Talk:Table

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This article started from a redirect that nicely handled the most literal sense of "table", i.e. a piece of furniture. I took it further when i noticed the metaphoric uses it was linked by. My first attempt to turn the poop into a disambiguation page spent a lot of text on explaining the distinctions; this made its disamb role inefficient.

But now i'm proposing more links, bcz my fix for that makes Table (information) IMO too general.

IMO, this article needs to have one of its 3 links, namely

replaced by at least 4 new ones, namely

  1. table (visual information interface)
  2. table (application program feature)
  3. table (programming technique
  4. table (programming language feature)

Note that link 4 is not known to have a purpose beyond SNOBOL4, which apparently names one feature "array" and another "table".

Links 1,2, and 3 would point to articles refactored out of the current table (information) article. I am entering some thots about that on Talk:table (information). --Jerzy 16:36, 10 Oct 2003 (UTC)

(My immediately previous edit reworded some of the 5 'graphs above (from 10 Oct 2003) to improve clarity.)
I also note that i'm reconsidering whether all 4 the above replacement links are really desirable, as i'll discuss on Talk:table (information) --Jerzy 03:43, 13 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Contents

[edit] fixing cut and paste move

{{capmv|Table (disambiguation)}} Merged — FREAK OF NURxTURE (TALK) 13:18, Jan. 3, 2006


Article was copied, then redirected. I've moved/swapped this Talk page, so that both sides are in sync from the point of view of the readers. Now, the histories need to be merged, and both put back at "Table (disambiguation)" with the redirect at "Table", especially as this was an example in MoS:DP. --William Allen Simpson 12:13, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] MOS:DP

Where in the MOS:DP does it say that the linke to tables belongs at the top? Yes, apparently we are reading different pages. Tedernst | talk 20:09, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Of course, I was referring to the "may also" heading you eliminated.
The topnote/hatnote is in both WP:D and WP:HN, both of which are referenced by MOS:DP. This is a slightly unusual case where Table happens to be the disambiguation page for Tables, as you might have noticed had you actually looked at both pages! There are templates that almost match (Otheruses7 comes to mind), but not quite.
Since we're over here at a quieter talk page, I'm going to politely say it again — Ted, you should not just quickly rip apart pages. Folks are getting really annoyed at the hack and slash approach to disambiguation. You should check the history, at all the links, and all the "what links here", before changing anything!
Had you checked the history, you might have noticed that I'd already carefully worked on this page. And had the assistance of an admin to fix prior cut and paste problems. And discussed it at talk:disambiguation, as this is a CITED EXAMPLE THERE! And even the recent edit note "Link Tables (that links this page as a disambiguation page)" might have given you a clue.
All this information is important for careful and considerate disambiguation. Please, please, please, slow down.
--William Allen Simpson 01:27, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] wikitable

hey, can anybody help me to tell me what a wikitable is? maybe it should be included on the article page?

Try WP:TABLE. And please remember to sign your posts with ~~~~ -- Alarob 23:03, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Manual of style

Several recent edits have repeatedly added a link to COBOL to the tables entry on this page. Please read the relevant section of the manual of style, specifically the second bullet here. Heavy linking is typically encouraged in articles, but a disambiguation page is not an article, it's a navigation aid. As that part of the MOS indicates, entries on disambiguation pages should have only one link. The idea is that a reader who has identified which entry matches their need can immediately see what to click on, with no confusion. In this case, I think an example is fine (as long as the entry is not too long), but it should not be linked, e.g.:

  • Arrays are called tables in some programming languages, e.g., COBOL

—johndburger 15:56, 8 March 2008 (UTC)