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Template:Serbian speaking states

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:44, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Serbian speaking states (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Almost as silly as the template below with the Romanian speaking states and created following its example. bogdan 17:21, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just to say here too that I changed name of the template into "Serbian as official or main language" and I think that it is now completelly NPOV. So, perhaps we should not delete it now, but anyway, I want to say that solution should be made for both templates in the same time: either both (Serbian and Romanian) templates should be deleted either both kept. Since I changed them now (including their titles), we do not have reason to delete them now. Of course, I am rather neutral about this, so I change my voice accordingly to that. PANONIAN (talk) 16:18, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Romanian speaking states

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:45, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Romanian speaking states (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

The template is controversial at best: it lists a country who does not recognize Romanian as an official language, together with an international organization were Romanian is, at best, a working language (and where speaking Romanian is certainly not the criteria for inclusion), and a region inside Serbia were Romanian is one of the many working languages. Template also gently glosses over the fact that a Moldovan language has been theoretized by the Moldovan government to exist as opposed to Romanian (as specified in the article on Moldova, where the arguably NPOV text is in blantant contradiction with the advocacy of the template discussed here). Let me make it clear that I personally do not endorse the view that Moldovan and Romanian are different, and that my reasons (since these have already been subject to speculation on my talk page) have to do only with consistency and neutrality. Dahn 01:20, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romania has Romanian as it's only official and national language. Then, Moldova lists Moldovan language as it's official language, although it is widely considered to be Romanian language. Education is provided in Romanian (there is no such thing as Moldovan language in schools); Mass Media, Internet all use the term Romanian; also the law on languages of Moldova asserts the identity between Romanian and Moldovan.[1] Even the most critical source says Moldovan is just the name used to describe "officialy" Romanian language in Moldova. According to the census in 2004, even if Romanian is taken separately from Moldovan, still 22% of the Romance-speakers in Moldova consider they speak Romanian (not Moldovan), that percent rising up to 40% in the cities.[2] (See also Romanian language#Legal status in Moldova, Moldovan language). In Vojvodina Romanian is one of the six official languages, equal in rights with the Serbocroatian language according to the law. The Latin Union is the organisation of the romance languages: both Moldova and Romania are member states of the organisation and Romanian (only Romanian, not Moldovan) is one of the 5 offcial languages of the organisation. Any yes, speaking Romanian (or another Romance language) is a criteria for inclusion, see Latin Union. --Danutz 11:56, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
"Education is provided in Romanian" - so is education in Hungarian in parts of Romania.
"(there is no such thing as Moldovan language in schools), Mass Media, Internet"; also the law on languages of Moldova asserts the identity between Romanian and Moldovan. Even the most critical source says Moldovan is just the name used to describe "officialy" Romanian language in Moldova." - so? is there a document that stresses Romanian is the official language? No. Again, I draw the same conclusions, but they are personal ones, empirical ones, not subject from a template. As I have attested before: an ambiguity in Moldovan law remains precisely that - "an ambiguity", not cause for "my certainty" and "your certainty".
"In Vojvodina Romanian is one of the six official languages, equal in rights with the Serbocroatian language according to the law." - note the switching of criteria - Vojvodina has Romanian as an official language, therefore it is a Romanian-speaking territory; Moldova does not have Romanian as an official language, but it must be a Romanian-speaking country...
"Any yes, speaking Romanian (or another Romance language) is a criteria for inclusion, see Latin Union" - well, since Portugal was not admitted for having Romanian as an official language (as Danutz himself points out in the in-parantheses part of his reply), inclusion of the Latin Union in the template is misleading and point-gathering in its purpose; furthermore, the Latin Union may have Romanian as an official language, but it is not a working language (as you may find out from the French version of the article) - since the EU will have Romanian as both a working and offical language in the near future, I guess it will be included in the template as well! (I am guessing that, according to the criteria devised, several European-wide bodies already belong in there).
Bottom line: templates shouldn't ever rely on subjectivity, especially when they are contradicting the text of the articles they are included in. Dahn 12:22, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I fail to see the navigational use of a template that will probably always have 4 (four) articles included in it, of which one is obvious (Romania), one is determined by the solid rules of divination (Moldova), one is taken out of context (Vojvodina, where the template would call for the rapid creation of some 6 others just to match the actual language landscape), and one is a mislabelled (the Latin Union). I also fail to understand the necessity behind a template that lists "states, territories and organizations" (note: it is not even made clear what sort of organization, allowing me to include football clubs, trade unions, and perhaps a topless bar as well), when in fact in includes the impressive list of "1 (one) organization; 1 (one) territory; 2 (two) states". All of the issues the template could possibly address are already present and referenced in countless articles, without any such oversimplification. Dahn 12:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I meant, education in Moldova is provided in Romanian not Moldovan. There is no such thing as Moldovan in education. Romanian is official in Romania, Moldova (although under another name, but it is a consensus it is just Romanian renamed, that even an official consensus, see law on languages), Vojvodina and the Latin Union (what if Romanian isn't a working language, it is an official language). Yes, EU will also be included from 2007. --Danutz 12:35, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Where in the laws of Moldova does it say that Romanian is the or at least an official language in Moldova? Without divination, please. Dahn 12:43, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

