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If process guidelines are met, move templates to the appropriate subsection here to prepare to delete. Before deleting a template, ensure that it is not in use on any pages (other than talk pages where eliminating the link would change the meaning of a prior discussion), by checking Special:Whatlinkshere for '(transclusion)'. Consider placing {{Being deleted}} on the template page.

Tools

There are several tools that can help when implementing TfDs. Some of these are listed below.

Template linking and transclusion check – Toolforge tool to see which pages are transcluded but not linked from or to a template
WhatLinksHereSnippets.js – user script that allows for template use to be viewed from the Special:WhatLinksHere page
AutoWikiBrowser – semi-automatic editor that can replace or modify templates using regular expressions
Bots – robots editing automatically. All tasks have to be approved before operating. There are currently three bots with general approval to assist with implementing TfD outcomes:
- AnomieBOT – substituting templates via User:AnomieBOT/TFDTemplateSubster
- SporkBot – general TfD implementation run by Plastikspork
- PrimeBOT – general TfD implementation run by Primefac

Closing discussions

The closing procedures are outlined at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Closing instructions.

To review

Templates for which each transclusion requires individual attention and analysis before the template is deleted.

Template:Infobox_storm2024 March 10 – Infobox_storm ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:WikiProject_Glass2024 November 5 – WikiProject_Glass ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:PIE2024 December 3 – PIE ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Instances should be replaced with {{lang|ine-x-proto}}. If the instance contains a phrase or sentence, |proto=no should be added to suppress the asterisk. —Compassionate727 ^(T·C) 14:17, 16 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Template:WCSP2025 January 5 – WCSP ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Cite_WS2025 January 5 – Cite_WS ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:R_from_how-to_name2025 April 14 – R_from_how-to_name ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- The close at Wikipedia:Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2025_August_23#How-to_redirects seems to contradict the close at TfD. Rjjⁱⁱⁱ (talk) 15:50, 4 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Which is why I added the note, see my edit at the template. —Matrix _{ping me}^{when u reply} (t? - c) 17:39, 6 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

To merge

Templates to be merged into another template.

None currently

Infoboxes

Merge into the singular {{infobox ship}} (currently a redirect):
- Template:Infobox_ship_begin2022 April 30 – Infobox_ship_begin ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_ship_career2022 April 30 – Infobox_ship_career ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_ship_characteristics2022 April 30 – Infobox_ship_characteristics ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_ship_class_overview2022 April 30 – Infobox_ship_class_overview ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_ship_image2022 April 30 – Infobox_ship_image ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_service_record2022 April 30 – Infobox_service_record ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
  I have hacked Module:Infobox ship which implements ship infoboxen without the external wikitable that the above templates require. Uses Module:Infobox; {{infobox ship begin}} is no longer required; parameter names are changed from sentence- to snake-case; section header height for career, characteristics, service record sections is normalized; custom fields are supported. I chose to retain the individual section templates as subtemplates:
  - {{Infobox ship/image}}
  - {{Infobox ship/career}}
  - {{Infobox ship/characteristic}}
  - {{Infobox ship/class}}
  - {{Infobox ship/service record}} – Module:Infobox ship implements only the 'ship' portion of {{Infobox service record}}
  In the main infobox these subtemplates are called with the |section<n>= parameters (aliases of |data<n>=).
  
  Comparisons between wikitable infoboxen and Module:Infobox ship infoboxen can bee seen at my sandbox (permalink).
  
  —Trappist the monk (talk) 14:57, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  Since the intent is to use Module:Infobox directly, why is Module:Infobox ship being used to generate the infobox? I can understand if there is need for a backend module to validate a value or something, but is there really a reason to have this unique code? Gonnym (talk) 17:50, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  The original complaint was that the ship infoboxen templates are table templates masquerading as infobox templates. None of those templates use Module:Infobox. Module:Infobox ship answers that complaint. Yeah, we still have subtemplates, but, in my opinion, that is a good thing because the appropriate parameters and their data are contained in each particular subtemplate. The container subtemplates make it relatively easy for an editor reading an article's wikitext to understand. The current ship infobox system allows sections in any order (except for the position of {{infobox ship begin}} – not needed with Module:Infobox ship); whatever the final outcome of this mess, that facility must not be lost.
  
  Module:Infobox ship does do some error checking (synonymous parameters |ship_armor= / |ship_armour=, |ship_draft= / |ship_draught=, |ship_honors= / |ship_honours=, and |ship_stricken= / |ship_struck=). Whether {{infobox ship}} directly calls Module:Infobox or whether {{infobox ship}} calls Module:Infobox ship which then calls Module:Infobox is really immaterial so long as the final rendered result is a correctly formatted infobox.
  
