On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 10:29 AM, Al Tally majorly.wiki@googlemail.com wrote:
They are pretty disruptive templates I've found, often used to silence a discussion. You haven't actually nominated either template though, and any TFD discussion would (ironically) end in speedy keep, because closing discussions early is what a lot of people like doing.
They have their uses on noticeboards for "resolved" issues but they should rarely be used in any of the talk namespaces. One of the exceptions to this would be for those on the Barack Obama talk page who won't stop beating the citizenship horse. However, using it for something that hasn't been discussed numerous times in the recent past is the same as saying STFU.