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===April 6===
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==== [[Template:User Donald Trump]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''wrong venue, userboxes are discussed at MFD'''<!-- Tfd top --> [[User:Plastikspork|Plastikspork]] [[User talk:Plastikspork|<sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ</sub><sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)</sup>]] 22:12, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
* {{Tfd links|User Donald Trump}}
Should not be in Template space, per long-standing consensus re. userboxes of this kind. Also "grate" is mis-spelled. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 21:23, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' The campaign slogan violates the [[WP:UBX#Content restrictions]] guideline. [[User:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:navy">Mini</span>''''']][[User_talk:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:#8B4513">apolis</span>''''']] 22:01, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Userfy'''. [[User:KATMAKROFAN|KMF]] ([[User talk:KATMAKROFAN|talk]]) 22:20, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Keep''' – I am amazed that this userbox should come up for discussion. The guideline is '[[WP:User pages#Advocacy or support of grossly improper behaviors with no project benefit]]'. There is absolutely nothing ''grossly improper'' about saying "I like Trump". Seems to me this is an effort to [[WP:NOTCENSORED|censor]] those Wikipedians who like Trump. (And I am not one of that group.)  – [[User:Srich32977|S. Rich]] ([[User talk:Srich32977|talk]]) 06:56, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
::As I said, it's the inclusion of the campaign slogan ("Make America great again") which pushes this one over the line. Keep in mind that WP is not governed by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution]]. [[User:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:navy">Mini</span>''''']][[User_talk:Miniapolis|'''''<span style="color:#8B4513">apolis</span>''''']] 13:33, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
:::That can simply be edited out if it's a problem. [[User:Jo-Jo Eumerus|Jo-Jo Eumerus]] ([[User talk:Jo-Jo Eumerus|talk]], [[Special:CentralAuth/Jo-Jo Eumerus|contributions]]) 14:44, 7 April 2017 (UTC) 
:: {{ping|Srich32977}} Find me an equivalent that promotes Hillary Clinton and I'll nominate that, too. It's well over a decade since we had the Great Userbox War, that set the policy, this violates it. It really is that simple. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 22:23, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
::: Here you go – [[Template:User Hillary Clinton]]. And don't forget those devoted to Bernie Sanders and Jill Stein. Oh-oh! Here's one that features a picture of that rebel who kicked the British out of Virginia [[User:Nerguy/presidents]]. In fact there are hundreds of such userboxes [[:Category:Political user templates]]. Which of them advocate or support ''grossly improper behaviors''? The guidance says "Simply: If content is not appropriate on other parts of a user page, it is not appropriate within userboxes." Any editor who says they like so-and-so politician (or rebel) is free to say so on their user page. – [[User:Srich32977|S. Rich]] ([[User talk:Srich32977|talk]]) 23:23, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per nom.[[User:ThatGirlTayler|ThatGirlTayler]] ([[User talk:ThatGirlTayler|talk]]) 15:19, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' agree with [[User:Srich32977|S. Rich]]. Stop trying to censor opinions that you don't like. [[User:TheBD2000|TheBD2000]] ([[User talk:TheBD2000|talk]]) 02:55, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Userfy''' or '''keep''' per S. Rich. This template is harmless at worst.--'''[[User:Molandfreak|<font color="green">Molandfreak</font>]] [[User talk:Molandfreak|<font color="orange">(talk,</font>]] [[Special:Contributions/Molandfreak|<font color="red">contribs,</font>]] [[Special:EmailUser/Molandfreak|email)]]''' 06:04, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Keep''': I see little harm in keeping this, nothing bad has coming out of it. Besides, there are tons of political templates and this is no different. [[User:JerrySa1|Jerry ]] ([[User talk:JerrySa1|talk]]) 13:26, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''wrong venue''', per the instructions at the top of [[WP:TFD]], "Userboxes should be listed at Miscellany for deletion, regardless of the namespace in which they reside." [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]] ([[User talk:Frietjes|talk]]) 14:15, 8 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Keep''' - For what reason should this be deleted?! Isn't Wikipedia about free speech and the right to knowledge?! It is entirely illogical that this template should be nominated for deletion, as it just allows Wikipedians to express their personal political opinion, just as many templates allow for opinion to be expressed! It is appalling that this would be suggested! What harm does this simple and non-offending rectangle box cause?! Shouldn't Wikipedia be a place free from censorship, as its mission promotes?! [[User:Trainsandtech|trainsandtech]] ([[User talk:Trainsandtech|talk]]) 02:33, 9 April 2017 (UTC) 
