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All right, there have been some discussions lately on the Category:Aliens Navigation templates, but they've been all over the place, so I just thought that I would start a forum topic for the matter to be discussed.

I for one don't really like the Templates. I don't see the purpose of them and I can't think of a situation where I would want to know what the aliens are for a season. And for pages like the Master, it just clogs up the page and doesn't have any benefit. I think we should just scrap the lot of them.

Some of the other template are equally as useless. Template:Platform One Visitors was only in one episode, Template:Robot types is arbitrary and there aren't enough K-9s to justify Template:K-9's.

I don't have a problem with really specialized templates, personally. maybe a reader wants to look up some very specific topic. --Stardizzy2 16:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

So, any other thoughts on the matter? -<Azes13 14:20, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

I agree whole heartedly. I'd also throw in all the Category:Villains Navigation templates, as they decide to list all the TV stories, but not the other medias that they appear in. The robot types is a bit odd and useless in that it deliberatly doesn't include a whole lot of robots. Template:Time Lords is another odd selective template.

A lot of these templates seem to do little but bulk up the base of the articles. --Tangerineduel 14:46, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

yeah robots and Time Lords seems a little random and useless. --Stardizzy2 16:37, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I think it would be a good idea to start a forum like that but I still like the actual pages because they provide a lot of info and if you know somethings incorrect you can fix the problem by editing it.Also that would be a really braod topic for a forum.--Zecon4444 15:32, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

The aliens navigation thingies have a purpose. The robot template has very few robots as most if not all the rest are androids. I wouldnt mind u dealting it if u hat it though. The aliens navigations should stay though.--Skittles the hog 15:41, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

But what purpose is it? You haven't given a good reason to keep the alien navigation. -<Azes13 15:31, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

The aliens navigation templates ofer easy navigation between the aliens taht season. I did not originally create them, another user made the new series ones. They are usefull you just cant see it.--Skittles the hog 15:43, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

Not all aliens/enemies/friendly people etc need to have templates. Templates such as (though not limited to) the Dalek Variants template, should be a more detailed page rather than a template and written out as an encyclopaedic page. A template isn't a replacement for a page, it provides no information in and of itself, in many ways it diminishes the page topic that it's about by just linking off without providing any useful information. --Tangerineduel 16:13, 2 September 2008 (UTC)

I see what your saying but templates allow for easier navigation. Having a larger page requiers the user to always refer to that page to look at another of the same topic. Templates are more for function than page expansion. I do agree the Dalek variation page looked dogy after I deleted the list but tangerine has made it better now. As long as the page the template originates from looks good and offers information templates are there to navigate. Thew, it took ages to wite that.--Skittles the hog 07:36, 3 September 2008 (UTC)