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The result of the discussion was relisted on 2024 December 20. Izno (talk) 21:29, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:See also. plicit 23:56, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:See also if exists with Template:See also.
I think that the “if exists” function should just be a default on see also. It would help to clear a very large backlog and prevent said backlog from growing. See also shows up first when searching for the template, and see also if exists is not commonly used. Noelle!!! (summon a demon or read smth) 17:08, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the discussion was merge to Template:Confusing. Izno (talk) 21:32, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Propose merging Template:Incomprehensible into Template:Confusing.

The distinction between "This article may be very hard to understand..." and "This article may be confusing or unclear..." appears to be arbitrary. It is difficult to see what would be lost if we only had one of these template for such cases.

Reducing the number of such similar template pairs makes it easier for editors to find a template when they need to use one, and reduces the maintenance burden. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 14:33, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Good call. I kind of like the wording and links displayed on {{confusing}} better, but I trust whoever does the merge to do something nice. Care will need to be taken to merge the parameters and categories correctly (they seem compatible) and notify bot authors, but I support the merge. (And wow, looks like I made this template two decades ago. I have no memory of this, but it does seem like the sort of thing I would do.) -- Beland (talk) 20:53, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
No opinion on whether to merge or not. But if merging, slight preference for {{Confusing}} to be the merge target, and BLARing {{Incomprehensible}}. Confusing is a shorter, pithier word. –Novem Linguae (talk) 02:08, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Incomprehensible is pretty niche and would benefit from merging -- wonder if it sometimes is used like {{technical}}, or bad English, though.
Looking at a few:
So I don't oppose the merge -- the template is obscure and needs to go, because having an ambiguous category that includes multiple others is bad. But also, because it includes multiple others, some articles are going to get tagged in a way that's a little bit off the spirit of things, is the downside. Absent a better idea, this is still probably the best solution, in my opinion. Mrfoogles (talk) 04:58, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
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The result of the discussion was delete. Izno (talk) 21:30, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Jamaica Tallawahs CPL franchise disbanded at the end of 2023, a "current" squad template is no longer accurate or required. JP (Talk) 11:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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