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Cleanup/still needed?

@Frietjes: I am not too good with Modules yet so I'm wary of editing this... Category:Pages using infobox cyclist with deprecated parameters is now empty and I have removed support for the deprecated params from the template. I also added Module:Check for unknown parameters to the template so any instances of the 6 deprecated params that are added in the future will show up as unknown params. Can you help clean up this module? Lines 149 through 157 can certainly be removed... I also question the need for the rest of this module. Do we really need a module to check that all year params have a matching team param? If so, those should go to a different category as it is not a deprecation issue. Perhaps a Category:Pages using infobox cyclist with effed up params cuz people suck? Let me know your thoughts and let me know how I can help. --Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:21, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

User:Zackmann08, looks like the new syntax was introduced in July 2014‎, which is probably long enough in the past that we can safely remove the old syntax. the module checks for a bunch of things like (1) mismatches between the numbering of the years and teams parameters, which was a common mistake during the conversion to the new syntax, (2) people still trying to use the old syntax br-tag or list syntax but wedged into the new parameters, and (3) malformed weight/height parameters. I will take a closer look later today and see if we can safely kill this. thank you. Frietjes (talk) 18:28, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
for the atypical weight/height stuff, the task is this sort of thing. basically, use auto unit conversion. Frietjes (talk) 18:32, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
(edit conflict)@Frietjes: sounds good. I guess my argument against this module is that you have to draw a line somewhere... You cannot test for EVERY case and throw an error for every tiny little thing that can go wrong. It comes down to WP:COMPETENCE. I completely agree that this module catches some great errors. I just think it is a slippery slope and sets a dangerous precedent for error checking the hell out of infoboxes. If you don't have the WP:COMPETENCE to properly implement this infobox without the module catching your errors, maybe you shouldn't be editing. Before you know it we would have a module checking {{Infobox settlement}} saying "This is a United States settlement but you supplied metric measurements. ERROR!!!" or "The {{{area_land_sq_mi}}} supplied is larger than {{{area_total_sq_mi}}} which is not possible!!!" Trying to be funny but also make a point... It is a slippery slope. Hope that makes sense! :-) --Zackmann08 (Talk to me/What I been doing) 18:37, 5 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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