Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:Banplz

Template:Banplz
Along with all it's "backend" templates. This template essentially tries to reinvent the entire vandal reporting process, but it does so in a way that is completely inferior to WQ:Vandalism in progress.

First of all lets consider the fundamental basis for this template. Why would it be better to report vandals on their own user pages, rather than at a central forum? As far as I can tell there are no advantages and plenty of disadvantages. I imagine that most admins have WQ:Vandalism in progress on their watchlist and can respond to reports there rapidly, using individual user pages splits admin attention across thousands of places. By putting the message on a user page you let the vandal know that you've spotted what they've been doing, which is only going to make things worse (e.g. make them vandalise more before they get blocked). By putting it on a user page controlled by the vandal you are just going to end up with the notice you placed there getting vandalised too.

To try to make up for the fact that this method of reporting vandals doesn't have a convenient central noticeboard to watch this template tries to reimplement that functionality using pings. Every time you use this Template:Banplzb tries to ping several dozen people, most of whom are not admins. This is a nuisance, and wastes the time of the people who receive these pings. There is no reason at all why people who are not even admins should be pinged as they won't be able to block the user anyway, and responding to a vandal requires 1 admin, not all of them.

Finally the design of this template is not good. The message is overdramatic and over the top. Posting a massive bright red message on someone's talk page that they need to be blocked Immediately just encourages them to come back, because it shows that they got a rise out of you. The "confirm and deny" buttons are pointless and don't do anything useful. The mass ping "come and look at this vandal" function just gives vandals attention and puts them up on a pedastal.

Overall I think that this is completely inferior to the existing, established vandal reposting forum, WQ:Vandalism in progress. — 192.76.8.85 14:10, 23 July 2022 (UTC)

Vote closes: 15:00, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. ~ UDScott (talk) 15:36, 23 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom, not needed. Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 19:06, 25 July 2022 (UTC)