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[edit] Updates to the vfd template?

Over a year someone added the Wikipedia speedy delete template to Wikitravel, and Huttite then updated it be be more appropriate for Wikitravel's deletion policies. I don't think we should use that template, but would it be worthwhile to update the vfd template to use similar text & a similar look? The speedy delete template looks like the following:

This page has been recommended for deletion from Wikitravel. If you have an opinion, please discuss on the Votes for deletion page. Pages that are recommended for deletion are usually removed in about 14 days.

  • We'd rather fix than delete articles; please read the deletion policy and if you can help fix this one, plunge forward and work on it.
  • Please note that removing this message won't stop the article from being deleted; it will just make it harder to discuss the deletion.

Reminder: please check if anything links here and the page history before deleting.

This template has the advantage of saying not only where to go to discuss deletion, but also says not to remove the notice and provides a reminder to remove links to an article before deleting. Additionally, it just looks a bit nicer to me. Thoughts? -- Ryan 13:52, 3 April 2006 (EDT)

I like it. The VFD notice really should draw more attention to itself. - Todd VerBeek 21:31, 9 April 2006 (EDT)
I've taken the liberty of adjusting the wording a little. - Todd VerBeek 09:23, 10 April 2006 (EDT)

Anyone else care to comment? Would anyone object to copying the text above into the current vfd template? The advantages are:

  • It is more noticeable. The current VFD notice is easy to miss, especially on image pages.
  • It provides more information about what to do in case a page has been recommended for deletion.

The disadvantages:

  • It's different, and change is scary.
  • It's somewhat "Wikipedia-like", and there seems to be a consensus that Wikitravel doesn't want to use templates in the same way or as prevelantly as Wikipedia does.
  • Other things I'm not thinking of.

Comments from others would be much appreciated, for or against, so that we can either kill this idea or move ahead with it. -- Ryan 19:23, 10 April 2006 (EDT)

I like it, since it's more clear about the deletion process. I didn't like the original version because it was really long and whitespace-y. I've tried to cut down the size and the amount of text. --Evan 20:08, 10 April 2006 (EDT)
I've updated slightly since people often don't understand why an article is being deleted, so we really need to link to Wikitravel:What is an article? and/or the Wikitravel:Deletion policy. I've also moved the note about checking history since that's primarily an admin job. Does the current version look OK? -- Ryan 20:34, 10 April 2006 (EDT)
I agree that this is an improvement on the current notice. I've made a few tweaks to it too. -- DanielC 08:26, 11 April 2006 (EDT)

We seem to have a consensus that adding more info and using a more noticeable border is a good thing. Last chance for objections - anyone? -- Ryan 05:24, 12 April 2006 (EDT)

I like this. —Ravikiran 05:55, 12 April 2006 (EDT)

Done. -- Ryan 14:36, 12 April 2006 (EDT)

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