Template talk:missing template

RFD discussion: January 2018–December 2022
I don't think how this template is useful. Module:category_tree already checks whether the template exists.
 * If used comprehensively, it could eliminate missing templates from inclusion in Special:WantedPages. For example: Template:Jpan‏‎ Template:ase-prod‏‎, Template:cardinal‏‎, Template:hbo‏‎, Template:italbrac-colon, Template:ordinal‏‎, Template:pluralonly‏‎, Template:zh-ts‏‎, all with 15 links. Removing items that will not be created from Special:WantedPages would make room for items that are truly "wanted". Another way, much better way would be to have Special:WantedPages count only links from principal namespace. And finally, best of all would be actually adding some of those "wanted" pages and not creating templates and modules that create spurious "wants". DCDuring (talk) 00:01, 20 March 2018 (UTC)
 * DCDuring's suggestion is actually a useful way to clear out WantedPages. Whether it will work in practice I don't know, perhaps we should give it a try. —Rua (mew) 17:35, 30 April 2019 (UTC)

Template:missing template
Tagged 4 years ago by User:Zcreator but not listed. User:DCDuring as the creator. &mdash; Fytcha〈 T | L | C 〉 21:39, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * This was an attempt to make the special page "Most transcluded templates" useful for templates that I felt responsible for. At the time I could insert the template on a modest number of pages to find templates needed on just a few pages. This template is no longer useful due to thousands of "tracking templates" as well as all sorts of inflection templates flooding that special page. The page only accommodates some 5000 missing templates. A template now needs to be needed on 295 pages to make the page. DCDuring (talk) 22:40, 15 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Delete, a worthy concept, but it seems to not have been adopted widely and is no longer serving a useful purpose. All redirects to this template are of the form xx-categoryTOC. I'll close this RFDO as delete in a couple of months if there are no objections. This, that and the other (talk) 08:22, 25 September 2022 (UTC)

RFD-deleted This, that and the other (talk) 02:51, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

RFD discussion: January 2018–December 2022

 * See Template talk:missing template.