**Ummm, Because it's hate speech and nationalist.[[User:ThatGirlTayler|ThatGirlTayler]] ([[User talk:ThatGirlTayler|talk]]) 02:38, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
:::LOL '''''[[User:Satellizer|<span style="color:#00B7EB;">Satellizer el Bridget</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Satellizer|<sup style="color:magenta;">(Talk)</sup>]]''''' 11:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
**{{reply to|ThatGirlTayler}} - HUH??? Where is the hate speech? What's wrong with Nationalism? (Outside of brain washed university environments, I guess.) <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 09:19, 9 April 2017 (UTC) 
***{{re|Fabartus}} Donald Trump barred Muslims from entering the U.S. supporting him is supporting hate speech and bigotry. [[User:ThatGirlTayler|ThatGirlTayler]] ([[User talk:ThatGirlTayler|talk]]) 16:07, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Speedy keep''' and it's hard not to assume [[WP:BADFAITH]] on this one, though I will try... '''''[[User:Satellizer|<span style="color:#00B7EB;">Satellizer el Bridget</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Satellizer|<sup style="color:magenta;">(Talk)</sup>]]''''' 11:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
:: I presume, then, that you registered after the Great Userbox War? There is a very firm precedent for not having userboxes like this. <b>[[User Talk:JzG|Guy]]</b> <small>([[User:JzG/help|Help!]])</small> 11:53, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
:::...{{ping|JzG}} Yet you nominated only a pro-Trump box, ignored all the other political boxes - there's ''hundreds'' at [[:Category:Political user templates]] including several pro-Hillary and pro-Bernie boxes, ''and'', given the... ''contentious'' and ''sensitive'' nature of the Trump presidency on Wikipedia, shall we say, you really think users wouldn't take offence to that or at least take it the wrong way? You could've at least provided an illusion of NPOV by nominating political userboxes across the political spectrum, yet you didn't. And ''even if'' you were to argue that all 500+ of such templates should be deleted, I'd still !vote keep; they are no different to any other userbox and the existence of 500+ templates flies in the face of a "very firm precedent against this" and thereby is too big to be settled through a single TfD. [[WP:DEADHORSE]] also comes to mind. '''''[[User:Satellizer|<span style="color:#00B7EB;">Satellizer el Bridget</span>]]&nbsp;[[User talk:Satellizer|<sup style="color:magenta;">(Talk)</sup>]]''''' 14:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
{{User:Uanfala/Fool-scale discussion}}
<div style="text-align:center;">I knew I'd get the chance to use this wonderful little template message. – [[User talk:Uanfala| Uanfala (talk)]] 16:30, 9 April 2017 (UTC) </div>

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==== [[Template:Category handler/numbered]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''relisted'''<!-- Tfd top --> on [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 April 15#Template:Category handler/numbered|2017 April 15]].  [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 00:12, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
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==== [[Template:Fire Emblem characters]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''Delete.'''<!-- Tfd top --> [[User:Plastikspork|Plastikspork]] [[User talk:Plastikspork|<sub style="font-size: 60%">―Œ</sub><sup style="margin-left:-3ex">(talk)</sup>]] 01:27, 12 April 2017 (UTC)
* {{Tfd links|Fire Emblem characters}}
Per #3 at [[WP:TFD#REASONS]]. Template is unused in mainspace and has no likelihood of being used since all links in this template except one have been redirected to non-character articles. [[User:The1337gamer|The1337gamer]] ([[User talk:The1337gamer|talk]]) 19:20, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Delete''' per nom. Additionally, if these articles ever do exist, they can be added to the general "Fire Emblem" game template, which isn't particularly large yet, and could accommodate a lot of entries before it would get overwhelming. [[User:Sergecross73|<span style="color:green">Sergecross73</span>]] [[User talk:Sergecross73|<span style="color:teal">msg me</span>]] 14:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Delete'''. The existing {{tl|Fire Emblem}} is sufficient <span style="background:#F0F0FF; padding:3px 9px 4px">[[User talk:Czar|<span style='font:bold small-caps 1.2em Avenir;color:#B048B5'>czar</span>]]</span> 20:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Delete''', 1990 era release, so these characters, by themselves will never manage notability guidelines, nor likely accrue sufficient data for a decent article. <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 09:10, 9 April 2017 (UTC)

