I don't think this going to change anytime soon, and in many situations
template banners are very helpful.
The best way to efficiently suggest the redundancy of a template is to go
and fix it yourself, if they piss you off that much. But expecting that
everyone is capable (much less willing) to fix every problem they see
themselves is foolishness, plain and simple.
On 10/7/07, Zoney <zoney.ie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Does it not drive anyone else up the wall the incessant templates jammed
onto the top of our articles? Sure some of the articles have issues that
readers as well as editors should be aware of, but it's really ridiculous
having these Vogonic bureaucratic Wiki-speak instructions/jargon stamped
before the article text for all and sundry to enjoy. Half the time the
templates aren't even warranted, or at the least the issue is not
important
enough to demand anything other than a note on the talk page. It's far too
easy for people just to slap on templates onto articles in a sort of
wiki-process-allowed defacement of content.
I mean the trivia section warning for one thing. I consider myself firmly
in
the anti-trivia camp, and indeed I'd nearly support removing offending
sections to talk pages as well when asking people to integrate the
brainless
factoids; but really, there's no need to give instructions on the
situation
to all our readers. It's just not that important! Templates in fact
compound
the problem by highlighting the trivia sections! It makes no sense!
As regards the templates that are somewhat necessary (don't use our
second-hand info about hurricanes in your area, etc) can a specific area
separate from the article content be used for the message? Something like
how the fundraising message is displayed?
Zoney
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