Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2013 June 25 - Wikipedia

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the discussion was Speedy Keep. Nomination withdrawn, no other deletion supporters. Müdigkeit (talk) 07:42, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Dead end (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Template:underlinked is enough. Müdigkeit (talk) 20:53, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Strong Keep. There is an important difference between articles that do not contain enough wikilinks and those that contain no such links. Using the underlinked template is often a judgement call, and many editors completely ignore it. Dead end, on the other hand, has more impact and signifies a real problem with an article. Andrew³²⁷ 23:09, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep (edit conflict) - Actually, not necessarily. This template serves to indicate that zero links are included in this page. This is similar to {{ref improve}} and {{unreferenced}}. An article which is a "dead end" and has no links is more serious of a problem than an article that has links, even though there are few, and this template files the articles into the Category:Dead-end pages category, which is useful in fixing the problem of such articles that are indeed "dead ends". Michaelzeng7 (talk) 23:10, 25 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep! This is an important template. Not more to say than what have already been said. -(t) Josve05a (c) 00:11, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Keep Since we have such a large backlog of underlinked articles, it's important to be able to separate out those that are most important to fix by using {{dead end}}. GoingBatty (talk) 00:39, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]
• Your arguments are better. I close this now.--Müdigkeit (talk) 07:42, 26 June 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.