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==== [[Template:Airlines in Europe templates]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''keep'''<!-- Tfd top -->.  [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 13:04, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
* {{Tfd links|Airlines in Europe templates}}
A navigation template that links only to other navigation templates. That seems to violate [[WP:NAV]] which states navigation templates are for the purpose of linking articles. [[User:WilliamJE|...William]], is the complaint department really on [[User talk:WilliamJE|the roof?]] 13:55, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Keep''' - started in 2008, and apparently used to maintain the templates in the family, so to speak. Rules are meant to be broken when functions are useful, so since is no problem, let it be. <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 09:14, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' so long as it is not used in article space. Remove red links, and re-title to "European Airline Navboxes" or similar. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Train2104|Train2104]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Train2104|t]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Train2104|c]]) 01:35, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
*'''keep''', perfectly fine for template space. [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]] ([[User talk:Frietjes|talk]]) 15:48, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
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==== [[Template:Tamil films]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''relisted'''<!-- Tfd top --> on [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 April 15#Template:Tamil films|2017 April 15]].  [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 00:12, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
* {{tfd links|Tamil films}}
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==== [[Template:Adr]] ====
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The result of the discussion was '''subst and delete'''<!-- Tfd top -->. The main concern is redundancy to [[WP:PIPELINK|PIPELINK]]S, combined with ease of use and clarity. [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 13:32, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
* {{Tfd links|Adr}}
A truly pointless template, trying to replace the widespread and largely well understood use of [[WP:PIPELINK]]S with yet another template. 

MediaWiki and Wikicode has a reputation for unfriendliness, true. Piped links are one aspect of this. But where Wikicode is unfriendly it is almost always when it presents more than one way of doing something, and flips syntax modes between them. This template makes things ''worse'', not better. [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 20:05, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
: An example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ironworks&diff=772861274&oldid=767352697  [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 20:06, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:'''Keep''', unlike pipetricking, the template does NOT clutter text (and allows abbreviation use too) when typing sequences with addresses such as [[Summit Hill, PA|Summit Hill]], [[Carbon County, PA|Carbon County]], [[Pennsylvania]]
:* <nowiki> {{adr|Summit Hill|PA}}, {{adr|Carbon County|PA}}, [[Pennsylvania]]</nowiki> versus
:* <nowiki> [[Summit Hill, PA|Summit Hill]], [[Carbon County, PA|Carbon County]], [[Pennsylvania]]</nowiki>, and a host of other uses, such as [[Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley) |Broad Mountain]] from <br/><nowiki>{{adr|Broad Mountain||Lehigh Valley}}</nowiki>, which without the repetition is far more easy to parse proof reading than <br/><nowiki>[[Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley)|Broad Mountain]]</nowiki>. The amount of typing and confusion saved for the parenthesis and comma cases alone is tremendous. See the links and actual uses, not the simplistic reasons of the easy case cited by the nominator, who apparently feels he can spend my time for me. Let my tools be! // <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 20:17, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
