Template talk:Infobox UofT College

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           University of Toronto
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Religious affiliation {{{religion}}}
Public transit access
Subway station {{{subway}}}
Surface routes {{{routes}}}
Address {{{street}}}
[[{{{city}}}]], Ontario, Canada
Website {{{website}}} 
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[edit] Example

           University of Toronto
University of Trinity College
in the University of Toronto
(Trinity College)
Motto
Μετ Αγωνα Στεφανος
Met’Agona Stephanos
There lies a reward past this labour
Established 1851
Faculty Arts and Sciences
  Theology
UofT affiliation Federated in 1904
Religious affiliation Anglican
St. George area Central
Chancellor Bill Graham
Provost Margaret MacMillan
Endowment $64.7 million (2006)
Students
Undergraduate 1700
Theology 140
Public transit access
Subway station Museum
Queen's Park
Surface routes 94 Wellesley
Address 6 Hoskin Avenue
[[{{{city}}}]], Ontario, Canada
Website trinty.utoronto.ca 
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|common_name      = Trinity College
|logo             = Trincrest.jpg
|motto            = Μετ Αγωνα Στεφανος<br>Met’Agona Stephanos
|translation      = There lies a reward past this labour
|established      = [[1851]]
|federated        = [[1904]]
|faculty          = Arts and Sciences
|faculty2         = Theology
|college_type     = Federated
|religion         = Anglican
|sg_area          = Central
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[edit] Redundancy

There's some element of (possible) redundancy here. Look at Trinity's infobox in particular, "Federated" and "UofT affiliation" say the same thing. Any ideas for a solution? --Sycron 04:45, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, if you take a look at the Oxford college infobox, it's much cleaner. Template:Oxford College Infobox - or Oriel College (which happens to be a featured article, but I digress. I'm going to play around with the look a bit - try to make it a bit cleaner. If you object, by all means revert.--Sycron 04:52, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I disagree with the assersion that it is redundant to have "Federated" and "UofT affliation" because firstly "federated" is an "addition" to "established" as it show the year the college gave up the rights to grant degrees to the University of Toronto. UofT has two main types of Colleges affliations and one sub-type: the two main affliation types are "Federated" and "Constituent" and the sub-type is "Constituent with a Federated College", which only one college, Emmanuel College, has that designation as the others that previously had that designation are now defunct. Anyways, my point is that there is no redundancy, as "Federated" is basically a major point in a timeline, in other words, it can be compared to the "establishment" sections of the infoboxes on conntry articles. Nat Tang ta | co | em 05:08, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
You're very right in the broader case. However, in the case of Trinity College (and of all of the Federated colleges) there's a distinct redundancy. To say that "X was Federated in xxxx" and to follow that up with "UofT Affiliation: Federated" is redundant in the strictest sense of the word. It tells the same story with more words than are necessary. By sheer virtue of the fact that it was Federated in xxxx we already know that it's a federated college. Of course, the case is very different with the constituent colleges. I believe that in the case of the federated colleges, we ought to keep only one - and the Federated date seems to provide more implicit information. Thoughts? --Sycron 05:14, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

I changed it and merged a section so that instead of "Federated 1904", it will now say "UofT affiliation Federated in 1904". Nat Tang ta | co | em 05:56, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Might look better in brackets, but that's a minor point. I'll look at all of this again tomorrow, with some suggestions and comparisons.--Sycron 06:37, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

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