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 ::Your edit has been removed three times by two editors, and you've been told by three editors that your interpretation doesn't fit with theirs. Please attempt to gain consensus for any further removal of the  template from Robert Byrd. It seems the consensus is currently against such removal. I think the key here is to understand that there's no specific rule about use of this template. The guideline is just that - a guideline. This is a pretty high-profile article; if you look through the recent deaths page you'll be hard pressed to find anyone nearly as high-profile as Byrd who has died recently. And, there are articles in 26 other wikis for him, which clearly speaks to the international nature of interest in his life. Another day or two with the template won't hurt anything, and seems totally appropriate for an article that is getting 20,000 hits per day - 1/3 more than Barack Obama, the 87th-most popular article according to its history stats.    "