*'''Keep''' I'm surprised this template wasn't created earlier, as it makes inputting piped links easier. As for its effect on readability, I agree with FrankB that it makes code less cluttered, but the nominator is also right that it adds to the complexity for novice editors to learn, to which I can also add that it will prevent the editor wiked form formatting the link. I'm not sure how these three things weigh against each other, but if it's judged that it's undesirable to have this template visible in the source code, then the solution will be not to delete it but to make it subst-only. – [[User talk:Uanfala| Uanfala (talk)]] 20:47, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:: It would be OK if this template was used by subst: (although the [[WP:Pipe trick]] does most of that), but as it is, this doesn't "make inputting piped links easier", it invents a whole new and unfamiliar syntax in addition to them. [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 21:41, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:::How didn't I know about the pipe trick! Well, it does take care of the two most common cases  – commas and parentheses. But the template is still useful for links with natural disambiguators. – [[User talk:Uanfala| Uanfala (talk)]] 21:54, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
* '''Comment''' From my user talk:
:: == TFD Template:Adr ==
:: You really ought look at the help and the many times used before nominating someone's tool for deletion. What kind of person takes away another persons tools?  They'll kill you if you try that on a blue collar work site! I will state categorically, if you win this, my 13 years wading through poorly written prose by academically limited and overly inexperienced writers too lazy to run down a cite like [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ferrous_metallurgy&diff=prev&oldid=772864160 this fix] are over, including and especially those taking days to prep, such as take hundreds of characters. Thanks for the hostile environment. // <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 20:25, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
: [[User:Andy Dingley|Andy Dingley]] ([[User talk:Andy Dingley|talk]]) 21:42, 29 March 2017 (UTC)

*'''Delete''' {{ping|Fabartus}}: I see your point about how the template above would be cleaner, but what you described was using [[WP:Pipe|piped links]], not using [[WP:Pipe trick]]. <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:adr|adr]]|Summit Hill|PA<nowiki>}}</nowiki> generates the same thing as <nowiki>[[Summit Hill, PA|]]</nowiki>: [[Summit Hill, PA|Summit Hill]].--[[Special:Contributions/216.12.10.118|216.12.10.118]] ([[User talk:216.12.10.118|talk]]) 22:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
**The pipe trick can't handle natural disambiguators. So for example <code><nowiki>{{adr|Russian||language}}</nowiki></code> is the only shortcut I know for <code><nowiki>[[Russian language|Russian]]</nowiki></code>. – [[User talk:Uanfala| Uanfala (talk)]] 22:16, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:::{{ping|Uanfala}} That's a good catch! Although I'm wondering how often its used like that. Ultimately I have two concerns: 
:::'''Concern [1]''' Is there a reason why the Template defaults to Pennsylvania if no argument is given? For example: <code><nowiki>{{adr|White  Haven}}</nowiki></code> produces [[White Haven, Pennsylvania|White Haven]] (rather than <code><nowiki>[[White Haven]]</nowiki></code> which take you to [[White Haven]], the disambiguation page. 
::::'''''Answered below''' after relisting notice:''  <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]]
:::'''Concern [2]''' Does the amount of typing saved in natural modifiers (which is not a huge amount, given that obviously we don't wikilink every reference) in cases like [[Russian language]] worth having a template for? And what impact does the template have on editing? Above it's claimed that the template makes pages easier to parse, but, frankly, I think users are generally more familiar with piped links, and will be much more thrown by something like  <code><nowiki>{{adr|Russian||language}}</nowiki></code> than <code><nowiki>[[Russian language|Russian]]</nowiki></code>.--[[Special:Contributions/216.12.10.118|216.12.10.118]] ([[User talk:216.12.10.118|talk]]) 22:26, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:::::Interjected Answer: For those of us struggling to get five words typed without a single error, yes. The template is a godsend!  I've been active on 13 sister projects since 2004, and I doubt I'll ever have using [[WP:Pipe|piped links]], versus using [[WP:Pipe trick]]s straight.  Every time I've tried the latter, its cost me time, given me ulcers and left me frustrated.  Too much like dating when I was 15 to be a fan.  It took a lot of trys to get past first base, you know!  I know what I'll get with a template, and it keeps me from having to distract my thoughts when typing:<br
/> <tt>{{adr|James Burke||science historian}, {adr|saddle||landform}, or "... watershed of the {{tlx|123|Ohio|River}} and [[Mississippi River]]s..." or many such strings, where I'd much rather my brain were paying attention to the intellegence of the message and the construction and not the DISADVANTAGES of wikimarkup's piped outputs.
