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April 25

Template:Ellipsis

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The result of the discussion was delete Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:11, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:Ellipsis (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Seems to be a generally pointless template. Typing "{{ellipsis}}" generates exactly the same as typing "..." and uses 9 more keystrokes than the method recommended by WP:ELLIPSIS. AussieLegend (✉) 00:27, 26 April 2013 (UTC)

• Comment it's somewhat more useful now, and can be used in tables -- 70.24.250.103 (talk) 06:49, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
• delete Frietjes (talk) 17:59, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
• It's been improved by the IP, but I don't know if it is really very useful even with its new features. — This, that and the other (talk) 01:57, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
• Adding features nobody requested to a template nobody uses is not a productive use of editors' time. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 13:04, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
• Delete. Do we really need a template for ellipsis and other standard typographical punctuation? Dirtlawyer1 (talk) 11:01, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
  • Comment typing ⋮ is rather difficult without hunting for the Unicode codepoint. And while ⋯ is used in math, it isn't a standard ellipsis. -- 65.94.76.126 (talk) 04:23, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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Template:Ameen Rihani

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The result of the discussion was reformat as an article. Plastikspork _―Œ^(talk) 23:22, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

Template:Ameen Rihani (talk · history · transclusions · logs · subpages)

Only one article on a work by this writer, so no need for a navbox. INeverCry 20:25, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

• delete, but make sure it is in the article. or, repurpose this as a 'List of works by' article Frietjes (talk) 17:57, 26 April 2013 (UTC)
• Strong Keep What harm does it do? I have been around Wikipedia for a long while, and we have used templates like these to connect and motivate new articles. Tfine80 (talk) 13:34, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

See Wikipedia:Navigation templates#Navigation templates provide navigation between existing articles. The purpose of a navbox is to navigate between existing articles, not to motivate you or anyone else to write future articles. INeverCry 16:33, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

• This is a useful data table masquerading as a useless navbox. Reformat as a wikitable and substitute. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 13:06, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
• Reformat, then subst and delete per Chris Cunningham. This is not a navbox, because there is nothing in it to navigate to. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 07:42, 30 April 2013 (UTC)
• Listify There's useful information here that would work well at Ameen Rihani bibliography, but it fails as a navbox. --BDD (talk) 04:41, 4 May 2013 (UTC)

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