== Infobox NFL player discussion: Thank you == 

 Batard, thank you for taking the time to organize the infobox template discussion on the WP:NFL talk page.  This is exactly what WP:NFL needs to make informed decisions, and exactly the sort of discussion that should have been prompted before the problematic TfD was initiated.  From the perspective of someone who is only an irregular participant at the TfD discussion page, this does not strike me as an unusual occurrence.  There is an inherent bias among the TfD regulars to merge, consolidate and delete by creating one-size-fits-all templates.  For many of them this is simply a coding exercise, with very little consideration of the resulting work and potential chaos that these consolidations cause as a practical matter.  Moreover, the consolidated all-purpose templates often become large, unwieldy and are sometimes not as easy to use as templates with more specific purposes.  In my personal experience, the unused and inappropriate parameters on the more complex consolidated templates sometimes invite vandalism and editor disputes over what are appropriate parameters to be used.  Rookies often want to fill every blank parameter, and vandals see blank parameters as an invitation to insert something "funny."  I remain skeptical whether we are solving more problems than we create.