Talk:Dixie Chicks discography

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[edit] Cleanup tag

I've placed a tag on this article. The formatting really needs some overhauling, it's very messy. There is no need for a full tracklisting of all the albums, as that info should be in the albums' own articles. There are lots of artists with some very clean-looking discography pages, I'll be happy to link them here if anyone wants examples. -- eo 15:55, 28 June 2006 (UTC)

Uhhh... yeah. Why don't you post what you think are good examples? Or better yet, make the changes yourself. The page definitely looks messy now with that huge banner on the top. The page looks just like The Beatles discography except for the Singles section which already existed. I'm curious to see what you think is better and more read/tested than The Beatles. Downstream 03:05, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Good examples listed below. The reason I didn't do it myself is because I thought I would be considerate enough to begin a discussion with editors who have an interest in this page, rather than just making huge, sweeping changes to it without warning. As far as the "messiness" of the banner, that's a Wikipedia cleanup tag. Perhaps that is a conversation you can contribute to if you feel it needs improvement. -- eo 03:30, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
Maybe I'm blind but I don't see those as being any better looking. In fact, I have to refresh the pages on most to get the table cells to stop overlapping each other. The Smashing Pumpkins discography might be better looking but has less information. I guess it depends on what you think the audience is coming to this page looking for - to see a pretty page or get some information? I think how it looks right now accomplishes both. If you feel the itch to go table crazy on this page though, who am I to stop you I guess. Downstream 00:52, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Hmmmm, overlapping? What browser are you using? That seems odd. -- eo 03:19, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
IE 6. The tables look fine in Firefox but I'm still not a fan of a page full of just table after table after table. It maybe look "cleaner" but not necessarily appealing (sanitary, more like). I liked how The Beatles discography made the main studio albums stand out more than the others like lives and compilations which I see as being secondary. It also provides a list of the songs so if someone were to be looking for which album contains a song they heard or liked, they can quickly scan or search the discography to find which album(s) contain the song without having to go through each and every individual albums' page. It also creates a visual transition between album types whereas similar or identical looking tables hardly provide any differentiation between studio albums, lives, compilations, etc. Just my opinion though. Downstream 05:34, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm a frequent contributor to the Dixie Chicks page, but I don't have strong feelings about the discography format. I figure whoever does the heavy lifting of all the image and table and charts research work, should get to decide what the format should look like :-) Wasted Time R 03:38, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Didn't hear anything else so I've cleaned up the page and corrected some stuff. Hopefully people will find this a little more organized and easier to read. -- eo 13:04, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Album names shouldn't have quotations. Downstream 17:28, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
Crap, youre right - I pasted those right over from before and didnt even notice it. Thanks, I'll correct. -- eo 17:33, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I think this is a good compromise, by the way. It has the singles information in case someone is looking for a particular song but looks cleaner and actually allows more information to be displayed about charting and whatnot. Downstream 16:14, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
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