Template talk:Infobox Casino

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[edit] Still needs work

This is a version of the infobox from Wynn Las Vegas. It still needs work, like updating to only display entries when data is available for a file like in Template:Airline infobox. I tried to do this from the start and was not able to get it to work right so I went with a simple version to get this started. Vegaswikian 07:30, 12 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] casino types

The inital list was:

  • Land Based
  • Riverboat
  • Permanent Barge

I'd like to add add the following:

  • Land-Resort

Vegaswikian 19:51, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Adding "Land-Resort" is odd to me. For example, Beau Rivage in Biloxi is a permanent barge, but is marketed as a resort (spa, high-end restaurants, golf availability, marina). When I originally thought of that line item, the line was intended to describe the casino itself, regardless of whether it was attached/connected/associated with a hotel or resort. SpikeJones 15:57, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rooms

I think it would be in the best interest of a encyclopedia to change # to number. If anyone has any objections please talk here. --Ben 23:11, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

I made a number of changes:

  • Actually added the table - closing and opening tags, which replaced the previous, rather cumbersome, {{Infobox frame}} and {{end frame}} templates between this template. I thought it was ridiculous to have to use those - just add it into the main template that it is being used in!
  • Added logo header. This was for the Ceasar Palace article, which had a logo that stuck out quite badly; it looks much better in the infobox.
  • Added "Usage" header with an easy-to-copy bit so new users aren't intimidated by the mess of HTML. Added {{esoteric}} as well.

Thanks. Hbdragon88 04:00, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

The logo parameter is screwing up the infobox; see for example Bellagio (hotel and casino) and Paris Las Vegas. --Mathew5000 22:07, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Yea, if missing it defaults to the code. This can be fixed, however I have problems with fixing this myself. I have tried for other templates without success, so someone else needs to do the fixing. I did fix the Paris page by moving the logo into the infobox. However after doing that, I'm not sure I like the way it looks. Vegaswikian 23:45, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
Yes, I haven't looked at any other pages, but the Paris page looked better the other way. --Mathew5000 05:27, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
There's something to make it optional, but I don't know how it is done. But we definitely need it for hte logo paramater. Hbdragon88 01:25, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

I just looked at the Paris page - perhaps the image should go before the logo? I like the logo in the infobox much better - I felt it was distracting to have the logo on the left and the infobox on the right. Hbdragon88 01:27, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] logo images

MGM Grand doesn't have a logo image either. a broken link above the infobox is annoying. Janviermichelle 16:23, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

  • Surely someone knows how to fix this. Vegaswikian 19:49, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
  • Okay, I kind of fixed it...it has an "if" parameter now. The only problem is that there's a small white sapce if there's no logo there. Hbdragon88 00:52, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Optional fields

Should the following also be optional?:

  • theme=
  • image=
  • rooms=
  • date_opened=
  • attractions=
  • restaurants=
  • renovations=
  • names_pre=

Vegaswikian 05:50, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Address

This needs to be removed ASAP, per WP:NOT#Wikipedia_is_not_an_indiscriminate_collection_of_information... i.e., this is not a travel guide. Leave that to WikiTravel. --Madchester 17:03, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

  • Addresses are standard for facilities on this level, like location and such. Thewinchester (talk) 12:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] {{{casino}}} for casino name

I've added this element back in to the template, there seems to be an issue on some pages where the {{Infobox frame}} and {{End frame}} templates are used causing the title to be mis-placed and appear on the left of the page instead of on the right above the infobox. Not sure why. johnwalton (talk) 10:01, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Just to add, I've removed as many of the redundant {{Infobox frame}} and {{End frame}} as possible, though there are bound to be occurences I've missed. johnwalton (talk) 10:14, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks for the cleanup. I couldn't believe that the casino infobox was being supplamanted with two other templates...especially when the contents were as simple as {| and |}. Hbdragon88 00:23, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Overhaul

It seems that this template has been dormant for quite some time and due for an overhaul into house style. I have just completed the template overhaul now, and am in the process of updating the underpinning documentation to go with it. Amongst the style improvements are newly included fields location, coordinates, architect, and footnotes section for references to go with the information within the infobox. If you have any questions, just drop me a line. Thewinchester (talk) 12:57, 21 December 2007 (UTC)