:::::* If 216.12.10.118 and any other newbie has trouble looking up a template which is linked at the bottom of the page then my {{lts|123}} will seem just as puzzling as adding 2+2-the first time. LOOK IT UP, learn it. Use it. Make  it your own. (Don' they introduce that sequence in Kindergarten?) // <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 02:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)</tt>
::::I got the impression the template is still under construction, which could explain why it inexplicably defaults to Pennsylvania. If the template is too confusing to appear in source text, then it can be made [[WP:SUBST|subst]]-only. If this happens, then it can be simplified to handle only natural disambiguators, which should reduce the number of pipes needed. – [[User talk:Uanfala| Uanfala (talk)]] 22:33, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
:::::I do not believe it is still being constructed based on the edit history (prior to the deletion nomination, the last edit that edited the actual template was in September 2016, though in December 2016 one user did split the documentation out). My concern is that subst-ing will actually crowd the text. <code><nowiki>{{subst:adr|Russian||language}}</nowiki></code> generates this:
<pre class="toccolours" style="display:table;padding: 10px"><nowiki>{{#if:|[[Russian {{{4}}}|Russian]]<!--</nowiki><br/>
<nowiki>  else --->|{{#if:language<!-- <znoinclude>x</znoinclude></nowiki><br/>
<nowiki>    then --->|[[Russian (language) |Russian]]<!--</nowiki><br/>
<nowiki>    else --->|[[Russian, |Russian]]<!--</nowiki><br/>
<nowiki>        --->}}<!--</nowiki><br/>
<nowiki>--->}}</nowiki></pre>
:::::If the goal is to make markup easier to digest ... that doesn't solve it--[[Special:Contributions/216.12.10.118|216.12.10.118]] ([[User talk:216.12.10.118|talk]]) 22:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
*'''Convert to safesubst, subst, and delete''' The pipe ''trick'' per se is clearly something we don't expect new users to grasp quickly. That's absolutely fine. But for generally piped links, one needs to know a) the actual title of the page being linked to and b) the text they would like to show. In order to use this template, they need to know those things anyway. So it's not a matter of saving "research time", it's a matter of saving keystrokes. But that comes at the expense of a severe drop in readability for other editors, which on a popular page is a big deal. It's a totally unfamiliar syntax and very much arbitrary (comma -> paren -> space has no natural ordering). We don't have other templates like this for general use in articles, either. The closest I can think of would be {{tl|tl}} et al, but that's meant for back end work by more experienced users. These issues go away when it's used subst-only, but it would have to be bot-substituted. Is it worth it? Not really, in my opinion. &ndash;&nbsp;[[User:Train2104|Train2104]]&nbsp;([[User talk:Train2104|t]]&nbsp;•&nbsp;[[Special:Contributions/Train2104|c]]) 05:12, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
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@'''Questions'''... -Just to address the Finished and default case concerns raised above. Pennsylvania history and geography articles were where I was focused having to repeatedly shorten things of the form 'Landform-type, This-or-that County, Pennsylvania' into 'Beaver Brook' or whatever. e.g [[Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley)]] (since it spans two Counties and two river systems, most of its flanks drain to the Lehigh, ''hence chose that over 'Broad Mountain, Carbon County, Pennsylvania' nameform.
* IN EITHER CASE The template generates a nice polite [[Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley) |Broad Mountain]], my goal--Along with not having to retype things typed already. I have enough trouble getting names of things right just once, thank you very much!)
* </i>The default to Pennsylvania was entirely inadvertent, I wanted something real to create a realistic link inside the nesting. I only accidentally discovered it left a working link if Arg2 was left out last week myself. I would have no strong objection to changing the logic to create an error condition if Arg2+Arg3+Arg4 are undefined, though it hardly seems worth the effort--and adds complexity to a small well behaved template. I don't believe the template ought be subst'd automatically, since it unclutters complicated prose passages in places where cites are also cluttering the same paragraphs&mdash;that is in geography and history sections where other cites should often be around as well. Those article spots and lead paras are where it shines and keeps things simple. Were there a bot to check its use list and test an article had been unchanged for 3-4 weeks, then that BOT could subst for it, as construction was clearly suspended or over. Jes' saying! // <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 02:31, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

:{{ping|Fabartus}}, I see why your template might occasionally shorten writing, that's a solid point.
