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]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240329191800","author":"Trappist the monk","type":"comment","level":1,"id":"c-Trappist_the_monk-20240329191800-unexplained_edits_and_reverts","replies":["c-Epluribusunumyall-20240329220400-Trappist_the_monk-20240329191800"]}}-->
- 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]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240329220400","author":"Epluribusunumyall","type":"comment","level":2,"id":"c-Epluribusunumyall-20240329220400-Trappist_the_monk-20240329191800","replies":["c-Trappist_the_monk-20240329232100-Epluribusunumyall-20240329220400"]}}-->
- 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]__DTELLIPSISBUTTON__{"threadItem":{"timestamp":"20240329232100","author":"Trappist the monk","type":"comment","level":3,"id":"c-Trappist_the_monk-20240329232100-Epluribusunumyall-20240329220400","replies":[]}}-->
