Template talk:Calm talk

message: With all due respect, I find this template condescending.  Ardenn 20:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Truthfully, I have to agree.  The first time I saw this template I almost thought it was a joke, someone's snarky attempt to make the situation worse with an innocent-sounding comment.  I'm willing to assume good faith here, but it's still worded, in all honesty, as though intended for calming six-year-olds...  I cannot imagine any situation in which a canned template telling readers to drink a cup of tea and count to 100 would make anyone any calmer. Dispute resolution is, alas, quite a complicated subject, and the calming effects of photographs of tea are overrated. I won't bother to nominate myself if there isn't any other support, but I do know that if this came up on TfD I'd be for a strong delete.  It is not at all helpful. --Aquillion 13:24, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I got impatient, sorry. Tijuana Brass¡Épa!-E@ 00:00, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: That looks a lot better and sounds better too.  Ardenn 03:18, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: With all due respect

message: Thats the best thing about this template. Have some tea and relax... Dominick (TALK) 18:22, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I really don't like the cup of tea thing. It sounds to me like we're talking to a child, saying, "Now, have some candy and go away; the adults are talking." - Pureblade | T 20:10, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I didn't interpret it as Pureblade did, but I, personally, don't much care for the line because it links to a page on Wikipedia that's completely unrelated the template itself; I'd similarly object if we linked to Wikipedia:Good articles just because the word "good" occurred in a template. More relevant pages to link to would be Wikipedia:Staying cool when the editing gets hot, Wikipedia:Assume good faith, etc. -Silence 20:24, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I want the tea Computerjoe's talk 20:29, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't want it. It is condescending.  Ardenn 21:16, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I disagree. As far as I'm concerned, this is the only version that was clearly unacceptably offensive, condscending, and just plain stupid. The other tea versions, which far predate the idiotic "count to 100 variant", are just fine, but aren't really relevant or necessary, as long as we can find a better image than the counterproductive, glaring "WARNING!" icon. -Silence 21:34, 5 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a lot better, but I still wonder whether this template is worth devoting an inch of space and a glowing green box on so many articles to.  What does it offer that the more straightforward talk page guidelines on  and  (one of the other of which is used in conjunction with this template almost everywhere it appears) doesn't?  If an exhortation to remain calm really is necessary, shouldn't it just be worked into  anyway? --Aquillion 03:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

text: I like the tea myself. A warning icon isn't very calming. Ian13/talk 12:35, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I also like the tea. I also find it amusing though, that the page discussing the Calm talk template seems to need the template on itself. If it's good enough for Time Lords surely tea should help other people as well?--NHSavage 20:24, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tea is excessive and condescending? 

message: Any ideas... Ian¹³/t 19:23, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Community Justice green! Computerjoe's talk 19:36, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Look, just make two templates. One blue, one green. There's no reason to fight over something as silly as background color, and there's no reason we can't have a little diversity on different articles' talk pages. -Silence 22:20, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, forking the template seems abit silly to me, then people will fight over which template to use on all the talk pages. Since there won't be any seperate purpose, I am against splitting it. Ian¹³/t 16:00, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Community Justice doesn't even exist now - it redirects to a blue looking Concordia ;) Ian¹³/t 16:00, 24 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *Alright. I've resolved the problem. People can now choose whatever background color they want for the template. Can we get back to editing the encyclopedia, now? -Silence 21:22, 24 June 2006 (UTC)

text: *:Right, sounds good. Ian¹³/t 20:55, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Blue or green?