Template talk:Renewable energy by country and territory

message: Just because you put the portals on the template doesn't mean they'll get deleted from the pages.  Maybe they should get deleted from the pages, but I don't think we should clutter this up much more.  Maybe if they can be placed somewhere less intrusive (that doesn't make like 20 new line breaks) then it could work.  -Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 18:21, 27 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Things to be considered for this template:
*:Category:Energy policy by country
*:Category:Electricity sector by country
*:Category:National electric power policy - only has like 2 unique articles to it, but need to be merged into other categories
*:Category:Coal power by country - so lonely!
*:Category:Renewable energy by country
*:Category:Green electricity by country - someone delete this please
-Theanphibian (talk • contribs) 21:11, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Laundry list

message: The template is getting out of hand -- way too large now -- List of renewable energy topics by country already covers a lot of this as does the relevant categories and the very full See also sections which most of these articles have.  If you wish to expand the Template please discuss first. Johnfos (talk) 23:43, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: To adhere to NPOV it should list the major renewable categories, excluding hydro and biofuel from a renewable energy navigation template is ludicrous.F2x (talk) 23:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Well I don't agree here, but in the interest of a compromise what about just having one extra section (small) to make it NPOV.  F2x (talk) 00:37, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Sounds great. I went with the 'general' renewable section so it covers the miscellaneous ones such as biomass, wave, etc. that way its not limited to the list of topics page or whats on the template. I think that one does the most to contribute to NPOV. F2x (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 00:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Well we don't have to end our discussion at that. I will make its smaller.  F2x (talk) 00:51, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Please replace the "renewable energy" section with "geothermal" - see the note at the bottom: "This template is used for the Wind, Solar or Geothermal power in xxx articles." All of the other articles can be found from the "list of" link at the top. What the template actually is, is a list of "Alternative energy" articles, except that alternative energy is so mainstream today that it is no longer called "alternative", it is simply called "renewable energy". 199.125.109.84 (talk) 18:38, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

text: Oh and by the way it is nice to see that Scotland has become an independent country once again. It's about time! Long live Bonnie Prince Charlie! 199.125.109.84 (talk) 18:46, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Recent major expansion of template

message: Just discovered this template and it simply doesn`t include what i expect. Links to RE in country articles are missing as well. I understand demand to keep template in reasonable size, but i think that will be better to redesign template than "randomly" exclude some topics. So here is my new design proposal, country (not source) based ( including "letter subproposal", that may save space, but is less lucid).  
--78.108.106.253 (talk) 18:51, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't think a new look is needed. Present template is fine. Johnfos (talk) 19:00, 10 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Agree. Present template is fine. 199.125.109.80 (talk) 20:00, 18 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: It's not a new "look", but rather a reorganization, such as to list by country each separated renewable source article. This would be similar to other "List of ___ by country" templates. A very short one, appropriate here perhaps, is Template:Internet censorship by country. A long and messy one is Template:Lists_of_TV_programs_by_country. The point of these templates is that they only list countries with relevant pages, and I think in this case, rather than being selective about what is "renewable", we go by country with relevant articles to follow. Otherwise, I think it should be expanded to include all non-fossilfuel energy sources, with links to those listed elsewhere. Alternatively, one simply provides separate templates for each of "Solar power by country", "Wind power by country", etc, and uses this template to then sublink into those. SamuelRiv (talk) 06:48, 29 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  new look? 

message: Currently this navbar does not include the most obvious :Category:Renewable energy by country articles, it duplicates :Template:Wind power by country and :Template:Solar power by country, while omitting hydro. I suggest replacing it with general RE articles per the example below. --ELEKHHT 21:17, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Navbar content

message: The UK needs to be moved from the European Union section of Europe to the "Other" section. I've not got the permissions to do so yet, otherwise I'd do it myself Thegeographer14 (talk) 10:52, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  UK needs moving