User talk:Notasmile

Berceanu
Hello. Please allow me to explain myself. The infobox can never summarize an entire article, particularly in the case of a person who, apparently still going strong in his political career, has already gone through countless offices. We would have to condense the info according to some criterion, lest we end up with something that: a) duplicates info that is better covered in the article; b) turns an infobox from the summary of a summary which it is designed to be, in this case structured around just some of the most important offices a person held (depending on the context and the person), into something that tags along the entire length of a sizable article. So no, the offices aren't trivial in themselves, but at least some of them will have to be at the very least secondary to a man whose held so many - for practical reasons more than anything.

This is not an argument against Berceanu (whom I don't dislike), but for applying a standard in editing the infoboxes. Personally, I could do with infoboxes altogether, but since their use is established by now, I'm commenting on them as a fact. I do believe that we can all agree they have obvious limitations, and that we should not try to stretch them to cover what they can't actually cover.

Also allow me to say this: already with your few edits you seem to me a good editor, and sorry if it ever seemed like I was placing that in doubt. I was not, I assure you. Few editors on their first "appearance" get the subtleties of editing as right as you did, and you deserve kudos for that. But let me just add a small comment: please consider looking through WP:CAT and comparing your contributions with similar articles (this was missing, which leaves an article isolated). Regards, Dahn (talk) 15:31, 9 December 2009 (UTC)