Template talk:Cornwall

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This needs to be converted into a footer nav box in line with Template:Lincolnshire, Template:Tyne and wear, Template:Greater Manchester etc. Mrsteviec 20:19, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

That may be sensible. (Maybe this template would survive deletion from pages better if it were a footer; I notice somebody's going around and removing it from everywhere it was included. And marking their edits as minor.)

As a model, Template:Lincolnshire is pretty boring, I'm afraid. What would people say to a more jazzed-up alternative that listed various topics along the lines of Template:Topics related to India ... albeit on a much smaller scale, of course! Like Template:Topics related to India, this one could go at the bottom in a "See also" section. QuartierLatin1968 21:25, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Jazz it up by all means (although in keeping with other infobox styles). I'd like to see a standard that can be used for all such county nav boxes rather than the variety of styles on offer at present. Mrsteviec 06:56, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Current discussion moved from MacRusgailtalk page

Hi - Whilst I agree that nav bars often help to navigate around wikipedia, what I've removed from the Cornwall pages I felt were cluttering the articles, many of which already have far too many nav bars as it is. All of the links contained within it and more are already linked to at List of topics related to Cornwall. Whilst I am not familiar with History of the Jews in Scotland(?) ,I have put in a lot of work in across Cornwall pages and am dedicated to improving this particular niche of pages so what I have done was not an arbitary decision as you have implied. When this template was placed indiscriminately across all the Cornwall pages before, I removed it and explained my reasoning here at User talk:Lofty#Cornwall_Template. However, the user could not be bothered to response to this so I don't really think I'm acting out of place in removing what I think is unsuitable this time. Something like this should be discussed with the wider community - there is a Cornwall portal and a wikiproject which are suitable forums for this. I'm quite happy to discuss how the bar can be modified to make it more relevent and look less cluttered. take care Mammal4 13:57, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

The Duchy of Lancashire and other most other UK areas have their own nav box ! A nav box would be helpful for some Cornish articles.

Not disputing that nav boxes are useful - just that the current one being applied could be better designed and less cluttered and also more descriminately applied to articles, especially if there are already many existing boxes on that page (a can't see the wood for the trees effect) take care Mammal4 08:52, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Which is why I am currently redesigning the Cornish nav box. --MacRusgail 14:22, 19 September 2006 (UTC) p.s. I didn't write the comment you just replied to.

Ok - maybe some discussion would help the redesign? Mammal4 12:58, 21 September 2006 (UTC) ps sorry for confusing you with the anon author - from the pattern of page edits I thought it was you not being logged in Mammal4

I have been working on something similar to the England and Scotland navigation boxes. I thought something more complicated might be useful for Cornwall, due to its complex history, political situation and language etc. --MacRusgail 15:07, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

I definitely think that a show hide feature would be an asset - that way the topics can be covered in the depth they deserve whilst the template remains innocuous. I also think it should stretch across the whole page not just two thirds length. It would be nice to theme the colour scheme too - maybe something in Cornish colours (Black, yellow white)? Maybe also a small Cornwall map as I have done with this template I made for Cornish parishes Mammal4 16:08, 21 September 2006 (UTC) ps I'm moving this discussion to the template discussion page Mammal4

[edit] Features and changes

For the record, I'm all in favour of a show/hide feature. It's beyond my own wiki-knowledge, but go for it please! QuartierLatin1968 20:56, 21 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Redesign

Hi all,

I have redesigned the portal with Cornish gold, smaller images, show/hide ability, easy edit markers and added Main Cornish Settlements from the existing template. As such I will add this one to the relevant pages. Lots more could be put here, let's see what. --A Cornish Pasty 20:01, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Beautiful! You know, I was playing around with shades of gold myself, but couldn't find a solution I liked. Excellent new features all around. QuartierLatin1968 22:37, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

'Ansom! Mammal4 08:07, 27 September 2006 (UTC)