User:DePiep/group-infobox-proposal

Infobox group: redesign
Today, the infobox for our PT groups (Infobox periodic table group, eg Group 2) is constructed as a table. It has various sets of data (group properties, list of elements, element properties).

I propose to make a major design change: splitting the Infobox into a core regular Infobox, and an element data table in article body.


 * Useful links
 * Template:Infobox periodic table group/testcases (currently groups 1, 3, 14, 18)


 * Current problems
 * It is a html table not a css Infobox, the infobox is cluncky and not flexible. css-based boxes are responsive (for example, adjust by screen size including mobile screens).
 * A WP:INFOBOX is supposed to give overvirew, not complete listings.
 * The infobox cannot present our data clearly. It is not suitable for overview lists we want to show (think: show member element's m.p., b.p. column-wise to compare).


 * Proposals
 * 1) Change from wikitable into  at all costs
 * 2) Split info into: "Infobox" and a "Group elements properties table". The table is in article body text, think dedicated section like "==Member elements==".
 * 3) Later: detail which info should go where (which data in the infobox, which data in the table).


 * Basic example:


 * Examples of good data table:
 * Group 3 element
 * Group 8 element


 * Discussion
 * 1. !vote to change to
 * 2. !vote & discus the Infobox-vs-table split
 * 3. (Later) refine which data goes into Infobox (=labels), which into table (=column headers).