Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Template:Template documentation

Nobody wanted to close this in a while, so I just did it myself. Though, I'm not entirely sure what to do with the updating. Could someone do that? And message me if you think I did something wrong, as this was a pretty confusing VfD. Thanks. &mdash; RyanCross (talk ) 03:22, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

Template:Template documentation
This template is an unnecessary duplicate of Template:Documentation. At Wikipedia this is just a redirect, so I assume the template was set up by mistake while copying other templates from Wikipedia. This VfD includes the associated documentation subpage Template:Template documentation/doc. — Ningauble 17:11, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Vote closes: 18:00, 17 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete as nom. ~ Ningauble 17:13, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete Cirt (talk) 17:32, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete. - InvisibleSun 23:58, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. BD2412 T 00:29, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete, per nom. ~ UDScott 00:53, 13 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Delete both, rename existing page Template:Documentation to the WP-compatible Template:Template documentation, keep the related Template:Documentation/docname, and update all transcluding templates (about 2 dozen), for three reasons:
 * The "Template:Template documentation" nomenclature makes sense, since the current documentation template is really only documentation for templates.
 * More importantly, many of our templates lack very useful features and flexibility that their corresponding WP templates have, making at least partial porting of these newer WP templates desirable. (See WQ:VP.) Anything in those WP templates that we don't have to change is helpful.
 * Our template documentation is very inconsistent. Some (like cite book) use their talk pages for documentation, making it awkward to use those pages for their real purpose. Anything that standardizes critical templates like cite*, provides separate documentation easily created (automatically using "Template:Documentation/docname" to create a link on the template page), and then allows us to use talk pages to discuss working on templates, would be useful.
 * Of course, updating our templates also requires updating their transcluding pages, which would be a monumental task for some templates. I think I'll put my money where my mouth is and use this project as an excuse to regain my WQ sea legs. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 19:23, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
 * Comment: It should be noted that at Wikipedia w:Template:Template documentation is only a redirect and w:Template:Documentation is the actual template. At Wikipedia there are thousands of pages that use the short name and only a handful that use the long name.
 * If you want to keep the longer name as a redirect, that is fine. I proposed deleting it because I strongly believe we should not have duplicate copies, for they would surely get out of synch and create problems in the future. Changing it to a redirect would also solve the problem.
 * Our Template:Documentation is a functionally identical copy of Wikipedia's w:Template:Documentation. The only difference is that I removed the pp-template tag, added a usage note, and categorized it.
 * Our template documentation is indeed inconsistent, where it is not missing altogether. It was my intention to use Documentation to improve the situation. I welcome your interest in contributing to that effort, because I will only be doing it intermittently and gradually. ~ Ningauble 21:15, 14 March 2009 (UTC)