:# First, again, in only a very few cases would your template actually shorten writing. As  [[User:Andy Dingley]] pointed out, for your example, you could just write <code style="color:green"><nowiki>[[Broad Mountain (Lehigh Valley)|]]</nowiki></code>  The only time [[WP:Pipe trick]] would ''not'' work is if only a space separated the modifier. You saying that you've had difficulty with Pipe tricks doesn't quite seem to mean that we should create a template that does almost the exact same thing as pipe tricks.
:# You say that "For those of us struggling to get five words typed without a single error, yes. The template is a godsend!" The problem is - <span style="Color:green">'''you are one of the only editors to use this template, which appears on less than 50 pages.'''</span> ''Of course'' you want other users to use the template, as you suggest. The problem is, no one is. And because no one is, <span style="color:green">this creates a readability problem</span>. We don't expect users to have to "look up" templates just to understand that one user of the encyclopedia has trouble with pipe links. There's nothing intuitive about modifiers after commas going in to the second parameter, modifiers in parentheses going into the third parameter, modifiers going after spaces being in the fourth parameter, and then output text going into a "d" parameter. The fact is, [[WP:PIPE]] links are extremely common and widely understood; your template isn't. You've taken something that's commonly understood and made it ''debatably'' more efficient by sacrificing intuitiveness. Although you might think I'm a newbie since I have no account, I've been editing since 2006, and I'm actually familiar with what constitutes a good template.
:I remain a delete vote.--[[Special:Contributions/216.12.10.118|216.12.10.118]] ([[User talk:216.12.10.118|talk]]) 17:37, 7 April 2017 (UTC)
::{{Ping|User talk:216.12.10.118}} - Unfortunately, I can't really respect your cowardly behavior.  Your command of Wikimarkup is evident, but your understanding of psychology is grievously flawed if you think anoms are on an equal footing with editors one can at least contact with a direct question. So contempt for the hiding behind the woman's skirt of your IP addy. 
::{{Ping|User talk:216.12.10.118}} - Congrats, I was able to get pipe tricks to replicate the least used case for use of the template, I'll be sure to try and remember that. <s>BUT THE PRIME case is in the many titles where ''''addr'esses formats''' are involved... like its mnemonic, 'adr' truncates the garbage text we least often want at the end of a link in the many many many name cases when the page title and so links involve comma separated words we don't want, such as ', Luzerne County, Mississippi'.  Witness the many uses on display in the newly created stub: [[Hazel Creek (Lehigh River)]].  Simply put, the template both makes such dense descriptors easier to read and maintain, and far less challenging to type.</s> <br
/>Let's see an address case: <code><nowiki> [[Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|]]</nowiki> gave [[Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Beaver Creek]]...</code> <font face="Verdana"><font size="+1" color="navy">a totally unexpected result, confirming the anom's point and sending me down Alice's rabbit hole these past ten hours... SOMEONE, ANYONE, explain why source code would automatically be transformed and so HIDE such a useful set of behaviors.  I'll note that Help:Pipetrick in 2004/2005 did not mention such transformations, even on Meta, irrc, and since wikimarkup has autoconverted such the changes from {{tl|adr}} forms [[https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lehigh_Coal_%26_Navigation_Company&diff=prev&oldid=774554141  here] and on a number of other pages I eschewed use of the template today HAS A BIG PROBLEM... the source code and DIFF do not match. <br/><br
/>Our knowledgable Anom (hiding his identity so impolitely) may not like my template, but I have little use for source code which alters the record!  If our illustrious programmers are going to change the record, how are newbies (or addle-pated balding old engineers) supposed to observe and learn about the tool? ''Oh, the '''many, many, many man hours''' auto-changing that terminal pipe-bracket-bracket has cost me, and us all. WHAT PERCENTAGE OF EDITORS grasp that tool, I wonder. I wish we could give a quiz!  I sincerely doubt it approaches 20%! It's too subtle and hidden too well in the altered record!''</font></font> <br/><br
