Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2025 November 5: Difference between revisions

Unused after this edit. Gonnym (talk) 11:23, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unused location map template. Gonnym (talk) 11:03, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unused navbox. If added to all articles it links to during this TfD let me know, and I’ll withdraw nomination. Gonnym (talk) 11:03, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unused map template. Gonnym (talk) 11:02, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Unused sidebar. If added to all articles it links to during this TfD let me know, and I’ll withdraw nomination. Gonnym (talk) 11:01, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Link if exists with Template:Auto link.
Hike395 has overhauled both templates to use Module:Link if exists based on this discussion. It would appear that now these two can be seamlessly merged with no loss of behavior and functionality. I feel that the high use count of both templates (both have over 70,000) warrants a TFD rather than just a unilateral redirect to ensure there aren’t unforeseen issues.

The main question is which do we keep, and which becomes the redirect? Also documentation will have to be merged and updated. Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:11, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: if both do exactly the same thing (I haven’t checked, but the function calls are different. One calls “auto” and the other “lie”, which their function seems different), then I’d say “Link if exists” is the better name. Both are also currently lacking in documentation, with complete parameter description missing. Gonnym (talk) 08:52, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Currently, the parameters of {{Link if exists}} and {{Auto link}} are non-overlapping (except for the first parameter, which is the title of an article that may be linked). {{Link if exists}} accepts |prefix= and |nsp=, both of which alter the namespace of the link. {{Auto link}} accepts a second parameter that is the text displayed by the template. Module:Link if exists implements the union of all of these parameters. Upon merging, both templates would accept the union of the parameters and there would only be one template not two. — hike395 (talk) 09:53, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Only 1 article, not useful for navigation. Οἶδα (talk) 00:08, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete – what is this monstrosity?! No use to anyone or anything. There isn’t even an article for the subject Chuck Black (Note Draft:Chuck Black is about a different Chuck…). — Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 05:20, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I had the same reaction… Οἶδα (talk) 06:09, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete. If the main topic does not have an article, then in most cases, there is no valid reason for a navigation template. Regardless, only one article with a link here. Gonnym (talk) 08:53, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Delete per Zackmann and Gonnym; no article, no template. Frank_{(has DemoCracy DeprivaTion)} 09:50, 5 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]