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Consistency of design

I've suggested at User talk:Violetriga/statusdevelopment that the tags on talk pages be made a more consistent design. Please take a look and leave some comments there. violet/riga (t) 13:09, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability

I've recently created a Usability WikiProject. The intent is to make Wikipedia easier and more pleasant to use by encouraging things like accessibility, Cross-browser support, standardized templates, and so on. If anyone is interested, please have a look at it, and see if perhaps you'd like to join. –M^T 29 June 2005 03:01 (UTC)

Naming convention for WikiProject templates

Seems like we ought to establish a naming convention for WikiProject templates so they can be easily recognized, and to help with organization. Thoughts? --Tetraminoe 23:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Editors who upkeep an article

I know theres a template for talk pages that alerts users to a a specific user who is very involved in the upkeep of a specific article. I cant seem to find it here. Thanks, -Reuvenk_[T][C] 22:20, 10 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Wouldn't that violate WP:OWN? Any such template seems like it would be deleted rather swiftly. --tjstrf 04:19, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think the template you're referring to is {{Maintained}}? -- Longhair 05:11, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Future article talk page

I've recently been encouraged to move the template User:BigNate37/TM/Future article talk page out of userspace (and thus into template space). It is currently in use on three talk namespace pages. Opinions are appreciated before I make the move and list it on WP:TM/TALK. BigNate37_(T) 05:01, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe I'm just being a nitpick but...

It would be nice if there were smaller versions of these banners available. Some pages, like this one Talk:Demosthenes and this one Talk:ADHD have several banners, one on top of the others. It looks kind of messy. It would be nice if there could be smaller, more compact versions in addition to the ones already available. What do y'all think?--*Kat* 07:23, 17 September 2006 (UTC) Here are some examples of what I would like us to see more of:[reply]

<table style="border: 2px solid #FFC125; background: #FEF1B5; margin: .5em .5em .5em .5em; padding: 5px; float: left"

This article is a current featured article candidate. A featured article should exemplify Wikipedia's very best work, and is therefore expected to meet several criteria. Please feel free to leave comments.

<table style="border: 2px solid #FFC125; background: #FEF1B5; margin: .5em .5em .5em .5em; padding: 3px; float: left"

Good idea. I'd say go bold and multiply. Don't worry about overusing the template namespace. If these don't get support, you can have them speedy deleted as their author. Just one suggestion, give them names, similar to the ones they duplicate so that they appear beside them in category listings. --Swift 20:18, 17 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Wikipedia:Talk page templates#Small option. --Quiddity 04:38, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Added {{OOCOT}} and {{OOCOB}}

A modification of the {{archive top}}/{{archive bottom}} used to help keep conversations organized when editors post out of chronological order. In fact that's the abbreviation: Out Of Chronological Order Top and Out Of Chronological Order Bottom. Anynobody 00:12, 7 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New page for WikiProject banners

Would anyone object to me moving all these WikiProject banners to a new page? There's so many, they need their own page. I would also be adding more (going for all of them). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rocket000 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 2 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Since they were talking up the overwhelming majority of the page, I move them to Wikipedia:Template_messages/WikiProject_notices and created the necessary links. Cheers :) --slakr^\ talk / 12:55, 9 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What about this humorous user talk page template?

Is this the right place to put this? It's just a little (by little, I mean HUGE) humorous template aimed at letting users release any tension or stress the have toward other users. I'm hoping there's a small chance it may reduce edit wars, but it probably won't get anywhere due to the giant explosion and intended humor.

BOOM!!! YOU HAVE BEEN NUKED!!!

TheGreenMartian (talk) 02:21, 10 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Caroline Costa

Hi Caroline Costa, Im a really really big fan i love your song WITHOUT YOU with Abraham it is so sweet how did you learn to nsing so pretty? Your Biggest Fan, Olivia Crouch — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.93.228.140 (talk) 18:17, 22 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Maintenance templates

Your simplifications and improvements of maintenance templates have all (I think) been reverted. They are not improvements, and the templates do not need simplification. These templates are viewed by thousands of people, and have been drawn up by multiple editors. If you think you have a suggestion that should be implemented, please discuss first on the talkpage of each template. Debresser (talk) 13:18, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Debresser: See #Warning templates above. --Redrose64 (talk) 13:25, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

where I wrote "Hi, I see that you have been creating new warning templates, as well as altering some existing templates. Where were these changes discussed?" (since removed) --Redrose64 (talk) 21:20, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Redrose64 If this guy doesn't engage in conversation, I think his changes should simply be undone en masse. Debresser (talk) 16:21, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

@Debresser: First of all, what conversation? Secondly, I believe that it is good to have some degree of simplification so that reading would be faster, so, from my point of view, they are improvements, and I would like to include that as a suggestion. I just did that because I thought that it would be uncontroversial. Also, I know that many people read those templates. Am I doing something wrong (with the WP:BOLD policy)? ~~Gamingforfun~~³⁶⁵ (talk) 21:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I should've clarified above that WP:BOLD is a guideline, not a policy, and that changing existing pages and templates that are highly used should usually be proposed on the talk page first (and you should always check the talk page before making major edits to check that there isn't a consensus against such a change). --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 21:37, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I am going to try to reach a consensus here. What were your opinions about my simplification? I meant no harm but help. ~~Gamingforfun~~³⁶⁵ (talk) 22:03, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It's not the thing that should be decided by one person, or even three. Changes to the uw- series of templates should be prediscussed at WT:UW, not on a user talk page. --Redrose64 (talk) 22:53, 19 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Then, I will move this discussion there. Only, this is not about user warnings. ~~Gamingforfun~~³⁶⁵ (talk) 00:27, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Locking templates

Because these templates apparently require for us to seek a consensus for each, why will not we just lock them exclusively for administrators? That would encourage for us to use the talk pages of them first. Anyways, what are your views upon simplification? ~~Gamingforfun~~³⁶⁵ (talk) 02:17, 20 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]