  —Trappist the monk (talk) 19:06, 22 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  @Trappist the monk are you still interested in working on this Module? If not, I'd like to try to get it finished myself. The massive deviation I had in mind was to make one invocation of the module do everything. Each page will require individual attention to complete the merge into a proper infobox anyway, so I reason to go the extra mile to make it nicer in general. Repeatable parameters will have the normal n number appended to the end of the parameter. An alternative would be to have subboxes for repeating sections, which would be easier in general to replace and implement. SWinxy (talk) 20:26, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  Sure, but I don't think that this page is the proper place to discuss. Choose some place more proper and let me know where that is?
  
  —Trappist the monk (talk) 22:58, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  @Trappist the monk, Gonnym, and SWinxy: what ever happened to this conversation? Is this still something you would be interested in implementing? Happy to help in any way I can... --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 09:46, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  Yes it is, but it's a daunting task that I've forgotten. SWinxy (talk) 19:52, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Replacement with {{Infobox aircraft}}:
- Template:Infobox_aircraft_type2023 January 22 – Infobox_aircraft_type ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_aircraft_career2023 January 22 – Infobox_aircraft_career ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_aircraft_program2023 January 22 – Infobox_aircraft_program ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_aircraft_begin2023 January 22 – Infobox_aircraft_begin ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases ) → {{Infobox aircraft}}
- Template:Infobox_aircraft_engine2023 January 22 – Infobox_aircraft_engine ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases ) → {{Infobox aircraft}}
  - For {{Infobox aircraft engine}}, There is an ongoing discussion about whether the aircraft engine Infobox should be merged with the Infobox aircraft or not. Except for the engine Infobox, other Infoboxes can be orphaned and there are no objection for that. Prarambh20 (talk) 22:39, 22 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
    - This discussion is still ongoing, so I have moved it back to the "to merge" list with the others. Primefac (talk) 10:09, 1 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
      - The discussion has now ended (diff), with the consensus NOT TO MERGE {{Infobox aircraft engine}} with the others. However {{infobox aircraft begin}} may or may not end up being merged into {{Infobox aircraft engine}}. The template pages should be updated accordingly. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 10:07, 6 August 2023 (
        @Primefac, Steelpillow, and Prarambh20: what is the current status of this merge? Is there work still to be done on {{infobox aircraft}} or is it just a matter of converting all the transclusions at this point? --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 09:48, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        Checking the template Histories, no significant work appears to have been done since I last posted here. Apologies but I have no time to spare these days and am pretty much off-wiki. The merge note at the head of {{Infobox aircraft engine}} has it wrong and needs to be deleted per the 2023 discussion. I cannot recall the agreed fate for {{Infobox aircraft begin}}, but the plan with respect to this engine template was/is to merge the information into a single template, but not necessarily to merge the templates as such, i.e. to copy relevant fields across to {{Infobox aircraft engine}}. — Cheers, Steelpillow (Talk) 05:13, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
        I'll be honest, I haven't kept up with this; there were too many cooks so I stepped back. Primefac (talk) 09:38, 9 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
{{Infobox social media personality}} pages:
- Template:Infobox_YouTube_personality2025 September 30 – Infobox_YouTube_personality ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_Twitch_streamer2025 September 30 – Infobox_Twitch_streamer ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Doing... --Zackmann (^{Talk to me}/_{What I been doing}) 19:38, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Merge to Template:Infobox gridiron football team using NFL team as the base
- Template:Infobox_American_football_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_American_football_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- 2025 October 1 – Infobox_national_American_football_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_FCF_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_FCF_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_USFL_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_USFL_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_UFL_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_UFL_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_NFL_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_NFL_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Template:Infobox_Pre-modern_NFL_team2025 October 1 – Infobox_Pre-modern_NFL_team ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
  - As I said in my close, I think the best thing to do would be to merge the other templates into {{Infobox_NFL_team}} and then just rename that template. Primefac (talk) 01:24, 13 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Navigation templates

