Template talk:Infobox Skyscraper

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There is a Template:Skyscraper and a Template:Infobox Skyscraper. These should definitely be merged, as they are very similar and redundant.

I think Template:Infobox World's Tallest Building is similar enough that it should just be merged, or at least the redundant parts should be.

--Kcumming 15:14, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

the first two are no-brainers. I think the world's talles should be kept seperate, but the parts that are redundant could be removed (so that both infoboxes could be used on world's tallest buildings). -Quasipalm 16:32, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

I'm thinking that I should be able to remove the redundant parts into 'subroutine'-like templates, so that we can refactor out the common elements. I will do some experimenting and see how it goes...I'm new at this template thing. Kcumming 14:48, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

OK, I'm starting to get the template thing. I'm working on a replacement for the skyscraper infoboxes. You can see this work at User:Kcumming/Template:Infobox_Skyscraper. Feedback and suggestions are welcome. Kcumming 15:17, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Preliminary work is done. I have made a new Infobox template for all skyscrapers, and you can check it out here: User:Kcumming/Template:Infobox Skyscraper. For the world's tallest building, I figured a succession box at the bottom of the screen is more appropriate. Here's what I developed: User:Kcumming/Template:Succession Box World's Tallest Building.

You can see both of the templates in action at this test page: User:Kcumming/Skyscraper test.

I'll solicit opinions here for a week or so, and then get to work on putting these templates into use.Kcumming 02:40, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

The prominent placement of the Emporis website, built into the World's Tallest Building template, is quite incorrect for Wikipedia. The link belongs among External links with other external links. Too much like an ad, really, isn't it? --Wetman 05:31, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Units

"Note that the localized unit standard should be given precedence". Why? The world uses metres, the USA is the exception - perhaps it would be more globally acceptable to put the height in metres and provide the feet in parenthesis for the benefit of our cousins over the pond?--Mcginnly | Natter 12:12, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I suppose we could put metric units as the primary unit system, but I noticed that most USAmerican skyscrapers already had feet first. -- tariqabjotu 10:27, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

I don't think I'm able to edit the template without spending a day studying it, so could someone add a field for Construction material and a section for observation decks, with fields for name, height, floor and opening date. This would add functionality currently seen in the hardcoded infobox at Eureka Tower, and it could become viable to replace that with this template. invincible 08:17, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Also a field for address and locality could be useful, since many office towers in Melbourne are referred to by their address instead of their name. invincible 08:25, 22 October 2006 (UTC)