Wikipedia talk:Template index/User talk namespace/Archive 12: Difference between revisions

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::That's awesome, thanks. Looking at that category, there may be a few more, but several of them are kind of "built-in" to the standard replies to unblock requests, and some of them are old, I've already sent one to MFD. I'll try to review the whole category and compile a list here. [[User:Beeblebrox|Beeblebrox]] ([[User talk:Beeblebrox|talk]]) 21:13, 5 August 2013 (UTC)

== Need updating? ==

Given that [[WP:COI]] has been updated to suggest that editors with a financial connection to the subject of the article avoid direct-editing, does Template:{{tl|Uw-coi}} need updating? It came to mind because I saw a disclosed PR editor where:

* I have advised him to avoid direct-editing

* Another editor has threatened him with a block if he continues direct-editing

* The Talk page template on the article, which has garnered strong consensus, says to avoid direct-editing

* WP:COI says to avoid direct-editing

Yet he has this template on his Talk page which seems to suggest editing is ok. Personally, I use my own [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:CorporateM/COIuser custom template] [[User:CorporateM|CorporateM]] ([[User_talk:CorporateM|Talk]]) 16:00, 2 August 2013 (UTC)

:IMHO, it needs updating just because it is so long. [[User:Vectro|Vectro]] ([[User talk:Vectro|talk]]) 14:45, 3 August 2013 (UTC)

:Furthermore, the template is far too nice -- those who are here exclusively for promotion are ''not'' welcome on Wikipedia. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Amatulic&oldid=568258501#Page_Deletion] for an example. I don't use this template any more for this reason, preferring level 2/3/4 spam/advert warnings instead. [[User:MER-C|MER-C]] 04:15, 13 August 2013 (UTC)