Talk:Insert

RFD discussion: January 2020–April 2021
The name of a button on a keyboard. In my life, I have never pressed the button to insert anything, or to have anything inserted in me. That is an irrelevant comment, of course. Anyway, I remember years ago a similar page was kept, much to my chagrin - PrtSc? or Page Up or Scr Lk of F12 or whatever. --ReloadtheMatrix (talk) 18:43, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
 * It has some limited use. Occasionally, switching to overtype mode is useful when making repetitive manual replacements in text files. Mihia (talk) 20:26, 2 January 2020 (UTC)


 * This kind of thing has been discussed before; e.g. Talk:F1, Talk:Bild ↓ Talk:Esc key. - -sche (discuss) 10:40, 3 January 2020 (UTC)


 * As discussed before I would delete the names of keys, joypad buttons, microwave oven controls, etc. (at least where the name describes what the key does; the for example had a Run/Stop key, and the  had one for inverse video). Regarding the use of the key: it usually toggles overtype mode as stated, but I think I've encountered a few rare scenarios where it is used for pasting. Equinox ◑ 19:17, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. — SGconlaw (talk) 19:26, 25 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep: The sense is attested; "Insert" acts as a noun; what is the statement of the deletion rationale in relation to WT:CFI? If it is a sum of parts, which parts? An example of kept button is Talk:Start; multiple buttons were discussed in a discussion archived at Talk:Delete, which does not seem to have a clear and proper closure but was archived anyway. An example of deleted button is Talk:eject. One more note on "Insert": it does not even mean "button labeled Insert" since, on my keyboad, it is labeled "Ins". A note on examples given above: Esc key is dissimilar (it would be about Insert key); Esc is similar, and it says "Abbreviation of escape key. (on a computer keyboard)"; Escape is even more similar and is a redlink. --Dan Polansky (talk) 13:25, 14 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep It's now cited. Also, we should create the alternative form INSERT. (more common in the 80s and 90s) Alexis Jazz (talk) 18:47, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * Keep - Dentonius (my politics | talk) 13:10, 4 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vox Sciurorum (talk) 12:44, 17 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Keep, as there are also, , maybe move to WT:RFVE. --幽霊四 (talk) 01:30, 7 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Delete. ←₰-→ Lingo Bingo Dingo (talk)  10:07, 27 March 2021 (UTC)

No consensus, after over a year. bd2412 T 20:36, 11 April 2021 (UTC)