Template talk:Old TfD

message: :(This was thoroughly discussed at Wikipedia talk:Templates for deletion at the time.)
When I designed this template, I examined all the wildly variant previous examples.  Since TfD now uses daily page listings similar to CfD, and many of the folks working on TfD are also familiar with CfD, I choose the name to be similar to  and the functionality to be identical.
Most importantly, I rejected the endless thrashing of  and .  There is not only no desire to be similar, but the names (and parameters) are significantly different and readily apparent.
Like cfdend, this template automatically bolds the result parameter, and defaults to Keep.
Like cfdend, this template does not have a votepage parameter, as there are no per template vote pages.  The daily discussion page is automatically generated from the date. 
Like cfdend, the namespace ("Template") is automatically added, unless there is an umbrella section name added as the first positional parameter.  That parameter is always used verbatim.
Like cfdend, this template is not intended to be subst'd.
Therefore, any changes to parameters must result in a wholely renamed template.   This was based on bad experience with a redirect of  to , and bad experience with subst'd .  They had different parameters, breaking all the pages, and requiring a months long cleanup process.
Please note that  has been rejected and deleted.
For posterity,
:--William Allen Simpson 21:39, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Design principles 

message: Since the logs are being moved from "Templates for deletion" to "Templates for discussion", I added an "ifexist" statement to check to see if it's an old or new log page.  This should work for both. Plastikspork (talk) 19:47, 14 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Discussion vs. Deletion 

message: Change keep to , please. --Bsherr (talk) 23:33, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Unprotected. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts?   01:40, 20 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Capitalization 

message: This template currently produces wording like
:;This template was considered for deletion on 2010 April 29‎. The result of the discussion was "Keep".
I think phrasing "considered for deletion on" is poor. It sounds like the consideration only happened on one day. In reality (and judging by the template name) it's just the day the discussion ended. I intend to reword the template to read
:;This template was considered for deletion. The result of the discussion ending on 2010 April 29‎ was "Keep".
or something similar. Also the documentation should make it more clear that the data parameter is for the end of the discussion. Jason Quinn (talk) 20:55, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  ambiguity over date parameter 

message: :Template:Tfd end →  – The current name is somewhat odd since the definition of "end" is a bit ambiguous. I am suggesting the name  due to similar naming conventions with , , and . --Relisted. Dekimasuよ! 23:20, 22 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Moved as requested. Dekimasuよ! 23:41, 29 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Requested move 

message: WP:TfD is also used for modules. Example: Module talk:String#top. Please apply Special:Diff/957438398/957439159 to change wording to say "This module" when in "Module talk" namespace. —⁠andrybak (talk) 21:25, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Done --Bsherr (talk) 21:40, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

text: And thank you for creating the testcases page, too. --Bsherr (talk) 21:41, 18 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 18 May 2020 

message: The former template which is now a redirect Template:Tfdend took the first unnamed parameter as the section heading. When it passes this to , it is also used as the nominated page name, e.g. . 
I suggest that  should be edited to pass parameter "1" with the parameter name "discuss". I'd do it myself but I don't know how. – Fayenatic London 18:15, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Template:Tfdend is a semi-protected page, meaning this edit request will sit in the semi-protected edit request backlog rather than the templated-protected backlog even if you use . I'm closing this simply because you can technically edit it yourself as it's a semi-protected article – I don't know what the correct channels are to get changed what you want to get changed, but a semi-protected edit request to that redirect wouldn't be it. ‑‑Volteer1 (talk) 20:31, 5 May 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Template-protected edit request on 5 May 2021 

message: Can we change the alignment of the text to LEFT for consistency with other talk page templates? — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 23:22, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: — Martin (MSGJ · talk) 13:00, 26 February 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alignment