Template talk:Wikipedia policies and guidelines/Archive 2

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Archive 2

Requested move 20 May 2023

Latest comment: 1 year ago9 comments4 people in discussion

Actual request was to change the template's text, not to move the page. Closing so it does not fragment the above discussion.

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines → ? – Change title section so it will go from looking like this:

To looking like this:

I think the word "key" needs to be removed as factually inaccurate since multiple various links in the uncollapsed list such as all the ones listed under Project content like userboxes and subpages are not "key" policies or guidelines. This even goes for the Editing section which links to minor technical details such as disambiguation, hatnotes, categories, and templates, which also are not "key" policies or guidelines. Even the Deletion section is not "key" nor is it listed anywhere among the Five pillars linked at the top. Only the Content and Conduct sections are about "key" guidance, and even then, the Conduct section has a link to courtesy vanishing, which is hardly a key guideline since it is discretionary only.

Huggums537 (talk) 20:30, 20 May 2023 (UTC)

Oppose not 100% sure what you are proposing, because a page move doesn't make sense. But generally oppose any page move of this template or major change. « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ 23:25, 20 May 2023 (UTC)
~~Why don't you think it makes sense? Huggums537 (talk) 23:52, 20 May 2023 (UTC)~~
Oppose. Reading the OP's comment, it seems that they actually want to change the template's code and the value current set in its title parameter, not move/rename the template's page title per se. Since editing is under template protection, such a proposal should instead go through a regular talk page discussion and an edit request, not a requested move discussion. Zzyzx11 (talk) 00:49, 21 May 2023 (UTC)
Right you are. Now it occurs to me why @Gonzo fan2007 was saying it doesn't make sense. I've gone and used the wrong template again. Argh! Huggums537 (talk) 00:56, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

@Zzyzx11, now that this is a regular discussion, what is your vote? Huggums537 (talk) 01:03, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Note

I've removed the Requested move template from this discussion, as the request seems to be to change text in the template, not to move the page.

The only reason I'm leaving this discussion open after the "not done for now" result by User:Paine Ellsworth, is to allow you the opportunity to find the consensus he mentioned above. - jc37 00:51, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

Thank you. (After all these years, I finally figured out why they don't call them "title changes", but page moves. This. It's because of this...) Huggums537 (talk) 01:00, 21 May 2023 (UTC) Updated on 01:20, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

This discussion should be closed or it will fragment the discussion started in the previous thread. Zzyzx11 (talk) 02:19, 21 May 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.