HRWiki talk:Projects/SBEmail Infoboxes

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Earlier attempt

This might be a wiki of interest (as might its talk page). RickTommy (edits) 01:47, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Appreciate the nudge, I did reference that (and an expanded version from 2021) pretty heavily when putting this together, hence the use of replacement. Most of the objections to dot com's demo are no longer relevant ("it's too cramped on my 1024×768 monitor, you have to scroll down to see the whole infobox"), or have been addressed in my layout ("it makes the image smaller", "the cast list is too hard to parse in a sidebar"); there was relatively little of the "what information should be placed in the lede, infobox, or both?" discussion, or back-and-forth adjusting the design of the infobox to address content issues, which I hope to be start here. I also figured that the HRWiki:Projects namespace would be a better place for this than an individual's userpage (and because the last input to the discussion was nearly twenty years ago I figured it was best to start fresh rather than awkwardly resurrect it). -- Bleu Ninja 07:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

If it's any small consolation, the draft and discussion were from 2007 so it's not quite yet 20 years old. *whew* ^_^; (It's only 17 years old, not even old enough to vote.)

In all seriousness I do think simplicity is best. I think having long, wrapping lines is a general negative with regards to this potential design. To that end I added the nav bar to the second sample with the goal of making that the main candidate. I also simplified the nav bar itself. The original's design seemed a bit too busy for my tastes. I also move the descriptions to the bottom. Hopefully the changes are amenable to everyone. Although I'm still not 100% convinced towards using infoboxes in SBEs, the second simplified design has come a long way towards convincing me that this is a good change. --Stux 18:15, 7 December 2024 (UTC)