Thread:User talk:CodeCat/Orphaning m , f and so on/reply

I thought there was a consensus, though, but I refrained from doing any further changes in that direction until there was one. I'm not quite clear in the current situation because there are really two different things getting mixed up. On one side, there's the possibility of orphaning them just for the sake of it, because we don't really need all the different templates when one can do the same job, and more. And then there's the desire to find a more permanent name for, and most people so far are ok with usurping for that purpose. These two things interact as well, in particular when people start to suggest because  is in use. doesn't have to be in use and we can certainly do without it, so making the far-reaching decision to use as a permanent name, because of the temporary condition that  is still in use, is a bit short-sighted.