Template talk:Deletebecause
Usage[edit]
{{deletebecause| reason }} marks an item for deletion and provides a reason. Please don't forget to add it to Commons:Deletion requests.
- Usually placed at the top of the item.
Redundant template?[edit]
Isn't this template redundant? {{Delete}} also has a "reason" field. Samulili 09:14, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Duplicate here[edit]
I'm adding this here, because the Boxed instructions on Category:Candidates for speedy deletion were a bit unclear... only on leaving the page did I spot the {{Badname}} template. More to the point, the db templates on wikipedia have several variations that ought to be considered herein. See the Deletiontools template linked below. Best regards, // FrankB 07:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Cross-posted Category_talk:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion
... but the deletion instruction page brought me straight to the cat page, which contains no instructions on how to implement said desired speedy deletion. (A minor matter of a misnamed template imported interwiki from en.wikipedia. This, note the preceding 'Commons:' before 'Template:' (A problem with my writing of template commonstmp. (Just fixed using the previous wikilink while in preview! Call it three minutes flat.)
- But seriously, why no similar templates to en.wikipedia? I'm working my butt off over here and there (to equalize cats mainly) and we've put some tools in place (( commonstmp and {template:wikiPtmp}, or {wikiPtmpM}, imported some 'tools' categories (Keeping consistency between sister projects where possible) Category:Navigational templates, Category:Navigation templates (Diff! in 'al'), Category:Uncategorized templates, for such tools management. So equalizing methodology has never been easier. Consider db-author as a strong suggestion... for these inadvertent 'goofs' like this.
- If I put 'that tag' on something on wikipedia, it's usually gone inside half an hour (See: Category:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion). Same for the rest of their extensive Speedy Category tools on their menu of deletion tools (see how easy that is to connect now!). So now you too can edit that page and add commonstmp inside an noinclude block. Copy the contents, and follow the link back to here at the commons, Edit, modify, and save, and Voilà, instant new template in a few minutes. Oh, don't forget to change {commonstmp} to {{WikiPtmp}}... now, you're done... save for all the redlinks.
- Oops! Well, follow those and repeat as needed! <g>
- The interwiki category differences are being ironed out anyway, so you can help that effort if the odd category creates a redlink here and there. As tools migrate, they'll fill up here. Just add {WikiPcat} and after saving, follow that link and Add Commonscat4 or one of it's sister's to the wikipedia cat, and things will gell out quickly.
The same tagging strategy goes for any category here that is shared with en.wikipedia... most of which are copied to other languages. One caveat! If the Categories here and there have differing parents or sub-categories, the proper tools to use are {{WikiPcat1}} and commonscat1Ra (or Commonscat1R on and in Wikipedia, which place things into a slightly different category. Not the 'Done' list: Wikipedia categories equalized with Wikimedia Commons categories but the To-Do list Wikipedia categories matching with Wikimedia Commons categories. (This system all started with maps categories, but necessarily interacts with parents and diverse 'periodization' categories, so when the shoe fits... lend a hand!. Best regards // FrankB 07:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Oh, if a few admins can get me on my talk, I'd appreciate knowing who you are! There are a couple of other things that need speedy deleted that I'll look up or remember soon. Thanks! // FrankB 07:02, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
- Cross-posted Category_talk:Candidates_for_speedy_deletion
- Read Commons:Deletion guidelines for usage of deletion templates. We generally want to reduce the number of deletion templates as it helps nobody having a specially designed template for every case. Arnomane 23:54, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm really talking co-operative interwiki organization[edit]
Thanks for the answer... but I'm really championing some systemic compatibilty so people over there will be more likely to lend a hand and be productive here. Not specially designed templates, but one's already debugged, familiar, and maintained by far more 'staff regulars' than you all are likely to have. That's reality. Every wikipedia project lifts tools off en.wikipedia. They leave their translation categories all over. (See my talk, message just finished.)
Having similar tool sets are a good start on that 'user friendliness', and the two templates I cited ending in 'tmp' (template) make porting and checking versions pretty easy (or I couln't do it. I'm really not much of a template programmer.)
So the question is whether you want manpower, or want to take on the work some of the people in that 800# gorrilla of a project could manage better were there some contact points that were familiar. Lifting their tools and tool finding categories would be a good step in that direction.
That's all I was trying to get across. There's no reason that if they can change their category structure in significant ways to match those here, that some cats here couldn't be opened that match there's. All you need do is WP:Btw and connect your comfortable one's with the gorrilla's... otherwise people are going to get frustrated at the alien surroundings when a few interconnections would help them find their way around. Cheers! // FrankB 00:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)