Template talk:Oldifdfull

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Can this template be updated to match the behavior of {{Oldafdfull}}? The current template does not point to the actual discussion; only to the page which the discussion is archived. --Aarktica 17:04, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

IFD discussions don't take place on individual subpages, just in big archive pages. If you'll notice, most of the deletion nominations engender no discussion whatsoever, so it's kind of a waste to create so many pages. howcheng {chat} 17:12, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks for the explanation. --Aarktica 19:37, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why subst?

The instructions for closing discussions had said to substitute this template. I've merged those instructions to WP:DELPRO#IFD and note that none of the others do, so I'm changing it for now to indicate transclusion.--Doug.^{(talk • contribs)} 21:13, 18 February 2008 (UTC)

Hmm, I think that those instructions hadn't been updated in a while. I remember some time ago that because images can't be moved, the template didn't require substitution. howcheng {chat} 23:45, 18 February 2008 (UTC)