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:::Absolutely true. Most of the templates on UTM are designed to be used with new editors, but a significant portion are appropriate for new users or regulars. If this keeps coming up, perhaps we should make an effort to delineate which are designed for new users.--<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">[[User:Kubigula|Kubigula]] ''([[User talk:Kubigula|talk]])''</span> 17:14, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
:You know, I agree with the first poster above. I don't agree with this objection to regulars being templated. Some templates may be for users unfamiliar with Wikipedia, and those wouldn't be appropriate for regulars in most cases, but that's not their only purpose. Notification templates, for example are clearly not meant to do anything but save an editor time. Like with a page being put up for deletion. Or, as I've noticed sometimes, people thanking folks for participation in an Request for Adminship. I doubt anybody really objects to that, and if they do, I'm sure folks would just say they're the ones being crotchety. Now where I see the problem is with warnings. And that's possibly because somebody did something wrong. Maybe it's the person who got templated, maybe it's the person doing the templating. How do we know? It'll depend on the circumstances, but I think it's just as likely for somebody to get offended if you send them a personal message rather than a template. I know a lot of people have made personal attacks or made uncivil comments and are completely unable to recognize it. The fact is, if you're offended by somebody expressing a concern about your behavior, it is best to reflect on it, and take a good honest look at your actions. It may be you've done nothing wrong. I know I've faced my share of frivolous accusations from folks who would rather attack me than stick to the content(and none of them ever used a template as far as I can recall), but it seems excessive to me to reject the use of templates at all. If there's a problem, it's more in the particulars than the general situation. So far as it goes though, I don't see any harm in distinguishing templates based on how appropriate they are for regulars versus new users. [[User:
===If UTM templates were only applicable to issues of straightforward vandalism, then this debate would not be taking place.===
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