Thread:Sebolto/@comment-104549-20200211013950/@comment-104549-20200216174720


 * Hmm. I'm not sure I would ever have thought of that as being plural.  "Pants" isn't plural; there's no such thing as "a pant" (in this context), and it's really just shorthand for "a pair of pants", which is clearly singular; same applies for "a pair of electrobinoculars" or "a set of stuncuffs".  I guess I don't have a strong feeling against including it, but I feel like it might cause more confusion than it solves.
 * The MOS does say "[n]ot all articles use every section", but I wouldn't be opposed to adding a note on the "Title/eras/infobox" line along the lines of "(Note: Canon article do not use publishing eras)". Or did you want an entire subsection below devoted to eras and the Continuity tab?
 * Ah, transclusion. Well, I see now why we haven't deleted it, but I'm reminded of you pointing out to me how much faster   is than   when I was still using that syntax for the UNSWS articles.  I see the same principle here—it's not qualitatively worse, but it seems like   takes longer to type with zero added value.