User talk:Johnalexwood

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome!

Hello, Johnalexwood, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!  --Pilot|guy (roger that) 22:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] In Answer To Your Question

I've split off that page for you. What you'll need to do is create a page entitled John Coghlan (drummer) (just click that red link and start the page). If you need help let me know. Happy editing! --Pilot|guy (roger that) 22:26, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Monty Python

I recently created this page: List of things referred to in the works of Monty Python and have a few questions about it:

  • I think a table format with 3 columns might be easier to read but I need it to be as simple as possible for people to add their contributions to it, and I think a table is more fiddly than bullet points, right? Any thoughts?

A: Try it on a sandbox and ask for comments. Xiner (talk, email) 01:27, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

  • It would be nice if, whatever I chose, it automatically sorted itself A-Z by the first column. Can Wikipedia do that?

A: No, I'd also assert notability somehow b/c I've a feeling someone's gonna list this for deletion. Xiner (talk, email) 01:26, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

  • I would like to cross reference the articles that appear in the list with an infobox with coloured shading and maybe the foot-in-the-television image you see at the top of the table that appears at the bottom of Monty Python. It would appear along the bottom of each article, centred or left/right margin - and it would simply say "The subject of this article is mentioned in the works on Monty Python" with a clickable link back to my list page. But I don't know how to code such an infobox and don't you need new infoboxes such as this to be approved before use?
Use the template of that box that is at the bottom of the Monty Python article (can be found at Template:Monty_Python) and sort of redo it in the Sandbox and make it with the requirements you would like, then suggest it to the Template_talk:Monty_Python page where you can ask for suggestions and comments. Extranet (Talk | Contribs) 03:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
  • I am obviously keen to encourage others to add lines to this list. How do you suggest I do this within (and outside of) Wikipedia?
Recommend it on Talk:Monty Python under a new heading. You could possibly also ask for comments and suggestions on the new template there as well. Need any further help? Simply ask another question and add the {{helpme}} tag at the top. Extranet (Talk | Contribs) 03:54, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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Have a look at what I ended up doing all on my own at the bottom of the article and discussion pages on Durer [[1]] Have I justified enough the existence of such an infobox at the bottom of the article on Durer, to hardened Durer fans do you think? Johnalexwood 10:08, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

I understand your reasoning but I personally don't think it's a good idea. There are a lot of places and people that were mentioned in all kinds of shows, and if this was done for every tv-series or movie, or even the best researched ones, it would get out of hand extremely fast. Also, in terms of esthetics, I think it looks too much like a userbox, more than an infobox in my view. But that point is, to me, not nearly as important as my first one. I think there have been discussions about this stuff in the past, but I've been away for quite a while and I can't remember where that was. --JoanneB 11:02, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
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