::Romanian language was official in the constitution between 1989-1994. Now, even if it is not mentioned in the constitution that is "official" it is written: "the low that regulates the official language of R. of Moldova is the one approved in 1989." So, it's still official also with this constitution. Blaga. Sockpuppet of permabanned user:Bonaparte. Dahn 13:09, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You are right. I changed the template so it reflects this:)) lol. It says "Nations, territories and organisations with Romanian (or Moldovan) as an official language". That way everything is official, see the Template:Romanian speaking states. --Danutz 13:14, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
<sarcasm>Perfect. Now go and add Transnistria, and ponder the absurd implications of "Romanian (or Moldovan)" in that context.</sarcasm> Dahn 13:19, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
because all such templates are useless and, in almost every case, subjective. Dahn 12:23, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Fine, but then template Serbian speaking states should not be deleted as well. Either both should be kept either both deleted. PANONIAN (talk) 21:03, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Bob, those templates that you mentioned are about language groups, not single languages, like Romanian and Serbian. —Khoikhoi 23:25, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Perhaps we should reconsider to keep both templates. I changed now their titles into "Romanian (or Moldovan) as official language" and "Serbian as official or main language", which are NPOV by my opinion. PANONIAN (talk) 02:56, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Because the template would be very large. Very many neolatin languages are official regionaly and of course the big 5 (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian and Romanian; sometimes 6 if we also include Catalan) are official in some 70 countries (or even more), so the template will become too large, that is why it should be split by language. It is not like Slavic languages, Turkish languages or Iranian languages that are spoken in limitated areas. --Danutz 17:40, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but it is equally absurd to make templates listing one country... Dahn 17:43, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
But we are talking about 4 items not one. You realy have some problems if you don't see that. --Danutz 18:06, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is yours, Danutz. You will note, for one, that you were asked to change the template to one listing countries and only countries, so that users may do without your POV and actually get some relevant information instead. That would leave you with two entries (as many as in the idiotic template listing Baltic languages). Of those countries, only one officially recognizes Romanian as its language; adding "and Moldovan" to it, Danutz, only exposed the unteneble and POV goal of the template, as it focused on joining information in a way that is, for all that is worth, debated (no matter if Dahn or Danutz do not find it debatable). Don't get me wrong, but not seeing the utter futility of such templates is a major problem, and should benefit from the attention of educators from an early age. Dahn 18:15, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In the worst case it would lead to 3 entries, if we just take places (geographic places not institutional) where Romanian is official. --Danutz 19:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Romania and Vojvodina, if I remember my maths, are two places. Furthermore, Vojvodina's inclusion is whimsical and of no particular value. Dahn 20:45, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Keep - This template is factual and useful, and aside from the Moldovan language controversy, it is perfectly OK to have such templates, particularly considering that we also have them for Baltic-speaking and Slavic-speaking nations. Just because Romanian is less important than the entire Slavic group does not really mean the template should be deleted (note that Baltic languages are spoken by far less people than Romanian alone, and yet Baltic languages also have a template, with just two countries). I think the template is useful for people who want to find out quickly where Romanian is official, this in itself having no nationalistic or POV motive. In the same way, there should be a template for countries where French is an official language. As to the Vojvodina case - just because the other five official languages of Vojvodina do not have the same templates does not mean the Romanian should be excluded. Systemic bias is a part of Wikipedia, and it should not be countered by deletion (i.e. negative action) but rather by extending areas which are previous uncovered (i.e. positive action). I would like to note that it is perfectly justifiable to include the Latin Union, as well as the European Union from 2007, as areas where Romanian is official. Romanian has the status of "official language" in the Latin Union, even if there are other official languages. This is similar to South Africa and India, which also have multiple official languages. In the infobox at Romanian language, the Latin Union is also listed under the "official in" section. For this reason, I'm advocating a keep, but of course more discussion needs to be made in order to find out how we can make the template more NPOV. Ronline ✉ 12:20, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Comment - If a person searching for places where Romanian is official is going to, presumably, systhematically avoid the article on Romanian language (where everything is and should be properly clarifed), then that person cannot really be helped (and the necessity for helping him/her is equivalent to removing script from wikipedia, as many users may actually be illiterate). If this template fashion remains what it is, then we would one day be justifying a template that lists "countries where Malagasy is official" or "countries where Moldovan is official". Furthermore, Ronline: you cite the infobox for the country as a quickly-accessible and readily-available resource in itself; having said that, don't you think that various infoboxes, always present on the search path for any possible quest on Romania and Romanian (there are infoboxes for both et plus ultra), do away with the need for any such templates? Dahn 14:09, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Favicon

