discussion was redirect to Template:Current. Regarding the continued presence of now-{{ Current}} on existing pages, that can be adjusted by an editor if they feel those usages no longer comply with the guidelines on those templates, or further discussed on a per-article basis per the normal editing process. (non-admin closure) ProcrastinatingReader ( talk) 16:13, 21 October 2020 (UTC)
This template survived an AfD back in March, but I'm renominating since I'd hope it's unsuitability has become much clearer with time. Per Template:Current#Guidelines, the current templates are not supposed to serve as general disclaimers (see also: WP:NODISCLAIMERS), nor are they meant to merely mark that an article contains content related to the news. They are also not supposed to appear on a page for more than a day or so. Given all this, it's evident that every one of the remaining ~60 transclusions is invalid, even putting aside that COVID-19 is more of an era at this point than a singular breaking news event. As I argued last time, I also feel that this template is an unneeded fork of {{ Current}}. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 06:22, 14 October 2020 (UTC)
{{
Current}}
. This would be useful for either or both of the following reasons:
{{
Current}}
was inappropriate, as it has very short term applicability. While I am not overly enamoured of the application of these types of templates anyway, I felt since we were using some variety of template, and over a longer period, it should not be one of the existing short-term templates.