Template:QueenslandHeritageRegister is a bit unwieldly but it also provided
a descriptive label for the tin.  That's what I'd go with.

I think (and I'm happy to be corrected here), that if you Move a template
and leave a redirect in place it won't break any extant use of the template
on other pages.  Can anyone confirm ths?

Cheers,
Craig


On 16 June 2013 22:21, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> wrote:

>  Wearing my “plain old editor” hat, I need some advice. ****
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> There is a template****
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> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_CHIMS****
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> which is used to cite entries in the Queensland Heritage Register (a
> subject near and dear to my editing heart, at 3am in my pyjamas). Anyhow
> this template was broken thanks to the never-ending reorganisations of the
> Queensland Government and needs some updating. Most of the updating  I have
> been able to do but the remaining problem is the name of the template.
> CHIMS is the name of some database software (which may or may not still be
> in use) but whatever it’s not a name visible to the public and not an
> obvious name you would think of if you were looking to cite the Queensland
> Heritage Register. So I think it needs renaming to something else. Two
> questions:****
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>    1. What to call it instead of CHIMS? Should I go for something longer
>    and more descriptive, say QueenslandHeritageRegister? Something a bit
>    shorter QldHeritageReg or very snappy QHR?****
>    2. What are the mechanics of renaming a template? I searched for help
>    but could not anything helpful.  Maybe it is not possible to rename a
>    template?****
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> I welcome any suggestions or alternative solutions to the problem. I guess
> one alternative might be to leave it as CHIMS and just try to document it
> in places where likely editors will notice it, say, on the Talk page for
> the article and the category Queensland Heritage Register. Is that
> considered an appropriate use of Talk pages? Will anyone notice it there?*
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> Kerry****
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