Template talk:Mergetalk

Neo, I have yet to figure out how to actually use this template, specifically in placing my comment into either support or oppose categories. So I've just manually linked to the individual templates for support and oppose in the meantime. =( 04:54, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * You have to use subst: in order for it to just throw the text on the page and not just leave the template brackets. I fixed that. 04:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh, that's right - I didn't try that! This template seems to really be giving you a hard time! But it should work out in the end. You're good at this stuff =) 05:14, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Reminds me of the welcome message one. :P So many people were welcoming new users before we had the bot and they didn't always use subst:welcome, when someone clicked edit to say thanks or something it edited the template itself and not the message. So anytime you have a template that prompts discussion, or sets a new section with == == you'll need the substitute lead in the template. On another note, when commenting in the support/oppose sections, go ahead and replace the "#1 no one yet" :p 12:12, 4 December 2009 (UTC)
 * We need to use this so that the template can't be used in a non-substy way. 12:50, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Good find, normally I get Adam to check those things out before proceeding, but since he's on vacation I'll stare that down and force it to make sense to me. (Afterwhile) 12:56, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

Usage/Deletion
To me it seems that we rarely use this template, and instead we often use the template for choosing Featured Images, as that one takes up much less space. Should we delete this template? 21:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Back in the day when merging was the "in" thing to do, I made this to make the process (which was, at the time, merely a formality) of discussing a merge easier. This thing was incredibly useful, then. But now...it doesn't seem to have much purpose. I'd say let's scrap it. 00:43, 14 December 2012 (UTC)