Template talk:Irrelevant

Wording
I like that wording.
 * 1) Welcoming newcomers is good even if they haven't followed all the placement rules (which may have been because some of the rules are not easy to find).
 * 2) Giving them a week to do something is good. No chance of serious overload of servers, and some chance of getting a message across to the visitor with a prospect of gaining a new serious contributor or at least a respectful observer.

I've not looked very recently at the other templates in this category, but I suspect some of them still need to show more of the welcoming diplomacy shown by this one.

Robin Patterson 00:45, 20 Nov 2005 (UTC)

DE, German
Rieke created i-de. Szoferka 12:13, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

ES, Spanish
Now that Cocoazen has produced a Spanish translation, let's make it easy to use: template:i-es. Our Spanish experts should please have a look and improve it! Robin Patterson 00:38, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

FR, French
My French is only just "fr-2", so I'd better not try to do a French version in the presence of so many experts... Robin Patterson 00:40, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

PL, Polish
I've invited one of our Polish-speaking members to give us template:i-pl. Robin Patterson 00:28, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

IT, Italian

 * Template:i-it

SV, Swedish
Hi. I created a Swedish i template. Smiddle 17:13, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

User notification template
What's the template that notifies the user of basically what this template is saying? Maybe it should be linked on the template page (not on the actual template, just in a noinclude area or something).  Scott ch  17:25, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Red link
There's a red link on the template. Not too useful for a new user. :) The 888th Avatar   (talk)  08:51, March 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Also fixed. -- 11:28, March 19, 2010 (UTC)


 * Another red link now for "list of Wikia". Possibly rewriting that bit to direct to hubs would be a good idea. The 888th Avatar   (talk)  10:37, March 22, 2010 (UTC)

Forum talk page
This template should probably check if it's being used on a forum thread as far as the last line is concerned (no forum talk pages). -- 16:02, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Tedjuh, that was a good edit but you missed what I was actually talking about, the last line on the message. -- 17:42, June 25, 2010 (UTC)
 * Already changed it :). Mark  ( talk ) 17:44, June 25, 2010 (UTC)

Blogs
Perhaps a new version of this should be created for the Blog pages, as this does not seem to really suit them, for pages that are not blatant advert (spam) pages but are also not really about a wiki or relavant to wikia but to encourage the user to actually find a wiki to participate in in a polite manner.

A separate template for SPAM blogs to flag them for deletion could be an idea as template delete is not geared for blogs either. The template could then also warn Users they will be banned if the add more spam blogs, of a similar nature. - 12:07, January 6, 2011 (UTC)


 * I wanted to discuss this question again. I have been seeing this template used quite often on blog posts lately -- and it feels a bit discourage for new users. Sometimes folks have just joined wikia and want to test using wikis as well as reach out/say hello to the rest of the community. Maybe we can update the content here, or create a new one entirely that just says hello and here are some tips. Thoughts? Sarah (help forum | blog) 18:23, May 9, 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't think it discourages new users. It is quite the friendly template. Much nicer than the regular old Delete template. If they are just testing out wikis, then they should be directed towards a sandbox page. If they just want to say hi, so be it, I suppose the template does not need to be placed there if you do not want but often times the people who make these blogs never even log in again to check the comments to their blogs. Perhaps a rewording of the template is necessary as its primary use these days is to mark blogs that are off topic. Though I do not feel it is truly necessary as the text of the template is friendly enough and explains exactly why it has been placed there and why the blog should be deleted, as well as what community central is for.--


 * If I remember correctly, it was a staff member who suggested use of the  template as opposed to the delete template, for exactly the reasons Godisme just put forth. Based on that, I don't see why we need to reword it. Beyond that, there's a point at which we need to stop holding the hand of new users. This template is a good way of showing that wikis have organization systems that you should follow, and that is maintained - in some cases, with deletion. That's how things work on most wikis. Making Community any different seems like a bad idea to me, as it puts a fake face on Wikia, so to speak.
 * I don't think it'd be a bad idea to have a rethink about what exactly is on or off topic for central, and perhaps creating pages that serve those goals more  Random Time  20:13, May 9, 2011 (UTC)