/> As far as your other point goes, I'd say it's a non-starter.  Like any other utility template (such as coord, convert, language taskers, etc.), as users see it, if they're editing, they too will encounter a day when it seems desirable, or not.  The syntax is deliberately close and familiar to standard pipe link forming wikimarkup.  In time and life-cycle, this thing is a baby, and if its only now on 50 pages, that's because I haven't had the time I'd like to originate a bunch of pages from researches about the early American Industrial Revolution, which if nothing else, includes the large task of researching and writing short articles on many key railroads and those they consolidated into.<br/>In conclusion... '''six or seven or ten+ hours later''', and having found out a [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lehigh_Coal_%26_Navigation_Company&diff=prev&oldid=774554141 whole lot more about pipe tricks] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pipe_trick piped links] (and they're hardly mentioned existance on Wikibooks), I've played enough with them now in <s>today's</s> yesterday's edits to conclude that pipe tricks do indeed make the template superfluous, and that now schooled in the power of <big>''' <code>'|]]'</code>''' </big>, I personally can NOW do without it. But conclude we may be better off promoting it. Not only does the source code read clearer in many cases, its use and low resource needs is clearer and cleaner for the next editor to wander into a morass of dense text. We've cluttered things enough for people volunteering their time and expertize to make this project better. A small well behaved template with a clear function is little enough a price for enhanced readability. So I remain a '''KEEP'''. It does no harm, and may do some good. // <b>[[User:Fabartus|Fra]]</b>[[User talk:Fabartus|<span style="color:green;">nkB</span>]] 08:28, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
:::{{ping|Fabartus}} Sorry for not making that clear. So, for the full run down, given your example: 
:::#The '''user''' types <code style="color:green"><nowiki>[[Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|]]</nowiki></code>
:::#When the user clicks save, '''Wikipedia''' automatically transforms that into  <code style="color:green"><nowiki>[[Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Beaver Creek]]</nowiki></code>
:::# <code style="color:green">[[Beaver Creek, Carbon County, Pennsylvania|Beaver Creek]]</code> is generated.
:::Why is the code transformed? I can't say I have any knowledge on that, but my guess is because [[WP:Pipe|piped links]] are such a standard part of wiki syntax that I think leaving the trick untransformed would actually generate more confusion. [[WP:Pipe trick|Pipe tricks]] are only a ''shortcut for the user entering the text'', not a way of reducing the amount of text on the page. (Also, my name is Daniel; I abandoned my Wikipedia account about 10 years ago and only sporadically edit now. Sorry my IP address causes you some concern; if it helps, technically an IP is, in some ways, ''less'' anonymous than an account!)--[[Special:Contributions/216.12.10.118|216.12.10.118]] ([[User talk:216.12.10.118|talk]]) 17:56, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Delete'''. I'm reminded of the old {{t1|city-region}} template, which was deprecated and deleted seven years ago. Even with the cleanup of the documentation it's hard to follow, at first glance, what this template does. For people unfamiliar with the template it's a barrier to editing the general text of the article in question, and we don't need more of those. [[User:Mackensen|Mackensen]] [[User_talk:Mackensen|(talk)]] 11:29, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''delete''', agree with Mackensen, this is just {{tl|city-region}} all over again. [[User:Frietjes|Frietjes]] ([[User talk:Frietjes|talk]]) 15:46, 10 April 2017 (UTC)
* '''Delete''' I'm not a fan of templates that duplicate existing syntax without significantly simplifying it in a large portion of cases.  As far as I can tell, this template slightly simplifies syntax in a few cases.  The concomitant cost of having multiple alternatives for the same thing outweighs this, IMO.  [[User:GoldenRing|GoldenRing]] ([[User talk:GoldenRing|talk]]) 11:39, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
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The result of the discussion was '''relisted'''<!-- Tfd top --> on [[Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2017 April 14#Template:Concerns and controversies at the Olympics|2017 April 14]].  [[User:Primefac|Primefac]] ([[User talk:Primefac|talk]]) 15:30, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
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