User talk:Idsnowdog

You might want to check your script. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ZPU-4&diff=227941970&oldid=227937726 Megapixie (talk) 03:13, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

artillery infobox entries
I don't know why you feel the need to put stuff in the conversion template that's been manually converted, but whatever. Be advised, however, that I see no need to abbreviate things and will be going back in and deleting every unnecessary abbreviation.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:09, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

RE: artillery infobox entries
If you feel my edits are vandalism I would encourage you to report them to an admin for their judgment. A number of the articles I have edited have been articles that I provided the initial metric/english conversions for and I feel the conversion template provides better conversions. I also think that 4m will do just fine instead of 4,000mm or 10ft instead of 120in, because when you use too small an increment of measurement you lose idea of the true scale.Idsnowdog (talk) 03:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * In no way are your changes vandalism, I just really don't understand why you feel it necessary to make them. But that's OK. But I would ask that you reconsider abbreviating everything.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 03:53, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Mainly the abbreviation is for visual style and consistency from one article to another. I tend to look at the infobox first and use the infobox for reference and comparison.  Having the text in the same format  between articles makes comparisons easier.  I also don't like to look of word wrap, I would rather see something on two lines rather than wrapping halfway through a description and leaving an orphan on the next line.  I also think the infobox should have as much information available as possible in the smallest footprint to give the articles main text room.  I have seen articles where reducing the footprint of the infobox has made the article layout and graphics visually more appealing and consistent.  Idsnowdog (talk) 04:30, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Keep in mind that the width of infoboxes is fixed. I agree with you about keeping them short as possible, so I'll abbreviate anything that will otherwise add an extra line to the infobox. But this means that there's very little point to abbreviating short terms like foot, meter, etc., where you're going to save only a couple of spaces rather than a whole line. Something like nautical miles or meters per second, however, is different and is almost always abbreviated in one of my infoboxes.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 16:14, 11 May 2011 (UTC)
 * I realize that with any collaborative project there are differences in opinion over style. My intention is not to exclude anyone's contribution but to polish, augment and simplify wherever possible.  I'm not intent on changing articles to a format that I find pleasing, instead I'm trying to apply a consistent style that is like what I find in my books so readers can find the same information in the same place and in the same format for each article.  Idsnowdog (talk) 18:55, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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