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Template:Home Media Release History table edit

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗plicit 23:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unused. While the table appears in several articles (e.g. Apocalypse Now#Home media) it's never transcluded. It seems to exist as an aid; boilerplate text, indeed a "template", from which the basic code can be copy-pasted to create similar tables. DB1729talk 22:16, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agree, delete. The home media tables are too variable for a common template. Depending on the film, new columns like sound mix, commentary tracks, HDR content etc. will need to be added or subtracted. It is easier simply to make a new table from scratch every time. Georgelazenby (talk) 00:08, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Cfx admin actions edit

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗plicit 23:33, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unused and has no incoming links. Gonnym (talk) 16:01, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Delete unused with unclear purpose. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:50, 2 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:.io games edit

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The result of the discussion was delete. ✗plicit 23:36, 5 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This is not a valid navigation grouping. These games have nothing in common except that their websites happen to be hosted under the .io TLD, which is used by various software projects for its similarity to "I/O" (input/output). They are not created by the same developers, publishers or in any other way related. -- ferret (talk) 13:24, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello @Ferret, the games aren't grouped because they have the same developers, publishers, etc. (because they don't) they are grouped because they are all part of the .io genre of video games, a style of indie games popular in the 2010s. For people looking up these games, like myself, I thought it would be helpful to make a navigation template similar to the already existing category Category:.io video games. Cheers! Johnson524 15:34, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is akin to having a template of "video games hosted under .com" or "under .org". There is no connection between these games or their style beyond they happen to be using .io TLD. Similar games are hosted under non-.io domains as well. The category is also non-defining, and I've now nominated it separately. -- ferret (talk) 16:06, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Keep @Ferret: So I agree in principle, but I feel like this case is a little different. There is a consistent theme between the style of ".io" games: being that they are indie, short-round, multiplayer games, like @A412 pointed out below. These types of games were particularly popular in the 2010s, so developers making this genre of games would often put the phrase ".io" at the end to let consumers know the type of game they were getting, and to make it stand out a little more. The ".io" part of the title also was used for the official titles and apps of games, which is why I think the ".com" example isn't a good comparison. Since Minecraft and Tetris don't go by "Minecraft.com" and "Tetris.com": Slither.io and Agar.io don't go by "Slither" or "Agar", the ".io" is part of it.
Sorry if that was a bit long winded! I wanted to make sure I got my main objections across. I think deleting the template because Wikipedia lacks other genre-based navigational templates, like A412 suggested, is a valid argument which I can understand, but doing so because the games don't relate is incorrect, and is likewise why I am entirely opposed to deleting the game category. Cheers! Johnson524 03:41, 30 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete. It's not completely ridiculous to group .io games, sources appear to consider it a loosely defined genre of multiplayer casual browser games. Here's RPS [1], PocketGamer [2], VentureBeat [3]. That being said, I don't think this is a useful navigational template, evidenced by our lack of other genre-based navigational templates. That being said, I think .io game has potential as an article. ~ A412 talk! 20:40, 29 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete I agree that this category indicates more than sharing a common TLD, but as A412 said, that amounts to a game genre of sorts rather than any sort of clearly-defined category. ― novov (t c) 09:45, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete per nomination. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 01:24, 3 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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