Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/2008 August 1/reflist

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the template below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was Speedy keep. Changes should be discussed on the talk page and/or the village pump, not here. TfD is not a means to force discussion. BJ^Talk 20:21, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This discussion is important... it has been made a notice on VPP and is ongoing at Template talk:Reflist#Template:Reflist. (under protest <g>) // FrankB 23:23, 1 August 2008 (UTC) [reply]

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(I got pulled into this "wikipolitics act" holding my nose decision via a post on WP:VPT... and the template talk. This seems the proper course of duty)
• This is not a nomination for outright deletion, but for "defanging-for-a-few-years" a template that was a good idea way ahead of it's time.
• See the discussion on Need_another_template_that_works_with_2_columns_in_all_browsers
and prior discussions on Multiple_columns_deemed_bad (archived prematurely) -- FrankB 18:34, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rationale, recommendations:

As I noted on the talk, the problem with the template is it relies on "relatively proprietary"
(Mozilla's for Firefox) 'technology not available' on most web browsers

I hearby move the template be rewritten:

From:
<div class="references-small" {{#if: {{{colwidth|}}}
| style="-moz-column-width:{{{colwidth}}};
 -webkit-column-width:{{{colwidth}}};
 column-width:{{{colwidth}}};" 
| {{#if: {{{1|}}}| style="-moz-column-count:{{{1}}};
 -webkit-column-count:{{{1}}};
 column-count:{{{1}}};" }} }}>
{{#tag:references||group={{{group|}}}}}</div><noinclude>{{pp-template|small=yes}}{{documentation}}</noinclude>

TO

<ref>
<div class="references-small" >
{{#tag:references||group={{{group|}}} }}</div><noinclude>{{pp-template|small=yes}}{{documentation}}</noinclude>
</ref>

OR

the equivalent... (not being sure what that {{#tag:references||group={{{group|}}} }} does besides break {{lts}}. <shrug>
• If I have this straight, the next result should be (expanded)

<small><references/></small>

— FrankB 18:43, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Yes, there is a problem, but TFD is not the proper way to draw attention to making a revision. --—— Gadget850 (Ed) ^talk - 20:21, 1 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the template's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.