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Any objection to repurposing this template?

Would anyone here have any insurmountable objection if I "repurpose" this template? This template currently does only one small, insignificant thing: produce the character "ṃ" (a.k.a. the "small letter m with dot below"). It is a trivial usage, better done with the HTML encoding ṃ, or (for those who don't keep that encoding at hand) with {{dotbelow|m}}. On the other hand, there is a need for a template that consistently generates, identifies, and tracks use of different earthquake magnitude scales, commonly denoted by "M". Such a template I am preparing, but it needs to be named "M" or practically no one will be able to recall its name. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 23:40, 2 June 2016 (UTC)

Investigation shows that, on the English Misplaced Pages, this template is used in no articles (two prior uses being incorrect, and have been corrected), no categories, and only two templates (which were copied from the French Misplaced Pages). On the User and User_Talk pages there are 31 instances, largely on banned or inactive users. There are 236 instances in File space, which a sampling shows to be for obtaining the "ṃ" character. Any problem with these can be fixed by replacing with the actual character, or a code.

On the basis that this template currently has no significant use or usage, and changing it will create no significant breakage, and that there is another need for this exact name, I will be proceeding. ~ J. Johnson (JJ) (talk) 21:18, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

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