User blog comment:DaNASCAT/Template Types: A Smarter Categorization System/@comment-24473195-20151121101200/@comment-24155515-20151121160517

I respectfully disagree with your statement that it'd not be horrifying to do for dozens of templates. If we're talking dozens of templates at one time, it may not be horrifying for you, but for some people (doubly so on wikis with very few active editors, or otherwise where one person would be tasked to do them), those few clicks can add up. (I have chronic wrist pain that would be multiplied by a repetitive activity like that, though for that reason, I wouldn't do dozens of templates at a time (though with that, I run the risk of forgetting to return to the task entirely, but that's a different can of worms).)

In short, I think it's a bit shortsighted to assume it's not horrifying for anyone, and I'd welcome (semi-)automatic options for applying types to a page.