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The result of the debate was replace with {{logo}}, then delete. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:55, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Favicon (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Delete: Unlike logos, favicons do not tend to uniquely identify entities, and they generally aren't well-known. There's nothing inherently fair-use about them. --Carnildo 05:02, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep: The purpose of favicons (or icons) is to be unique and identifiable. Whether an image is unique and identifiable really comes down to the skill of the artist, and is beyond the scope of TfD. Dread Lord CyberSkull ✎☠ 06:01, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Strong Keep: I strongly disagree with Carnildo on this; most favicons that would be used on Wikipedia are unique to the entities they represent, and are being used in a fashion no different on website infoboxes than in the way full-sized logos are used in other infoboxes. --Aaron 20:59, 25 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete, but for a different reason. We can just use the logo licensing template for this instead. There's only about six images who use this template, and they can all be explained as logos. We shouldn't be making templates like this for nitpicky stuff like "logo vs favicon". -- Ned Scott 05:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete Per Ned Scott. That's a really good point. This is like creating a template for "oversized book cover". It's also nice to know what these darn things are called. I always wondered that. Irongargoyle 22:32, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
  • Delete/Redirect to Template:logo. Its redundant. If it can qualify as unique and identifiable, its a logo. If you can't justify it as an identifiable logo, its probably not fair use. Kevin_b_er 15:39, 27 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Newenglandsports

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The result of the debate was no consensus. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 23:57, 2 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Newenglandsports (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Good intentions, but there are plenty of other means to do this. A template to include in every sports team located in New England? Obsessive. And then there's the aesthetic problems... ccwaters 16:08, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Att userpage

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 00:00, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Att userpage (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

I think this template is redundant; there are several other templates in Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace that do a better job, particularly the {{tpv}} series of templates ({{tpv0}}, {{tpv1}}, etc). Also, the wording doesn't conform to the standard user talk namespace template conventions; it's harsh enough to be a level 3 or 4 warning. Lastly, it's unused, but to be fair it was just created today. Aaron 16:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Common vandal

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The result of the debate was Delete. —Centrx→talk • 15:40, 26 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Common vandal (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Text ("Some editors really do not like this article. And we mean, really!") inconsistent with title. No useful purpose, borders on disruptive. — ERcheck (talk) 18:27, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

  • strong keep, I think it's effective, I didn't create the actual tag myself, I just put it on a template page. Don't delete, I think it could work on articles that are frequently vandalised --Frogsprog 19:20, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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Template:Infobox Frankenthal (Pfalz)

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:15, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Frankenthal (Pfalz) (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unused single use template. Docu 19:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox Worms

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:16, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Worms (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unused, single use template. Docu 19:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox Speyer

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:20, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Speyer (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unused, single use template. Docu 19:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Infobox Town Rhineland-Palatinate

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:19, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Infobox Town Rhineland-Palatinate (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unused template. Docu 19:28, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Kerala references

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The result of the debate was deletion. RyanGerbil10(Kick 'em in the dishpan!) 14:21, 3 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Kerala references (edit | talk | history | links | watch | logs)

Unused template (copy of infobox Country?). Docu 20:10, 24 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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