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Determine suitable categories for the template itself (the template does not automatically categorize articles that
transclude it, nor should it, in my opinion).
Write a documentation subpage (which need not be fancy, since the template usage is obvious).
The 2006 film
Who Killed the Electric Car? does not refer to peak oil, much like OPEC, but it is closely related to a number of peak oil issues. Should it be listed? -
Shiftchange (
talk) 21:05, 2 August 2008 (UTC)reply
Thanks for the suggestion. See {{
Energy templates}},
Category:Energy templates, and
User:Teratornis/Energy. I'm trying to organize links to some of the many energy-related articles on navigation templates. We already have a number of energy-related navigation templates, and we need some more. In general, when someone starts a navigation template, they arbitrarily select one or more
categories, and use the template to represent some of the articles in those categories. At the moment,
Who Killed the Electric Car? is not in
Category:Peak oil nor in a subcategory. A film about
electric cars is not a
Peak oil topic per se, especially if the film does not mention peak oil, but electric cars are certainly a strategy for the
Mitigation of peak oil. However, peak oil mitigation strategies encompass just about everything in
Renewable energy and
Energy conservation, and the
Global warming camp promotes many of the same strategies (just about everything which doesn't involve putting more fossil carbon into the atmosphere). A navigation template would get very large if it linked to every peak oil mitigation strategy. So, I would say
Who Killed the Electric Car? doesn't belong on {{
Peak oil}}, based on its lack of explicit mention of peak oil, but we could certainly start another navigation template specifically about energy-related films (and possibly energy-related books). There are many such films, variously approaching the energy problem from the standpoints of
peak oil,
global warming, or
energy security. --
Teratornis (
talk) 01:22, 10 August 2008 (UTC)reply
I'd consider OPEC more directly related to peak oil, because OPEC accounts for such a large fraction of the international oil trade, and an even larger fraction of the world's (allegedly) proven reserves. Present and former OPEC officials have explicitly commented on peak oil, and OPEC hosts international meetings to discuss the global allocation of oil supplies. OPEC is clearly a player on the subject of peak oil. Also, it's easier to fit a four-letter
acronym than a five-word film title on the {{
Peak oil}} template. --
Teratornis (
talk) 01:27, 10 August 2008 (UTC)reply
I created {{
Energy films}}. Please add any additional energy-related film articles you find. --
Teratornis (
talk) 04:45, 19 August 2008 (UTC)reply