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Wikiquote:Votes for deletion

Multiple Vfds have been open for longer than they should have been can an admin go and close them as needed? One has been open for OVER 6 MONTHS. Lavalizard101 (talk) 17:18, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Of the 43 open vfds ONLY 3 have NOT been passed the seven days. Lavalizard101 (talk) 17:21, 4 April 2025 (UTC)

Thanks for the reminder. I am starting to close those where consensus is clearest. We have regrettably few admins here. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:34, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

Wikispecies (another Wikimedia project I edit at) is similar in turns of low numbers of admins, but then so few edit it that it doesn't really need that many admins. Lavalizard101 (talk) 23:36, 5 April 2025 (UTC)

I made a checklist for closing VfDs at User:HouseOfChange/VfD_closing. It is based on the instructions at Wikiquote:Votes for deletion but much simpler to follow step by step. HouseOfChange (talk) 01:41, 6 April 2025 (UTC)

we need a script for helping close Vfd. That may make the review and closing faster. -‎Lemonaka‎ 09:26, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

Let me know what changes you would improve the script at User:HouseOfChange/VfD closing. I keep that page open in one browser tab, so I can copy-and-paste bits of it into the "work" in other tabs. HouseOfChange (talk) 15:21, 14 April 2025 (UTC)

For example, a java script for automatically copy the {{vfd top|comment=___input_reason__~~~~}} to the top and the {{vfd bottom}}to the bottom. However, I don't quite know how to do that. -‎Lemonaka‎ 00:03, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Oh, you meant a javascript script. For me, what takes time is 1) describing consensus (except in SNOW cases) and 2) repairing links to the article. HouseOfChange (talk) 16:08, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Pixar articles

a user named YouTubefans2002 has been deliberately bloating certain Pixar movie articles in violation of LOQ, Toy Story 2 is a major point of concern and Iron Giant, which deserves MAJOR CULL because you might as well transplant the entire screenplay there. Eaglestorm (talk) 15:16, 7 April 2025 (UTC)

I have blocked this edit-warring user for one week, with the option to appeal on his talk page once he agrees to follow WQ policies. Independently, @UDScott: had left an earlier talk page message about too many quotes, so I added my intended comment as just a follow-up. HouseOfChange (talk) 00:20, 8 April 2025 (UTC)

The block has now ended, see Special:Contributions/YouTubeFans2002. So let's hope the problem behavior has ended as well HouseOfChange (talk) 16:10, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

Templates for studios

(Also posted at Village pump) The various templates that have been established for films by studios (like Template:Warner Bros. and Template:DC Comics animated films) appear to be another way of identifying which studios created which films - in the past, we had categories that served this same purpose, but they were deleted. See Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Category:Films by studio and Wikiquote:Votes for deletion/Animation films by studio categories (as well as discussions: here, here, and here). These templates have grown quite large and unwieldy and the value of having them is not readily apparent. I am inclined to nominate them for VFD. Anyone have any thoughts? UDScott (talk) 19:07, 15 April 2025 (UTC)

I agree with you that they look unwieldy, etc. But they also look like labors of love by an editor who is here to build.

As long as they remain templates at the bottom of pages, I see no harm in them. (The aggressive use of templates in en-wiki really annoys me, see for example Henry David Thoreau where one template promoting libertarianism and another promoting anarchism get prime page real estate on an article about a man who was neither a libertarian nor an anarchist. But I digress. Sorry.) HouseOfChange (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2025 (UTC)