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With this edit and this edit, Editor Epluribusunumyall, without providing a rationale, made two more-or-less pointless changes by replacing two {{ USCGC}} template with their expansions. I restored the templates and changed two other wikilinks to use {{USCGC}} at this edit. Ignoring WP:BRD, Editor Epluribusunumyall reverted at this edit without explanation.

Using {{USCGC|Juniper|WLB-201}} as an example, that template creates this wikitext:

[[USCGC Juniper|USCGC ''Juniper'' (WLB-201)]]

Compare that output with the wikitext that Editor Epluribusunumyall used to replace the template:

[[USCGC Juniper|USCGC ''Juniper'' (WLB-201)]]

Note that the template's rendered wikilink properly imposes line-wrap restrictions whereas the simple wikitext version does not.

Editor Epluribusunumyall's revert of my edit should be undone.

— Trappist the monk ( talk) 19:18, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply

this seems rather personal, for which i don't think it is warranted. i am also confused why this was brought to a general talk page and not my own - which would have been more appropriate imo. it is also worth remembering WP:BRD is not a policy and not obligatory.

to skip ahead, the reason for why i changed the template for a couple of the ships - i.e. USCGC Juniper or USCGC Maple is because their article names don't include their hull numbers, unlike their sister ships the USCGC Willow (WLB-202) or USCGC Kukui (WLB-203), which are the second ships in the USCG to be named such respectively. using the {{USCGC}} template with the hull number would therefore just lead to the re-direct page, for which when the template is applied to each of the above mentioned articles, their names wouldn't be bolded.

i understand the issue that line-wrapping could create, but couldn't {{nowrap}} solve this. i could be wrong, but was also not the first editor to make said changes as the template had previously been edited for the USCGC Aspen article. - Epluribusunumyall ( talk) 22:04, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply

Nothing personal. Why here? Why not here? Here is where the edits took place so here is the best place to discuss them. I know that WP:BRD is not a policy but creating the encyclopedia is supposed to be a collegial effort so courtesy dictates that editors follow the commonly accepted behavioral guidelines.

Your point about article name bolding in the rendered template is valid. This entire conversation would have been unnecessary had you written a simple edit summary to say that.

— Trappist the monk ( talk) 23:21, 29 March 2024 (UTC) reply