the reason why they should be in the template namespace is so that multiple people can use them without trying to find the code on other userpages or making them just like templates for articles thomas becket cyde jimbo did not say who will rid me of this turbulent template he just asked that people avoid using the darn things seriously reverting the christian template to an entirely different meaning isn't going to help calm things down or help to persuade people to stop using it perhaps it would be more useful to try to gain consensus on making t policy i concur and i enjoyed the beckett reference jimbo wales spoke of changing the culture one person at a time he didn't recommend using less gentle methods to my recollection i'm not committing murder here so i don't see how the allusion is appropriate