Template talk:Rest of the World Reconnaissance Satellites

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was no consensus to move the page to a particular title at this time, per the discussion below. This can be revisited in the future if someone can come up with a better way to partition things. The

Concur, that's why its titled the way it is. The US Intel community usually has distinctive categories for things: US, USSR (now Russian), and everything else (R-O-W). If the Chinese keep bolstering their satellites, they'll have a template box too. TDRSS (talk) 17:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to state your position on the renaming proposal by beginning a new line in this section with *'''Support''' or *'''Oppose''', then sign your comment with ~~~~. Since

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• Comment what about just Reconnaissance satellites, and transclude the other templates onto it? 70.29.208.129 (talk) 08:27, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • Actually, merging them into a collapsible navbox like
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I would say if the box was renamed "RECONNAISSANCE SATELLITES" it would have to include the two others (US and Soviet/Russian). The template box will then be huge and perhaps unaestetic to reach links quickly. I designed the trio to be short, concise and useful. If it needs a name change, then so be it. TDRSS (talk) 17:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• Not necessarily. I've started to draft an alternative at
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Soviet and Russian should be clearly delineated, which is not currently the case with the existing Russian template. 70.29.208.129 (talk) 12:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Any additional comments:

What's this template actually about? If "rest of the world" refers to non-United States, then I would suggest something like Reconnaissance Satellites launched outside of the United States; Reconnaissance Satellites of non-United States manufacture; Non-United States Reconnaissance Satellites; Non-US Reconnaissance Satellites; Non-American Reconnaissance Satellites. YeshuaDavid (talk) 00:43, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I would agree with the above assessment, but seriously, the title is a bit long and wordy. I chose the title wording specifically to avoid the above debates. Failed miserably, I did. TDRSS (talk) 17:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• What are the other templates that this attempts to supplement? 70.29.208.129 (talk) 03:01, 28 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]
  • I am aware of
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Since I created all three templates, the purpose was to easily find similar systems (i.e. the KH-series for US satellites), instead of going back to a Category page. Sometimes category pages don't even include the right satellites, thereby causing a gap in information. TDRSS (talk) 17:40, 29 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.