sorry--the link should have been Wikipedia talk:Article message boxes., which gives a summary and the extensive archives. I was apparently expressing my own view that they belong on the talk page.
On 10/7/07, David Goodman dgoodmanny@gmail.com wrote:
There s an extensive on -wiki discussion of this at Wikipedia_talk:Talk_page_templates. Considering that the new templates have just been adopted after a reasonable period of open discussion, an attempt to change back will be interesting.
Personally, I would support making all templates yet smaller, and almost all less conspicuous, and moving most to the article talk page. Not everyone agrees.
On 10/7/07, K P kpbotany@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/7/07, Rob gamaliel8@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/7/07, Charlotte Webb charlottethewebb@gmail.com wrote
Well, once again I disagree with you as per [1]. {{HurricaneWarning}} should have been deleted a long time ago, but it somehow survived TFD. Short of deletion I would welcome any attempt to make its appearance more subtle but it's protected for no apparent reason.
I can't believe that template exists. What's next, a warning on medical articles for people to call 911/999/whatever in case of a medical emergency?
Oh, good grief, you really didn't suggest that did you? Tell the kids not to stuff beans up their noses....
I template the hell out of articles that are inappropriate content but won't be corrected. The x-ray crystallography article, which requires an expert, not a bunch of physicists and mathematicians, shouldn't be the general article on the topic, it's written essentially about x-ray crystallography of bio molecules, and it looks exactly like what it is: a compilation of disorganized insights into the field without a retaining substance, like an outline.
There are some articles that shouldn't be on Wikipedia, and if I don't have time to correct them, and no one else will either, then I'm going to at least warn the readers that the article is a piece of crap in various ways. That's what the templates do. In fact, one of the first times I read an article on Wikipedia it came with a warning.
KP
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