Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:PotentialLTA

Template:PotentialLTA
Pretty much my reasoning for Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:BlockedLTA. This one is also unused and can be replaced by Sockpuppet when actually needed. — User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  09:52, 25 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Okay, I can atleast understand the other one, but this one?? This is obviously distinct and very useful. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 09:54, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Move to Template:PotentialSockpuppet. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 09:55, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Sockpuppet already says "is a suspected sockpuppet". This seems redundant. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  09:56, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * These two clearly have very different purposes. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 09:57, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I can't see how (they have the same layout too). The fact that this one is supposed to be for LTAs doesn't make it better. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:01, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Neither are specifically LTAs, in-fact they should rarely be used for LTAs, that's why I think it should be renamed instead. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:03, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * In that case I still don't see how this would be different from the long-existing template mentioned above. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:04, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * This one is improvement adding more information, a better layout, and new features. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:06, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Have you considered making your improvements directly to the Sockpuppet template? User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:07, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I tried, but the new version requires subst. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:09, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * What is the benefit of doing that? User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:09, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Benefit of what? – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:10, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Benefit of requiring substitution. I can only see how it makes things harder, like not being able to simply user Special:Whatlinkshere, not being able to keep all uses up to date with the current layout through transclusion, and posting a huge block of code potentially not understood by newer editors onto user/user talk pages. If that is your only "improvement" then maybe it's not needed after all. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:14, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * I don’t think you understand how Templates work, subst isn't a feature that I decided to add, it's required for some of the features to work. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:16, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Okay. It appears that substitution is needed for referring to LTADatabase. A "database" for LTAs is unhelpful in the same way LTA tags are. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:21, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * It’s for categorizing. If an LTA has many socks, users may not which one to use as the 'master', resulting several split categories. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 10:23, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Also this Template is used on many pages, it is just subst'd. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 09:56, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, a quick search on the substituted text shows: four GRP socks, four spambot pages at Category:Suspected sockpuppets of UlrikeEbsworth0 (no worth in tagging them either, with dozens of accounts being created and locked every day), and an IP together with its talk at Category:Suspected sockpuppets of Phatblitz1 (for a user that isn't even blocked?). That's not a lot of pages anyway, but it isn't even used meaningfully. User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)  10:07, 25 June 2022 (UTC)

Vote closes: 10:00, 2 July 2022 (UTC).
 * Delete per Just stop celebrating misbehavior. Seriously, stop it. ~ Ningauble (talk) 00:41, 27 June 2022 (UTC)
 * How does this celebrate misbehavior? This does the exact same thing as this template on Wikipedia. – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet of Antandrus) (talk / e-mail) 17:56, 28 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Wikiquote's sockpuppet is not the template here proposed for deletion. ~ Ningauble (talk) 19:43, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Well, this Template is basically just a more advanced version of  – Ilovemydoodle (Not a sockpuppet) (talk / e-mail) 20:02, 9 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete Better to just deny recognition to socks. Rubbish computer (Ping me or leave a message on my talk page) 21:31, 21 July 2022 (UTC)