Forum:Removing themes for article templates

Simply put, templates such as Delete are aimed at the editors who maintain the articles, who only represent a tiny minority of overall visitors. To everyone else, the big monolithic templates only act as an eyesore. As such, I propose we make the templates more minimalistic; while this may not be as fun for editors, it's better for the bigger picture. 17:23, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Discussion
i agree. 17:25, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

I like the idea. Have it as an addon to. 17:28, May 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * How do you mean? 18:50, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * I think he means like the 'featured' is on it. Though I'd like to have a separate top icon set for them. 18:53, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Philly's idea is good. I can make the image now :3 17:49, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Agreed. 17:51, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Me gusta. Sgt. S.S. 18:25, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Disagree, the themed templates are brilliant. 18:52, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * They take up gigantic portions of the page, are only helpful to the few users who edit the page, and quite a lot of them are really awkwardly phrased. (The AfD one is a perfect example.) According to the Admin Dashboard we got 2.3 million page views last week, how many of those were actually from contributing users? 19:21, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

hi -- 18:54, May 13, 2012 (UTC)


 * fap 18:59, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * N7 came 19:21, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

While I agree with Smuff that the large templates are quite an eyesore, I also agree with COD4, the themed templates add a little bit of fun to our templates and make them seem much more friendly. Making every template alike and that same stale green makes everything seem too strict and dull in a way. 19:27, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * I looked over a few of the templates, and yes a few of them are awkwardly phrased as Smuff said. But, they can easily be reworded. :3 19:29, May 13, 2012 (UTC)
 * Which is why something like Phillcj's idea would make sense, it's not an eyesore and you don't need to beat around the bush trying to make everything seem less imposing or worry about awkward wording. 19:31, May 13, 2012 (UTC)

Also, I'm not sure if this would just apply to improvement templates (like Delete) or other things like the spoilers template. 19:31, May 13, 2012 (UTC)