Erik Moeller (erik_moeller@gmx.de) [050505 08:28]:
The problem with templates is that it is very easy to create them, and very hard to get rid of them. Virtually all problem templates I've seen have survived being listed on "Templates for deletion" because, usually, there are multiple passionate fans -- the people who have been using the template and who don't want to modify their existing workflows. This has led to an abundance of pastel colored boxes, as every editor seems to want a template to call their own. I believe we have to treat new templates in the same way we treat new policy proposals. We can keep them around as proposals, but before we actually *use* them, there has to be a consensus to do so. That way, we fix the current asymmetry: We make it harder to *adopt* templates; then it doesn't matter so much that it's hard to *delete* them.
OH YES PLEASE.
- d.