Template:Culture of the United Kingdom2025 August 25 – Culture of the United Kingdom ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases ) → {{United Kingdom topics}}
Comment: It appears that these templates are simply being redirected instead of merged, at least in the case of {{Culture of Italy}}. This is leading to WP:BIDIRECTIONAL issues. See User talk:Matrix#Italian comics for a discussion of that template. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:55, 26 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Response is on my user talk page —Matrix _{ping me}^{when u reply} (t? - c) 16:53, 7 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Template:Culture_of_Upper_Silesia2025 September 23 – Culture_of_Upper_Silesia ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Culture_of_New_Zealand2025 September 24 – Culture_of_New_Zealand ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:New_Zealand_topics2025 September 24 – New_Zealand_topics ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Culture_of_Australia2025 September 24 – Culture_of_Australia ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Australia_topics2025 September 24 – Australia_topics ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Culture_of_Korea2025 September 24 – Culture_of_Korea ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Korea_topics2025 September 24 – Korea_topics ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Culture_of_Japan2025 September 24 – Culture_of_Japan ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Japan_topics2025 September 24 – Japan_topics ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

Link templates

None currently

Other

Template:Auto_compact_TOC2023 March 6 – Auto_compact_TOC ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Compact_TOC2023 March 6 – Compact_TOC ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
2024 December 8 – WPBASEBALL_assessment_level_category ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
2024 December 8 – WPANIMATION_assessment_quality_work_group_level ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
2024 December 8 – WikiProject_Television_task_force_assessment_category ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
2024 December 8 – WPANIMATION_assessment_quality_work_group_level ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Cleanup_road_junction_list2025 January 16 – Cleanup_road_junction_list ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases ) into {{Exit_list}}
Template:Lang-rus2025 April 17 – Lang-rus ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
- Open request at Template talk:Lang#Lang-rus merge. --Gonnym (talk) 11:40, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Template:WikiLove2025 August 23 – WikiLove ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Blank_WikiLove2025 August 23 – Blank_WikiLove ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Edler2025 September 2 – German_title_Edler ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_rank2025 September 2 – German_rank ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Freifrau2025 September 2 – German_title_Freifrau ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Freiherr2025 September 2 – German_title_Freiherr ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Freiin2025 September 2 – German_title_Freiin ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Fürst2025 September 2 – German_title_Fürst ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Fürstin2025 September 2 – German_title_Fürstin ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Graf2025 September 2 – German_title_Graf ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Gräfin2025 September 2 – German_title_Gräfin ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Herzog2025 September 2 – German_title_Herzog ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Prinz2025 September 2 – German_title_Prinz ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Reichsfreiherr2025 September 2 – German_title_Reichsfreiherr ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Reichsgraf2025 September 2 – German_title_Reichsgraf ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title_Ritter2025 September 2 – German_title_Ritter ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:German_title2025 September 2 – German_title ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Birth_based_on_age_as_of_dates2025 September 30 – Birth_based_on_age_as_of_dates ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Birth_based_on_age_as_of_date2025 September 30 – Birth_based_on_age_as_of_date ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

To convert

Templates for which the consensus is that they ought to be converted to some other format are put here until the conversion is completed.

None currently

To substitute

Templates for which the consensus is that all instances should be substituted (e.g. the template should be merged with the article or is a wrapper for a preferred template) are put here until the substitutions are completed. After this is done, the template is deleted from template space.

2025 September 3 – 1947_Fort_Lauderdale_hurricane_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Cyclone_Freddy_related2025 September 3 – Cyclone_Freddy_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Andrew_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Andrew_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Dean_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Dean_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Dennis_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Dennis_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Dorian_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Dorian_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Floyd_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Floyd_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Georges_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Georges_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Harvey_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Harvey_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Helene_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Helene_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Ida_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Ida_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Irma_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Irma_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Isabel_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Isabel_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Ivan_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Ivan_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Jeanne_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Jeanne_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Laura_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Laura_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Maria_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Maria_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Matthew_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Matthew_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Milton_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Milton_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Mitch_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Mitch_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Sandy_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Sandy_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Hurricane_Wilma_related2025 September 3 – Hurricane_Wilma_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Typhoon_Haiyan_related2025 September 3 – Typhoon_Haiyan_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Typhoon_Yagi_related2025 September 3 – Typhoon_Yagi_related ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

To orphan

These templates are to be deleted, but may still be in use on some pages. Transclusions should be removed from pages so that the templates can be deleted. Note that simple references to them from Talk: pages should not be removed.

Template:NUSER2025 October 5 – NUSER ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )
Template:Malaysia_football_derbies2025 October 5 – Malaysia_football_derbies ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )

Ready for deletion

Templates for which consensus to delete has been reached, and for which orphaning has been completed, can be listed here for an administrator to delete. Remove from this list when an item has been deleted.

Template:Infobox_vice_president_styles2025 October 2 – Infobox_vice_president_styles ( links | transclusions | talk | doc | sandbox | testcases )