Template talk:Scite
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Proposed redirect
This template seems to be a fork of Template:ussc. Based on the consensus at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases#Including case citations in the article lead, I propose redirecting this template to Template:ussc. Any objections? UnitedStatesian (talk) 12:21, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
- I've thought for a while that this ought to be so your proposal is fine with me, but perhaps you should list this at talk) 14:04, 13 December 2012 (UTC)]
- The big problem I see with using {{WP:EL, external links should generally be avoided in the text of an article, and should instead be confined to inline citations (which appear as footnotes) and an "External links" section. — Richwales 21:45, 13 December 2012 (UTC)]
- I think if you look at the ignore all rules in this case, rather than slavishly following the guideline. UnitedStatesian (talk) 02:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)]
- Personally, I never use {{talk) 08:17, 14 December 2012 (UTC)]
- Sorry, where are you seeing support for including an external link in article prose? I see two comments, one of which is from you (UnitedStatesian). --MZMcBride (talk) 20:42, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Personally, I never use {{
- I think if you look at the
- The big problem I see with using {{
- It is a fork of {{ussc}}, though with different output. --MZMcBride (talk) 20:42, 14 December 2012 (UTC)
- Yes, the issue of whether case citations should be put in the main text is not relevant here. The only relevant issue is whether we need two separate templates, {{talk) 08:03, 15 December 2012 (UTC)]
- Yes, the issue of whether case citations should be put in the main text is not relevant here. The only relevant issue is whether we need two separate templates, {{
The external-link thing is still, IMO, a significant issue. True, WP:EL says external links "should not normally" appear in an article body — but it also says (see note 2 on the page) that "exceptions are rare" and lists only a few likely exceptions. Unless we either deal with this question first (by making appropriate changes to the templates), or else obtain a consensus at the WP:EL talk page relaxing the "normal" avoidance of external links in an article body, the proposed redirect runs the risk of being doggedly and forcefully reverted by people insisting that the WP:EL violation is unacceptable. — Richwales (no relation to Jimbo) 20:35, 28 June 2015 (UTC)