Template talk:Election-table

Wikitable
Would anyone object if I changed the contents of this template into {| class="wikitable" Using templates is quite hard on the servers compared to using classes (see MediaWiki talk:Common.css). -Fred Bradstadt 00:57, 30 October 2005 (UTC)

Sounds sensible to me Kcordina 10:02, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Simplification
If we use this template in a table with 1 logo column, 1 text column and 5 numerical columns, there are 5 cells per row that must be defined  and only 1 remains default "left". To simplify the tables, it would be better if the overall table style was, as only 1 cell must be defined   per row. Before the template could be changed, however, the left-aligned cells must be prepared in all articles that use the template.

To enable a transition without disturbing lots of articles, I have made the template election-table2 with  but without the leading row ( that one has to be defined anyway, so there's no need to have it in the template ). An example of changing the template and simplifying the table code is given here ; in each row, 5 &times;  are deleted, and 1 &times;   is added. Instructions for using the template is given at Template talk:Election-table2. --Eddi (Talk) 01:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC)