Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2019 April 6: Difference between revisions

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*'''Keep''' These are intentionally non-displaying; their main purpose is to give an indication to bots and scripts as to which variant is the preferred one for the article. They also categorise the page, which an editnotice cannot do. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 21:20, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

**{{Ping|Redrose64}} Then why have templates at all instead of just a category? ―[[User:Koavf|Justin (<span style="color:grey">ko'''a'''vf</span>)]]<span style="color:red">❤[[User talk:Koavf|T]]☮[[Special:Contributions/Koavf|C]]☺[[Special:Emailuser/Koavf|M]]☯</span> 20:18, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

**:It's something to do with [[User:Ohconfucius/EngvarB|the Engvar script]], which isn't mine - someone like {{user|Ohconfucius}} will know exactly why it's coded that way. But in ''general'', housekeeping categories like this are always applied via a template. --[[User:Redrose64|<span style="color:#a80000; background:#ffeeee; text-decoration:inherit">Red</span>rose64]] &#x1f339; ([[User talk:Redrose64|talk]]) 21:21, 10 April 2019 (UTC)

*'''Keep''' per Redrose64. I frequently check for the category these templates produce to determine correct variants for an article.-<span style="font-family:cursive; color:grey;">[[User talk:gadfium|gadfium]]</span> 22:25, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

* '''Keep''' per above rationale.--[[User:Tom (LT)|Tom (LT)]] ([[User talk:Tom (LT)|talk]]) 22:42, 6 April 2019 (UTC)