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::Regarding the fanon namespace, I think it's an issue that will largely work itself out over time. Once the main namespace articles are converted, many fanon authors may willingly choose to convert their own pages away from Simbio, in order to remain consistent with the canon page style. I don't think we'd need to "force" them to make a change right away; if the step were implemented to convert canon Sim pages away from Simbio, we could re-evaluate the fanon side of things after a long period of time to see if it would be possible to make further adjustments without inconveniencing everyone. However, ultimately I don't have any issue with keeping the Simbio templates as "legacy" templates. We could even code them such that they won't function properly if used in the main namespace, once we've converted the canon articles to using just Sim templates. -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<span style="color:navy;">LiR</span>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] • [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]</sup>''' 05:32, December 27, 2015 (UTC)
:::I think that's a good idea, to not force fanon authors to remove Simbio, and to firstly start removing the template from canon articles. ~ [[User:Waikikamukow|<font color="6a2286">Waikikamukow</font>]] <small>([[User talk:Waikikamukow|<font color="00b0f4">Anyone wanna chat?</font>]])</small> 22:49, December 30, 2015 (UTC)
==Continuing discussion==
It seems as though there is a general consensus in favor of discontinuing the use of Simbio templates in the main namespace. So, how should we go about implementing this?
I think we can take a multi-step approach to implementation. We first focus on transitioning key articles off of Simbio and onto Sim templates - this will have to be done manually, most likely. We'll have to ensure that the information that is currently included in Simbio-start is included in the individual Sim templates, but this should be easy to do; I'll get started with a test article to demonstrate this. After we've started the transition, we can post a notice or make some other public announcements (via the Weekly News blog, editor bulletin board, and list of editor notices) to enlist other users in making the transition. Once the process has begun, we can monitor the transition, and slowly move our canon articles off of Simbio templates. Additionally, we will need to do some behind-the-scenes work, changing references to that template, updating documentation, etc to ensure that new Sim pages do not use the template in the future. Later on, once all main namespace pages have been converted to Sim templates, we can edit the Simbio templates to remove their functionality within the main namespace, but that's something we can agree upon at a later time.
How does this sound? -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<span style="color:navy;">LiR</span>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] • [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]] • [[Special:Contributions/LostInRiverview|<font color="green">contribs</font>]]</sup>''' 17:35, January 12, 2016 (UTC)
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