Template talk:ChapterPages

Not needed
What is the purpose of this template? As far as I can see it's used to display the number of pages of a chapter. However, this is only displayed on the chapter page. What's the difference then to just add the number of pages to the chapter infobox then? If the number of pages was shown on different pages other than the chapter's page, I would understand more the need for this template, but since that's not the case, this is an unnecessary roundabout way to add a simple information to an infobox. Keep in mind that the whole template is loaded for each page, it might not change much, but it's still a waste of resources.

I remember seeing other templates like this one, but if using the template is equivalent to adding the information to the infobox, then it's not needed. Please avoid creating templates like this, they only make updating pages more difficult for inexperienced users.

Isn't that true for the majority of infoboxes templates? Rhavkin (talk) 18:08, 15 November 2020 (UTC)