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Template:Infobox Major Historical and Cultural Site of China

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This Infobox (which is a DISASTER on the code side) has been around nearly 4 years and has only 2 uses. Neither of which are really needed. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 23:36, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Colortable

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This would be a G7, but it is in use on a couple of pages and should be substed first. jp×g🗯️ 17:30, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Unitarian Universalist sidebar

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JokaiGeistundFeuer (talk · contribs) is seeking to have this sidebar deleted, but went to AfD to do so even though this is a template. The rationale they gave follows:

I am nominating this sidebar for deletion because it tries to cover Christian Universalists, Unitarian Universalists and Unitarians together. These groups are, however, wholly distinct; Most contemporary Universalists are Trinitarian, so there is little sense in grouping them with Unitarians. Furthermore, the Unitarian Universalist association is a religious organization, whereas Unitarianism and Universalism are distinct non-institutional movements. It is entirely possible to be a Trinitarian universalist, or to be a Unitarian who belies in universal salvation without being a member of the Unitarian Universalist association, or, as the Unitarian Universalist association is non-creedal, to be a member of the Unitarian Universalist association while being neither a Universalist nor a Unitarian. For this reason, I believe that a common sidebar for these movements creates far more confusion than it helps clarify, and may create the false impression that there is some link between being a Universalist and being a Unitarian.
— User:JokaiGeistundFeuer 10:27, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

DanielRigal (talk · contribs) made a comment noting the misplaced nomination, but also added:

I think this nomination is extremely premature anyway. The nominator has not attempted to discuss it anywhere else. No proposal has been made to split the template. Nuking the whole thing is clearly not the correct solution, even if there is a problem and I'm not sure that there is.
— User:DanielRigal 15:38, 19 July 2026 (UTC)

I take no position on any of this (only concurring that AfD was the wrong process for this TfD) and am neutral in this procedural nomination. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 16:36, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Keep. I think there is a plethora of evidence to support keeping. Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists are almost alwayd grouped together due to their common history—no one is claiming they all share the same beliefs. Simply consult Britannica or about any academic religious studies journal and you’ll see a common thread here if grouping them together.
Distinctions between these 3 are already noted in the sidebar (not to mention the inclusion of 3 different symbols in the heading of the sidebar).
Furthermore, I absolutely concur with @Wcquidditch that this was an entirely misplaced deletion nomination and with @DanielRigal that this is an exteremely premature nomination that did not try to consult feedback from others (or IMO tolerate dissent…) Aunger67 (talk) 23:54, 20 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Keep Unitarians, Universalists, and Unitarian Universalists have long and interconnected histories, and this template sidebar serves our readers well for navigational purposes while neatly distinguishing between the three groups it broadly represents. The fact of the matter is that these three groups are inextricably linked to each other, and outright nuking the navigational template would do more of a disservice to our readers than a benefit. If there are any specific issues regarding the template's structuring that users would like to address, then they can and should be done so at Template talk:Unitarian Universalist sidebar. Red Shogun412 (talk • contribs) 20:37, 21 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Steward protect

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was speedy delete. G3: Vandalism, G5, creation by blocked user ASUKITE 23:24, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

No transclusions. This editor has created only pages for things that do not exist here at the English Wikipedia. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:19, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:Reasercher topicon

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was Delete; deleted as G5 by MPGuy2824 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT⚡ 08:08, 20 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Misspelled, and there is no such "privilege" as "researcher". This editor has created only pages that don't make sense. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:17, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The above is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template or module's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

Template:Badminton at the 2028 Summer Olympics

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Sidebar with no main article, no transclusions, documentation, and no blue links in the body. This editor keeps creating these unusable templates. No prejudice to recreation when it is actually usable. – Jonesey95 (talk) 14:05, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete for now per rationale of nom. Also agree that recreation is fine when it is actually usable. Servite et contribuere (talk) 22:44, 21 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Jonesey95: can I suggest either expanding this to include all of Category:2028 Summer Olympics event sidebar templates (16) or withdrawing and re-nominating all at once? Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 00:03, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Some of them are used and have blue links in them, so I don't see a valid TFD criterion for nominating all of them at once. – Jonesey95 (talk) 00:17, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Fair enough. My bad! Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 02:48, 22 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Emojus

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This misnamed template appears to be redundant to the more comprehensive and feature-rich {{Emoji}}. Replace all 71 instances with the original template, using |name= as needed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:53, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep or merge while actually adding the functionality that it provides to the recipient template. The emoji template either demands codepoints or aliases; it doesn't mention in the documentation whether these aliases are compatible with the Discord aliases. It is therefore useful for anyone who wishes to use emojuses on Wikipedia without interrupting every comment to look up UTF-8 codepoints (?) or memorizing another set of hundreds of slightly different aliases for what glyphs go to which names (since the alias lookup table for {{emoji}} is not made to provide parity). But this can be decided later, and any disparities fixed afterwards; I will just delete the code I wrote and make it a template wrapper for {{emoji}} because I am not interested in arguing about whether it should be easier to do stuff on Wikipedia. It's fine, we can just have it go back to being inconvenient. jp×g🗯️ 17:23, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    The unicode standard provides official names for emojis. If Discord or {{Emoji}} is using non-standard names for any emojis, they should be fixed. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:44, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
    I do not think we are authorized to push code to Discord's servers 😅 jp×g🗯️ 02:13, 20 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Ewoks

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Proposing deletion, as this is a redundant and oddly specific category created by a blocked sockpuppet. The entries are already covered at {{Star Wars}} and {{Star Wars universe}} where appropriate. — Trailblazer101🔥 (discuss · contribs) 13:51, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Tofan cabinet table

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Single-article content with no documentation or template parameters. Copy into article and delete. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:50, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:Borders of Vatican City

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Navbox with no transclusions, no main article, and only one possible link in the body. – Jonesey95 (talk) 13:46, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Delete One of three countries that are an enclave of another country. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 17:06, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Template:"Dryosaurus" grandis

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was speedy close. Nominated template does not exist. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:45, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:"Dryosaurus" grandis with Template:Dryosaurus.
This article covers information that I believe can be summed up in a single section of the main Dryosaurus wiki page. Additionally, "D". grandis has few mentions in literature and little information overall. AFH (talk) 07:25, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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Template:Country data Mars

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The following is an archived discussion concerning one or more templates or modules. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review).

The result of the discussion was speedy delete per G3. (non-admin closure) –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 07:41, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

One of several made-up flag templates for extraterrestrial places created by GeniusElephant678 (talk · contribs). At least for Mars there are reliable sources proposing flags, so I'm not inclined to use {{db-hoax}} like for most of the others. –LaundryPizza03 (dc̄) 01:16, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy delete - WP:G3 applies here. Zackmann (Talk to me/What I been doing) 04:55, 19 July 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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