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[edit] Purpose

In a previous discussion Evan had indicated it might be a good idea to separate template usage policy from the index of templates, so this page is an attempt to do that. I've not listed all existing templates here since for many of them there is no consensus to use them. That said, I'm sure I've missed some templates that are used. Comments or suggestions are welcome. -- Ryan 04:03, 3 April 2006 (EDT)

[edit] Experimental templates

So, should we make a section for experimental templates -- ones we've started but haven't decided we actually want to use yet. A couple of examples would be the various quickbar replacements and Template:Sidebar. --Evan 07:43, 25 April 2006 (EDT)

Another vote for this idea. How can we progress with it? --DenisYurkin 00:55, 20 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] hasDocents should be listed here

In which section it should go? --DenisYurkin 00:51, 20 February 2007 (EST)

[edit] Quickbar for other purposes?

Is there a quickbar that exists for pages other than country pages? I.e. one for use in towns that would list information such as population, postal code, area code, time zone (for countries like the US that have multiple time zones) and other little tidbits that you can't necessarily fit into the text of the article but are still crucial for the visitor? L'Aquatique 17:12, 30 July 2007 (EDT)

We created one on the German branch of Wikitravel. See Madrid, Manhattan or Ko Tao. Unfortunatly quickbars seem to be a bit unpopular on en:, it was even proposed to remove the country quickbar, see here. --Flip666 ^writeme! • 17:23, 30 July 2007 (EDT)

[edit] Template approval process

Hey there! So I'm just thinking, based on several past conversations and some Star article nominations, would it make sense to have a Template rating system/status? I don't think it's worthwile having multiple levels or anything, but something as simple as "approved template" or "star template", which would make it easier in the future when evaluating a Star nomination. I don't think we're close to having any Star countries, but if we were, as an example, it would be nice if we'd already come to a consensus about Template:Regionlist, and that's it fully hashed out and has met its potential for the most part. Then a Star country would be required to use it, and we'd feel confident that the template was based on a reasonable consensus. The same would go for the new Climate templates, or a bus timetable template on a city page. ??? – cacahuate ^talk 22:31, 28 May 2007 (EDT)

I think this would be getting more bureaucratic than we need. If a template gets used widely without anyone undoing it, that's de facto "approved" status, via wikiconsensus. When people stop messing with it, it's a "star". And if we want to require a country article to use (or not use) a particular template, then we revise the Star criteria (or Guide criteria, or however strongly we feel about it) to say so. (P.S. A bus timetable template? I'd go around undoing it.) - Todd VerBeek 22:54, 29 May 2007 (EDT)