Template talk:Fanon

Shouldn't it be specified that this is only for user pages?Ganondorfdude11 20:56, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Yes. 21:09, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
 * I can make this template so it will only work on User pages or User talk pages. If that is desired. Because I doubt that people will bother reading the template's description. I'd also make it work on the template's page itself for display purposes, but not on other templates. 21:53, September 6, 2009 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I don't even see a reason to keep it. If you do decide to ethough, that sounds like the best plan to me. 02:58, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't having the template invite fanon? Are people going to start coming to post entire Fan Fictions in their user page? We'd have to patrol that garbage and make sure nothing derogatory is posted in. 02:59, 7 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Really, this should only be something that you code on your page, like others have said, this only invites fanon material. 03:06, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Well I put it in there anyway. At least that stops it from being used anywhere else in the mean time as a decision is made. 03:07, September 7, 2009 (UTC)
 * We're clearly not about to allow fan fiction in articles, and that would have been the only valid use for such a template. We don't use templates on userpages, other than for userboxes and activity status etc. Notice Templates have no relevance there, so this isn't required. Also, it would really be advisable for everyone (users and admins alike) to start a discussion on whether a new template is required before just going ahead and creating it. I'm fairly sure we have plenty to cover most eventualities now... 11:43, 7 September 2009 (UTC)

Ok, a simple vote just add in your name under the column. 15:48, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Well there's no rule saying there's no templates other than userboxes or status templates allowed on userpages. There is no such rule now and there never has been and probably never will be, because it would be against the spirit of the wiki to regulate userpages like that. If people want to mark their own userpages as fanon, then we really have no jurisdiction to tell them they can't. 16:14, September 25, 2009 (UTC)


 * Then we can always just invent one. ;) --Xizor 21:09, 25 September 2009 (UTC)


 * As much as I despise this template, there is no rule dictating that users wouldn't be allowed to add such a template to their userpage. Unless this template starts causing issues (like users adding highly derogatory fan fiction to their userpages) then I think it'd be alright to keep it for now. 01:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)


 * The way I see it, the first problem is that this is a pointless template. Obviously, people shouldn't assume that userpage content is canon. Secondly, all this does is invite fanon. Although the template cannot be used on "real" pages, newbies will see it, and think it's a fanon posting place. I mean, look at this page. No offense to anyone, but I don't really care what page it is. There's a point where a line needs to be drawn. Templates like this should not be created and utilized by (mostly new) members without prior discussion.


 * P.S. I fear this might have been my fault. I suspect this idea stemmed from the ambiguous template I created (with beforehand discussion).  03:19, 26 September 2009 (UTC)