Templates add unnecessary coding to the wikitext for the same information Templated citations are almost always longer and more complex Compare AP May 4 2008 Sean Combs receives Walk of Fame star today msnbc msn com Retrieved 2011 06 30 There is a difference but visually these look pretty much the same If you ve already got AP May 4 2008 Sean Combs receives Walk of Fame star today msnbc msn com Retrieved 2011 06 30 then cite web author AP url title Sean Combs receives Walk of Fame star publisher today msnbc msn com date May 4 2008 accessdate 2011 06 30 adds the clutter of field identifiers author url title date Templated text also typically takes longer to load render in a browser