Substubs and templates
Substubs deprecated, templates standardized
This column will focus on changes in Wikipedia's guidelines, policies and style guides. It is intended as a semi-regular feature, so people can learn of developments in this area without having to track every discussion.
Recent changes include the deprecation of substubs and the finalization of a standard model for article templates. Meanwhile, debate continues over the issue of nesting templates inside other templates, or "meta-templates".