Template talk:Warning

You can replace (''{{{2}}}'') with {{#if:{{{2|}}}|(''{{{2}}}'')|}}, and it won't show up unless {{{2}}} is activated.  Caps Lock LORD 16:11, 5 May 2007 (EDT)

Unlink images

The code [[File:Warning.svg|left|45px]] should be replaced with [[File:Warning.svg|left|45px|link=]] as it will unlink the image. Same with other templates. --B.wilson talk 02:01, 3 November 2011 (EDT)

Proposal: Addressing the template's issues

This template has some issues, and the point of this proposal is to address them.

The draft for what it should be like is located at User:B.wilson/Warning. Here are the major changes:

1. The image is unlinked - clicking on it does nothing.
2. "Inappropriate behavior" to "Disruptive behavior" - not all disruption can be inappropriate. Editing userspace too much and deliberately ignoring others are certainly not inappropriate types of disruption. Therefore, the word "disruptive" would be more appropriate here, logically.
3. "Will be blocked" to "May be blocked" - sometimes blocking will not happen after another form of disruption happens; sometimes the targeted user will receive another warning for another form of disruption, and it often happens here. Sometimes blocking may not occur if time passes. More logical
4. And of course, blocked from editing is bold, along with "blocked" having a link to the Blocking policy.

Is there consensus to change the wording of this template to a more logical way?

Proposer: B.wilson (talk)
Deadline: December 3, 2011, 23:59 GMT

Change

1. B.wilson (talk) - Per my proposal.
2. New Super Yoshi (talk)I agree with everything you say.
3. Marioguy1 (talk) - I agree that there is no problem with the current template, but if it's going to come down to which of these two templates is better, I am going to have to say the new one. It is indeed more clear, as he said. I think that this whole thing is overrated, but if B.wilson went through the work of creating the new template, I think that it wouldn't be much of a stretch for someone to just copy/paste it over.

Don't Change

1. Mario4Ever (talk) Nothing's wrong with the template. First, all disruption is inappropriate (unbecoming of a reputable user), hence why it is considered disruption and why we have rules against it. Second, blocks are a last resort and are only delivered when a user chooses not to correct his or her behavior (excluding very serious offenses). The template informs the receiver that he or she will be blocked if the inappropriate behavior continues, which is reinforced by the last warning if and when necessary. Third, the blocking policy is more for the benefit of the administration than for that of all users, especially those that are exhibiting inappropriate behavior, since the policy outlines the situations that require blocking users as well as the lengths of said blocks, something that most users need not concern themselves with since they don't have the ability to carry out blocks. As an aside, the picture doesn't need to link to anything. There's already a link to the applicable section of the warning policy in the template.
2. Raven Effect (talk) Per the words above

Comments

Mario4Ever: I appreciate your vote, but "the image doesn't need to link to anything" - that's something I pointed out that needs to be fixed. The image DOES link to something now, part of this proposal is to remove that link. B.wilson (talk)

Hmm, misread that part, but I'm not going to support the proposal just for that. Mario4Ever (talk)