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Constituency MSP templates
- 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).
The result of the discussion was withdrawn ~ Rob13Talk 18:59, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- Template:ColPollTable (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)
Unused, and likely to be WP:NOTSTATS if used. Note that the subtemplates below will need to be speedy deleted once this is deleted.
- {{ColPollTable/1}}
- {{ColPollTable/2}}
- {{ColPollTable/3}}
- {{ColPollTable/4}} ~ Rob13Talk 18:41, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- User:BU Rob13, the idea was to merge all of these. So, you would rather selectively delete some of the subtemplates rather than merging all of them into one template? Currently, people use {{ColPollTable/1}} during the first week, then {{ColPollTable/2}} in the second week, ..., up to the final week of the season. This is why the lower numbered ones have no transclusions, but the higher numbered ones do. I would think it would be better to avoid the code duplication and have one template for all 25 weeks. Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:45, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Plastikspork: Ah, hadn't realized there were more of these out there. Was there ever a merge discussion? Is there consensus already to merge the other templates into the one you created? If not, we should probably hold that discussion instead. ~ Rob13Talk 18:50, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- User:BU Rob13, there was already consensus to merge them back in 2009. I started to merge them, but ran into template complexity limits and just left them as subpages until I could figure out a work around. But, now that we have LUA, it should be pretty easy to complete the merger (and hopefully include templates like Template:8Col15PollTable). Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:53, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Plastikspork: Alright, mind relisting the ones we already have consensus for at WP:TFD/H? I'll close this as withdrawn. ~ Rob13Talk 18:59, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- User:BU Rob13, there was already consensus to merge them back in 2009. I started to merge them, but ran into template complexity limits and just left them as subpages until I could figure out a work around. But, now that we have LUA, it should be pretty easy to complete the merger (and hopefully include templates like Template:8Col15PollTable). Plastikspork ―Œ(talk) 18:53, 20 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]
- @Plastikspork: Ah, hadn't realized there were more of these out there. Was there ever a merge discussion? Is there consensus already to merge the other templates into the one you created? If not, we should probably hold that discussion instead. ~ Rob13Talk 18:50, 20 November 2016 (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).