The subject of templates and "infoboxes" on articles causes conflict among editors from time to time. I have been involved in the past, and many of the people who write quite a few articles have as well, with either fending off an unwanted box or trying to add a template or box that some other or others have no faith in. To try to settle these disputes amicably, I am writing the following to try to set out some principles that can guide us. No set of principles can act as a universal law, and the words "always" and "all" should be used sparingly on Wikipedia and readily sacrificed to individual circumstances.